Exploring China and Making Friends with Terracotta Warriors and Panda Bears - Xian, Chengdu, Kunming - Flashback Friday
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After I had climbed the heavenly mountain in Shangxi, I left from Tai Shan a changed man. Looking back, I can see that there was something different about me - before I had been lost, but now I was simply wandering. My next destination was to be Xi'an - I wanted to see the famous Terra Cotta Army. It was a long trip and midway through - I saw a white guy getting on the train. He was quite obviously another backpacker and so we smiled and nodded at one another, sat near each other and struck up a conversation. Where I had just come from climbing Tai Shan, he had just come from climbing Tian Shan (I think). In any event we'd just both climbed up separate holy mountains and had come from different directions to the same crossroads heading to Xi'an to see the Terra Cotta Warriors. We were instant best mates.
Exploring China and Making Friends with Terracotta Warriors and Panda Bears - Xian, Chengdu, Kunming - Flashback Friday
Exploring China and Making Friends with…
Exploring China and Making Friends with Terracotta Warriors and Panda Bears - Xian, Chengdu, Kunming - Flashback Friday
After I had climbed the heavenly mountain in Shangxi, I left from Tai Shan a changed man. Looking back, I can see that there was something different about me - before I had been lost, but now I was simply wandering. My next destination was to be Xi'an - I wanted to see the famous Terra Cotta Army. It was a long trip and midway through - I saw a white guy getting on the train. He was quite obviously another backpacker and so we smiled and nodded at one another, sat near each other and struck up a conversation. Where I had just come from climbing Tai Shan, he had just come from climbing Tian Shan (I think). In any event we'd just both climbed up separate holy mountains and had come from different directions to the same crossroads heading to Xi'an to see the Terra Cotta Warriors. We were instant best mates.