Apologies that none of these are rotated yet and are only 600px.  I'll fix all that in the coming days as I have time.

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DAY 7 - MONDAY 4 MAY 2009

8973 - Xi'an near hotel
8982 - calligrapher painting names
8986 - painting my name
8996 - Sean at Terra Cotta replication factory
9001 - Elaine as a soldier
9008 - nearly finished replications
9017 - learning about the process
9026 - finishing touches
9039 - full-scale replications
9059 - quilting
9061 - entrance to Terra Cotta soldiers
9065 - pausing use of the entrance
9081 - learning about Pit 1
9086 - Pit 1
9093 - soldiers in Pit 1
9099 - horses at the ready
9103 - battle formation
9116 - Samantha and Maria
9123 - ready for battle
9130 - ruins in Pit 3
9143 - the generals and their horses
9151 - Pit 2
9167 - the only in-tact soldier: a kneeling archer
9179 - a general
9188 - calvaryman and his horse
9203 - eerie ruins of Pit 2
9222 - large marionettes
9230 - bronze chariot
9248 - Ben and Carly
9251 - waiting to head back to the bus
9260 - walking back through the gardens
9265 - welcome to... Ohio?
9278 - welcome to... Egypt?
9279 - lunch
9284 - Sean and the watermelon
9295 - the "Sino-Egyptian" border
9305 - climbing the mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shi Huang
9311 - view from the top
9316 - people at the top
9322 - group photo
9329 - another view
9346 - heading back down
9361 - entrance artwork and plants
9371 - vendors in front of mausoleum
9374 - Xi'an Airport Silk Road Restaurant
9380 - dinner
9392 - slightly delayed to Hangzhou
9398 - our gate (but not our plane)
9402 - boarding the bus to the plane
9408 - crowded bus
9412 - now boarding
9417 - oh no!
9422 - view over Xi'an (and a wing)
9427 - cloudy day
9455 - landed in Hangzhou
9475 - our local guide, Arthur

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DAY 8 - TUESDAY 5 MAY 2009

9482 - Cinco de Mayo decorations at breakfast
9490 - HCC-ers at West Lake
9495 - on a boat on West Lake
9502 - wedding group taking photos
9510 - learning about local history
9523 - the other HCC boat on West Lake
9533 - fountains in Hangzhou
9540 - Ben and Evan look out at Hangzhou
9547 - smile!
9568 - "Old Man" pagoda, rebuilt in 2000
9576 - Flower Harbor Park, featured on the ¥1 banknote
9585 - view in the park
9591 - Chad and Jane and flowers
9605 - path along the lake
9611 - fish in a pond
9617 - relaxing beauty
9640 - peacocks
9652 - Scott and a peacock
9665 - beautiful birds
9673 - getting the peacock's attention
9687 - restful canoe
9689 - a bunch of HCC-ers
9696 - bicycle area
9702 - interesting tree
9713 - lunch at Mountain Beyond Mountain restaurant
9719 - being silly at lunch
9725 - JG at the restaurant
9730 - learning about tea-making
9738 - the smaller leaves are better
9745 - entering the Tea Museum
9758 - "Dr. Tea"
9762 - fresh green tea
9769 - tea clears the system better than water
9776 - good quality vs. bad quality (Hint: good is on the left)
9785 - packing tea for customers
9796 - Great Canal
9805 - Xihu Tiandi park
9808 - getting ice cream
9810 - park sculpture
9816 - park bridge
9820 - local condominiums
9822 - bicycle repairman waiting for business
9832 - local soccer stadium
9834 - being silly on the buses
9839 - calendar of events at Zhejiang University (Hint: we're at the top)
9841 - concert hall and welcome sign
9845 - group photo
9849 - welcome sign
9855 - concert venue
9859 - seating area
9865 - celebrating 30 years of friendship
9873 - Zhejiang University's Wenquin choir
9883 - singing beautiful music
9892 - another concert picture
9898 - Chongzhi and I
9901 - Ted and Sean with women of Zhejiang
9903 - Ted, "Ted", and Ted
9906 - Hangzhou at night
9912 - ready for a late dinner
9915 - here's lookin' at you...

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