The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
Okay, we’re done with Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3… it’s time for Part 4! Highlight of this part is a visit to the Terracotta Warriors. Enjoy!

My Parents in China
While they were here, my parents sat in on a lot of my classes. Which means you get photos like this of me doing my thing. Haha. Excuse the bad quality; camera phone.

My Parents in China
Here’s me posing for photos with some of them.

My Parents in China
Here’s a suitably dark and crappy picture of us chilling out drinking some beers before going out for a meal. Oh, the guy with the bag on his head?! That’s just John being John.

My Parents in China
Again, excuse the poor quality, but here’s us out at a big meal celebrating Rudi’s birthday.

My Parents in China
So, that night everybody got way too drunk, and the restaurant was about 2-3 miles outside of the city. With no taxis, we staggered back towards the city. Some of us staggering more than others (I’m looking at you, Vicky.) Then again… I was put in charge of carrying Vicky, which was going fine until I decided we should skip to catch up to the others. She was bruised for a few days, but it was a good story. Oh, this photo? This is a drunk John running into the park to pull down some of the giant hydrogen (yes, Hydrogen, like… Hindenburg Hydrogen) filled balloons in the park. Ah, good times, all rounded up with some 3am McDonalds. Just another day in Weinan.

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Left: Dad outside my apartment, Right: Me and B outside Aston.

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Arriving at the Terracotta Warriors.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
My reaction after being asked to take a photo with B’s “small” camera.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
Me, snapping away.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
Posing.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
The Whittinghams!

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
One thing to mention; it was hot as hell! Here’s a not-so-glamorous photo of B to illustrate the point.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
And, I’m not even gonna try think of captions for all these photos…so… just take in the wonders of The Terracotta Warriors, over 2,200 years old with an estimated 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 cavalry horses, the majority of which are still buried in the pits. Enjoy.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
Posing!

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The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
More of the Whittingham family!

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

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The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

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The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
I like this shot – I can imagine them coming to life and walking towards the camera.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
More Whittingham representin’!

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
Spotted these three strange warriors amongst the others!

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

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The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

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The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

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The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
Some figures for sale in a gift shop.

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The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
I guess these guys all used to have spears…and…you know…heads.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
Dude, where’s my horse?!

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Left: B-‘Give me my camera back!’, Middle: Giant scary puppet… Right: One of the better preserved ones that you can get up close to.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
B snapping away.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
The armour just looks great!

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
A human skull, presumably also found in the pit.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an
Outside, there was time for some hat buying and posing.

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

The Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an

And that was that.

Believe it or not, this is only about 1/5th of the photos. For the rest, check out my flickr, here.

Part 5, coming soon!

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3 Comments to “My Parents in China – Part 4”  

  1. 1 gillian whittingham

    Wow, looking at those pics takes me back. Miss you guys!!!!

  2. 2 amy

    brill pics. have you been getting my e-mails? xx

  3. 3 Vicky

    Another set of great pics 🙂 i’m putting mine all on facebook now lol, think there’s going to be about 10albums lol. Oh and btw I still have a mark on my ankle from the skipping incident, maybe i’ll have a permanent scar to remind me of China 🙂

    must skype soon with u all 🙂 xxx

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