Xian (西安) – Terracotta Army 兵馬俑 + others

October 24, 2009

Posted in: China, Vacation

This bus ride from Louyang to Xian took FOREVER.   This was the worst bus ride I ever had.  The driver sucks at driving.  He was aggressive enough, so cars kept cutting in front of us.  People kept smoking on the bus.  The bus broke down.   And this lady that sat diagonally from me was vomiting.  Luckily in a bag.  BUT, it was not until I got off the bus that I saw vomit on the floor of her seat.  WORST BUS RIDE EVER!

How many Chinamen does it take to supervise a mechanic?

This is some kind of style that you will find a lot in Xian.

For this day, we joined a tour.  I don’t remember the name of most places.

First place.  A museum with collections from Han and Tong dynasties.

You are not allowed to take any pictures in this room.  Actually you are, but there is a 20RMB fee per picture ~ $3!!!

I took a picture, a blurry one too, and this guy pulled me over to pay up.  I was speaking in English and the dude was like “YOU PAY NOW! GIVE ME MONEY!”  Knowing this is China and with the guy’s attitude, I just said “I am not paying you shit”, and walked away.  Then I noticed that people were getting pulled over for taking pictures and they were actually paying.  LOSERS!

Relics of Sakyamuni

Next place is the Terracotta Army.

I am not impressed with the Terracotta Army.  You have seen the fake ones in Pacific Mall, then seeing this is nothing different.  I mean, yes this is the real stuff, but can you tell the difference?

This next place is some hot springs palace.

The day we stayed at Xian was October 1, China’s birthday.

We went to watch some fountains.  I had no interest in watching this.  To just get there, the bus was crowded, and it was far worst when we were heading back.   Imagine my ShenZhen video.  Instead of me being in front of the door (and yet it seems like I was far back), I would be at the very back.   It took us 1 hour to find a taxi.  Not because there weren’t any, but because the drivers were dickheads.  They won’t take any customers.  It was impossible to find a taxi on the main street, so we had to walk a bit further to a small street.

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So, with all these factors combined, you know it was time for me to go apeshit on every little thing on my way back.

By now, I actually wanted to be back in ShenZhen.