====== China 2000 ======

Finally managed to dig out these pics from a trip to China that I had the privilege to go on in 2000. I have been meaning to get them back up for awhile now. We had an amazing journey and a lot of fun. 

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===== Highlights of the trip =====
  * Fresh Pulled Noodles in the Xi'An market
  * Pow Mua (sp?) soup in the Muslim quarter of Xi'An (More garlic and broth please)
  * Shopping for silk
  * Watching people dodge traffic
  * Wearing my winter jacket indoors
  * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army|The Terra Cotta Army]]
  * Peking Duck 
  * Riding in a swarm of bikes in Kunming
  * Seeing the sun for the first time in a week in LiJiang
  * Crashing a funeral outside of LiJiang while on a bike ride.
  * Naxi Pancakes
  * Pork cooked in bamboo, black rice served in a pineapple
  * Evading officials and finding refuge at [[http://www.tigerleapinggorge.com/enter.html|Sean's Guest House at Tiger Leaping Gorge]].
  * Taking the upper trail at Tiger Leaping Gorge
  * Spending the night at a Naxi farmhouse whose gracious occupants put us up for the night
  * Taking a bath at [[http://english.hotels.ctrip.com/Domestic/showhotelinfo.aspx?hotel=12150&|Jim's Peace Cafe in Dali]]
  * Eating a Tibetan feast prepared by Jim's mother (including Yak meat)
  * Watching a 3 year old girl shoot a mortar at a bus during chinese new year
  * Dinner with the Swiss
  * Riding in a sleeper car on a train
  * Lizards on a stick
  * Sharing this experience with 3 of my favorite people on earth, Arnon, Leo and Jasmine.

===== Complete Gallery =====

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