Graham's Christmas present from Yangshuo

On the way out of town we stop at Silver Cave. There are many around here.

On the road from Yangshuo to Guilin to catch our flight to Xi'an!

We are finally at the hotel. Complete with a Christmas tree.

On the road to see the Terracotta Warriors

This is John, our tour guide

Amazing detail. Each one was made in the likeness of the individual soldiers of Qin Shi Huangdi's army

This is what they looked like to start with

You can see here how thick the terracotta is

This is the wall around the city of Xi'an. It is only about 600 years old.

Uncle Mark is freezing!

This girl was modeling something during a photo shoot. She had to be COLD!

Anisa in action ordering a bunch of food.

Gan bei!

Starting out the next day visiting a street vendor making a flat bread with different fillings on his coal-fired pan

Racing Uncle Mark, Andrew, Ahdi and Graham back to the hotel in our Tuk Tuk to catch our flight out to Beijing

We made it to our hotel in Beijing...

At the jade factory in Beijing

This is our first peek at the Great Wall

Invading force? No, just Monkey and Jo Jo

Yep, it was steep and slick, but the snow was nice

A quick stop by the Cube and the Bird's Nest

Back in town and it is snowing lightly

The courtyard at our hotel

In the lobby of our hotel in Beijing getting ready to head to the Forbidden City

Uncle Andrew is heading back to Zhuhai for exams

The sun is out and it is a pretty, but windy and cold day after the snow last night

In the subway heading to Line 1

At the entrance to the Forbidden City

I like the KFC up on the second floor

At night in Beijing

Care for a late-night snack of scorpion, or sea horse?