Little warriors

Before taking the train out west, we went to another burial site (at the Yangling Museum) where they have unearthed soldier guards and animals that are about 1/3 life-size. They come from the Han dynasty over 2,000 years ago. Unlike the terracotta warriors, they have left them as they found them with the ravages of time and looting. Unlike the terracotta warriors, there was no one else there!! You could get more out of the experience.
3 hrs by train out west we came to Lanzhou a place of a meagre 4.5 mill.
The landscape is different out here. The soil has gone from chocolate to dusty tan. We are on the edge of the Gobi Desert. Lanzhou used to be where the caravans crossed the Yellow River on the Silk Road. More of a Tibetan influence in the gene pool and more Muslims.Read more