Raechel was our special Xian guide. Knowledgeable, competent, pretty, but she always seemed a little sad.

Xian is about a one hour ride from the airport. The soldiers are about a one hour bus ride outside of Xian. Xian air is as dirty as the worst in the world. The air is generally bad in China, but Xian makes LA look like paradise. Even Shanghai seems OK after Xian.

The clay soldiers and amazing. The story of their creation and destruction is an old one.