{"id":1507,"date":"2017-05-14T08:58:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T08:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2017-05-14T09:01:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T09:01:38","slug":"12th-may-pingyao-to-xian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mak.iqt.com.au\/?p=1507","title":{"rendered":"12th May – Pingyao to Xi’an"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning we leave Pingyao early and as we walk out the restaurants & shops are just starting to \u00a0open.<\/p>\n

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On the way out of town we visit Shuangling temple in Qiaotou village which has very good examples of unrestored original statues from the Song, Yuan, Ming & Qing Dynasties. \u00a0The statues are made from wood and then covered in clay & painted and they are in remarkably good condition considering their age.<\/p>\n

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We have 510 km to drive to Xi’an and Shiraz is the lead car. \u00a0Peter & David take it in turns to drive Henk’s car. It’s a long drive especially the last 11 km through the heavy traffic into the centre of the city where our hotel is. Xi’an is a large city of approximately 8 million people.<\/p>\n

As we all meet for our nightly meeting at 7:15 Henk & Maja arrive at the hotel to join us, it’s great to have them back & especially good to see Henk smiling & pain free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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