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Roasted crickets or scorpion anyone?
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A tub full of scorpions for the grill- I simply freaked out!
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Not sharp because many of them were moving
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Moving towards the entrance- and no, that is not it!
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Restaurants at the entrance piazza- and all signs were in Chinease
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A lady selling 'biang biang' noodles- a regional specialty
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Large ticketing office of the Terracotta Warriors
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Entering the ticketing office was like entering a train station
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Pic of one of the farmers who discovered the warriors chatting with a celebrity
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The only surviving farmer of the four who discovered the warriors
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A lady at the gift shop, while the farmer looks on
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Lush greenery around the Terracotta warriors pit
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My first glimpse of the Terracotta Warriors
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Some of the faces were remarkably life-like
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The sheer scale of it was nothing like what I had expected
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Closer view of one of the pits
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Rows of terracota warriors are arranged in rows of pits
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General view of a section of the terracotta warriors
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Each warrior had a different face
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Apart from humans, there are terracotta horses too
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The terracotta warriors, backed up by horses
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The site of the well, digging of which led to the discovery
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Trying the use the flash backfired
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And this is only one of the pits!
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These doors allow field workers to enter the pits for repair and maintenance
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Some excavation work is still going on at the site
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These figures are undergoing heavy repair and restoration
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An isolated area for repair, touch up and restoration of the figures after excavation
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There were no archeologists around that day, unfortunately
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My only selfie that turned out remotely Ok
