Mysterious Tibet 16-Day Tour (CIT008) Days 9-11

The bright lights of Chongqing line the Yangtze
(photo by Jakob Montrasio)

Downtown Chongqing
(photo by "Archey Firefly")

Chongqing, nestled in the mountains
(photo by David Schroeter)

Xi'an's Big
Goose Pagoda
(photo by Kevin Poh)

The view from Big Goose Pagoda
(photo by Ben Yanis)

A temple at Big
Goose Pagoda
(photo by Andrew Eland)

Big Goose Pagoda at night
(photo by "taylorandayumi")

Big Goose Pagoda
and Buddha statue
(photo by Matthijs Koster)

The Xi'an City Walls
(photo by Andrew Eland)

A watchtower on the
Xi'an City Walls
(photo by Andrew Eland)

On top of the Xi'an City Walls
(photo by Ginny)

A bell on the
Xi'an City Walls
(photo by Jakob Montrasio)

Panoramic view of the terracotta army pit
(photo by Kevin Poh)

The terracotta soldiers
(photo by Mark Kao)

Terracotta archer
(photo by David Dong)

"A wise man will only be useful as a man, and will not
submit to be 'clay'..." – Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience"
(photo by Richard Fisher)

Traces of the figures' original paint
(photo by Kevin Poh)

Terracotta horses
(photo by Bill Tyne)

Bronze horses
(photo by Tom Thai)

Huaqing Hot Springs
(photo by Michael Tyler)

Statue of imperial
mistress Yang Guifei
(photo by T. Chu)

Huaqing Hot Springs
(photo by Sam Haldane)

A bathing pool more than
a millenium old
(photo by Kevin Poh)

Be mesmerized by a Tang
Dynasty-style performance
(photo by Kevin Poh)

The dancers' beauty and grace will leave
you breathless and googly-eyed
(photo by Kevin Poh)

The mountains of Tibet
(photo by Reurinkjan)

Lhasa Valley
(photo by Onward Tibet)

The streets of Lhasa
(photo by Luca Galuzzi)