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B got some new shades, so I thought I'd teach her to throw up some gang signs and get her pout on. Myspace generation; respekk.

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So, Dan McCarthy is out here at the moment, and doing his best to blend in... haha. Well, No, truth be told, we got invited for a meal for free if we agreed to have our photo taken with the owner.. the power of being foreign! So, Dan donned his white suit, and I grabbed my Hawaiian shirt.

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Foreigners eat for free :D

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This pork was tasty! :D

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As was this! :D

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Me and Dan on a mission to convince all Chinamen that this is how we dress in the west. ;)

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We have one of those convex mirrors to see around corners in our apartment complex, so here's B and D getting their pose on.

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Keeping it real.

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Some kids playing on a building site

Xi'an at Night
We went off to Xi'an again for a few days. Here's the belltower at night. :)

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Detail shot

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I like this shot of B, just a shame about the lens flare creeping in.

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The streets stayed busy late into the night

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It really is beautiful at night :)

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Tim cheated and bought his tripod along. :-P Luckily the IS on the new lens is awesome. :)

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Found a good way to take mine and B's photo with the bell tower :p

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Little B with the big B as the background :)

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This is the shopping mall / subway under the belltower.

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One of the buildings around the bell tower

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Coming up to the drum tower

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Some neon signage. :)

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Drum tower detail

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The drum tower in all its glory

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Some nice gold lights

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There was an IS chilling next to the drum tower. One of the first IS's I've seen out here. :)

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A look down Muslim street

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Then we went to the Stele Forest. It's basically a museum of lots of ancient writings carved into stone. Here's B reading about....something.

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A shot of the top of one of the stones

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They then make rubbings of some of the carvings for people to buy. They throw some paper up over the carving..

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Then use a brush to fill the indents.

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Then hammer it down to crisp up the edges.

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Then blott the ink on. :)

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And the come out looking something like this.

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The red ones were purrrrdy. <3

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A nice detail shot :)

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haha, I like this shot of B.

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The kind of slab that filled the hall. :)

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More writings

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This one is worth seeing full size. I love the texture of the stone.

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They also had a collection of things you tie your horse to.

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Then some 'stuff' inside.

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Dan taking a photo of his favourite old-dead-wise-Chinese-dude; Laozi.

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And then rain stopped play. :(

More photos soon I hope! :)

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