A 6 foot tall Terra-cotta soldier and his horse. Can you believe that Chinese’s ancestors are 6 foot tall? This is one of the amazing historical site you have to see it to believe it. It’s not supposed to be found. Some old guy was digging a well in 1970s, and found the place. It was amazing how huge the area is. China government stop digging on #2 and #3 tomb, due to the damage they found. Once the tomb is opened, the color of the objects are fading away. and they dry out and collapse.

You have to see it by yourself and listen the story about the history of China. It’s amazing how it were built and how it was not supposed to be found few hundred years after it was built. One thing worth to mention is that none of the soldiers are smiling. Each single soldiers are different. There were made by the slave, who look at each other and made the faces of others. They don’t smile, because they all know that they will be buried with the soldiers after they finished the works. They will also be executed if they made mistake. It’s a brutal world.

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First of all, click here to see the slide show. Yellow Mountain Slide Show

If you are a hiker and you have never hiked to this number one mountain in China, you will be shame on yourself. The mountain is called Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain in Chinese). It’s one of the most known mountains in the Chinese painting. It’s one of the most weird and beautiful mountain in the world too. The weather in the mountain could change four seasons in one day. You can have Spring in the morning, Summer at noon, Autumn in the afternoon and winter at night.There are only few hotels (about 5) in the mountain. If you decide to stay in the mountain, you’d better book the hotel when you arrival in the village though your hostel host or hotel manager. The only reason you will stay in the mountain is to watch the cloud sea and sun rise. The hotel price in the mountain is very expensive and you sometimes have to share room with 6+ other strengers. You are recommend to carry as little items as possible and leave your luggage in the hotel in the village. These are some people who just don’t listen. So they have to turn around and back down to the village. Shame on them! I will tell you why!

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Last year, My wife and I took 7 months off and travel to Asia (Taiwan, Hong Kong and China). That was a peaceful moment in our life that we have no worry, no fear, no job and no regrets. We have waited for that vacation for years. We went to many many places and decided to stop at Yang Shuo, China for about two weeks. We were so relaxe and relieve, just like we were in the heaven. I took many photos with my Nikon D70s. The weather was cloudy, but perfect for summer vacation. Click here to view the slideshow.

We plan to go there again this summer, we have more places to go. 50% of the people there are foreigner. That is one of the famous places in China. If you look at the Chinese painting, you will know what I am talking about.You can see more photos/slide shows from my photography page.