Back in NZ

We are back! Well, we’ve actually been back for a few weeks now, and I’m FINALLY able to look at the pictures of the rest of our holiday! Rather than write posts for every day, I’m just going to put up some photo’s from the last week of our tour to give you an idea. The first few days were the best anyway!

XIAN: 11-12 July

We arrived in Xian and were met by our guide, who delivered us to our hotel for breakfast and a very welcome shower. Then it was off to the Terracotta Warriors (via a scam factory to try and make us buy stuff. Didn’t fall for it, and Nathan got to pose up-close with the concrete people…)

Hundreds of soldiers…

The Fallen Soldier

That evening we went to a Tang Dynasty Show and Dumpling Banquet. This is hard to even think about – I never want to see another dumpling again! Even the thought if them makes me queasy…

The next day, we went to the Big Goose Pagoda and the Great Mosque.

Hard to take pictures of the Mosque as it was a random collection of buildings, but there were pretty flowers in ponds…

CHONGQING: 13 July

After another night on a train, we arrived in Chongqing for a day before our river cruise. The main attraction of this region is the giant panda’s.

Nathan with the baby panda:

Big panda:

Well, this is taking longer than I thought! Time to go to work. Will try and finish this off soon…