Day 5: Terra-Cotta Warriors!

Prompt: What happened today?

Today we got to wake u later than usual. The breakfast at the hotel was pretty good. We then headed out to some ancient ruins, called the Bang Po, ancient river people. It was interesting because it was a lot of dirt and it was surprising that some of the structures were still standing.

After that we went to a Hot Springs. The springs were really pretty. We spilt up into small groups and wandered. My group; Alexa, Jake, Nick, Sam, Shelby, Natalie, Beth, and Samie, dipped our hands into the water and it was really hot, but it felt nice. We then wandered into a building that was kind of like a museum. And then we split up and Shelby, Nick, Natalie, Alexa, and I went to a lake things. Alexa found a pillow she wanted for her grandparents and tried to barter for it, but the lady selling it got mad. Then we found a picture that was the image on the pillow, and we took turns posing like it.
Then as a group we went up on cable cars to get a pretty cool view from the top of a mountain of the hot springs. It was a pretty smooth ride up there. and the view was nice but not of the hot spring area, it was of the other side of the base of the mountain. And I asked Nick to hold my camera and he then preceded to take many pictures of himself.

Then we went to lunch. Lunch was okay, we have had better. And Scott got sick. But he powered threw so he could see the Terra-Cotta Warriors.

The Terra-Cotta Warriors were pretty awesome! And there was more than I imagined. In fact they were still excavating some. I thought that the warriors were a small amount but seeing them in real person that close made me freak out a little only because they were really impressive and you just imagine how long and how much work was put into making them. We them went back to the hotel.

We went to dinner, and I ate out with Tom, Mason, Mr. Ewen, Cladia, Lexa, Brandon, Beth, Kip, Alexa, Shelby, and Natalie out to some restaurant near the hotel. At the restaurant we had a hot pot, but I really did not enjoy it so I ate some chicken thing which tasted good.

Then Lexa, Brandon, Shelby, Natalie, Schags, Ms. T, and I went to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda fountains. There was a water show and I stayed semi dry while everyone else danced in the middle of the fountains and got soaked. Afterwards it was next to impossible to get a taxi back to the hotel. Everyone who got wet smelled like barf, it was gross. The taxi we got into we think was illegal because they did not have a meter until we got in and there was no real seats...but it was the funniest taxi ride I was ever in. Xi'an was fun, and I miss it.