Photos tagged as xi'an

Little Goose Pagoda

Doesn't look little to me...

Date: 3 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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City walls 2

Date: 3 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
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City walls 1

Date: 3 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
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Xi'an Street snacks 5

Fried crepe-like things that can be filled with chopped veg and/or meat. Tasty but pretty oily!

Date: 2 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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Natalia with a dried persimmon (aka sharon fruit)

I actually prefer the un-dried ones though!

Date: 2 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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This was really popular with everyone...apart from us! It was misleadingly translated as 'fried pea noodles' in some menus but it looked like hunks of fat but tasted like strange jelly. This gets a thumb down from me...and I usually like any food!

Date: 2 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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Xi'an's food street in the muslim quarter

REALLY packed at night but lots of things to see, smell and eat!

Date: 1 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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In the muslim quarter's food street

Coming at night, it's a feast for your senses!

Date: 1 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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Xi'an Street snacks 3

More traditional skewers of the meat variety!

Date: 1 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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Xi'an Street snacks 2

Quail egg skewers

Date: 1 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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Xi'an Street snacks 1

Some sort of sweet glutinous rice thing

Date: 1 October 2010
Photographer: EddieBlock: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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AFS in Xi'an

This is our entire group, 44 people, on the Xi'an city wall.

Date: 31 May 2010
Photographer: myscope: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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City Wall Square

A performance was held here, where performers played drums and people dressed as warriors did a march.

Date: 29 May 2010
Photographer: myscope: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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Tandem

Zach and Nancy are about to embark on a ride around the city wall within one hour.

Date: 29 May 2010
Photographer: myscope: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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Frogs at the Bazaar

If you stroke the frog's back with a wooden stick, it makes the frogs croak. Apparently, we have these in America, according to Zach, but I never saw one until I came to China. You might notice how the Chinese frogs croak differently than American ones.

Date: 28 May 2010
Photographer: myscope: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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To the Bazaar

Up these stairs, we come to a temple where swallows fly overhead and swoop down on mosquitoes. This part is filled with tourists as they make their way to and fro the bazaar.

Date: 28 May 2010
Photographer: myscope: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
Tags: temple sites tourist bazaar xi'an afs
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Massive elephant

While these elephants may be in a row, some of the snouts point in different directions. They are part of one of the largest Buddhist temples. Here is Zach and me.

Date: 28 May 2010
Photographer: myscope: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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Unrolling the Scroll

In the Buddhist temple, anyone can try calligraphy. Zach has just opened his secret message, possibly a proverb, and will begin writing calligraphy.

Date: 28 May 2010
Photographer: myscope: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
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Greetings

At the booth where you can pick up the scroll and paper, a Buddha greets you. Behind are some tourists practicing their writing skills. Again, this is in the Buddhist temple.

Date: 28 May 2010
Photographer: myscope: gallery
Location: Xi'an, China
Tags: temple sites buddha tourist xi'an afs
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Prayers for Blessing

You probably cannot see from here, but on the day we visited the Buddhist temple, we saw one of Siddhartha's finger bone. If I would guess, it would be his pinky. Monks and tourists pray together.