Last day in Chongqing
Pi Dan (Thousand-year egg)
It's covered in dried mud and some grassy thing. I was stupid and decided to try cracking it open with the mud on. The dirt got all over the egg and when I tried to wash the dirt off, this happened:
The egg white did NOT taste good so I ate the yolk, like this:
My mom wanted nothing to do with my project.
Lunch!
Cucumber and some kind of fish.
Ma Po Tofu!
Chongqing skyline.
See the Empire State Building in the background?
Yea, they have a building that looks like it called 纽约,纽约 (New York, New York)
Apartments
Massive construction taking place.
One after another of identical sky-scrapping apartment buildings.
The Airport
Kinda looks like a mini-version of Beijing's Terminal 3.
Xi'an
It was brought to our attention by our taxi driver -- the earthquake happened 88 days before the 2008 Olympics. Creepy.
Our taxi driver pointed out this building. See the Xes?
This is one of the only buildings in Xi'an affected by the earthquake.
In our aMaZiNg hotel in Xi'an.
This is a view of the bedroom - FROM THE BATHROOM. We pulled down the shade to shower, natch. You can still see a silhouette. 0o0o.
Making of Deep Fried Leek Pancake
Ultimate Pot Stickers
Mashed-lamb Sandwich (Xi'an specialty)
Beef Dumplings
They sold one jing (12 oz) of dumplings (about 60) for 15 RMB. So we got the minimum of 18 dumplings for 5 RMB. They were about a mouthful each.
Nom Nom Nom.
The Drum Tower.
The government sent out texts earlier that day about possible earthquakes. The Xi'an people were sleeping outside just in case. Looked like fun.
Night view.
The Bell Tower.
Night view.
Roasted Squid. Spicy.
The underground. So spacious.
The Road.
It's actually kind of strange how Xi'an is. Basically, all the areas surrounding the main tourists attractions are made to be really grand. It's really clean and spacious and things just look new. There's another area outside the city walls that's even newer and more expensive (6000 RMB/sq meter of property). Tourism is Xi'an's main source of revenue, which probably explains why we had to pay an admissions fee for EVERYTHING (unlike Chongqing). And so it's kind of weird when some of the things are just built to LOOK historic, but actually aren't. Then again, Xi'an is home of the Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, and Ming Dyanasties, according to Wikipedia -- it's got one gigantic share of Chinese history.
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