Originally Posted By Mary Poppins <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/travel/Chinese+terracotta+warriors+coming+Victoria/2490565/story.html" target="_blank">http://www.theprovince.com/tra...ory.html</a> They are coming to 4 Canadian museums including Vancouver's. There are 2,000 in all and 18 are making the trip here.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Actually, they're going to Victoria. A ferry trip ride away. That's where our Royal Museum is.
Originally Posted By TheParsec Thats very cool! I didn't think they were going to move any of them from that underground city.
Originally Posted By retlawfan Or there's these: <a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/news/legion_of_terra_cotta_mouseketeers" target="_blank">http://www.theonion.com/conten...eketeers</a>
Originally Posted By WorldDisney ^^Wow, very cool!! I've always wanted to see them, but I never get that far whenever I go to China. Definitely something worth a trip for...even going to Cananda for ;p.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I saw the real deal back in 1985 (or was it '86? I can never remember.) Amazing experience. The thing that always sticks in my mind is that when these warriors were made, they were all fully painted. The soldiers look impressive as they are now, but I can only imagine what they must have look like in all their adorned glory.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo They are very cool. I did see it in London a while back, but I was very disappointed in some ways as there are only a few. I imagine seeing the whole army is awesome as trekkeruss has said. But it is worth while if not travelling too far.
Originally Posted By irishfan I saw the whole army in Xian back in 2005 and it was fantastic, a fascinating day.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg This is right in my backyard. I might have to suck it up and pay the ridiculous museum admission to go have a look.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<This is right in my backyard>> Then you should charge people to look at what you excavated.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins LOL trekkeruss. I think that's amazing that you've been to Xian and that you had the opportunity to witness this creation, irishfan.
Originally Posted By irishfan >>I think that's amazing that you've been to Xian and that you had the opportunity to witness this creation, irishfan<< One of my photos: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2264782&l=15bc8c31f6&id=671724418" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/photo....71724418</a>
Originally Posted By irishfan No, from memory you have to pay extra for a ticket to be allowed to take photos, which is pretty common all over Asia. I took loads of photos.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Oh. Maybe it was different back when I visited. 20+ years is a long time, after all.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins Amazing photo, irishfan. Who'd have thought I knew people who've been to this phenomenon?
Originally Posted By Labuda If you miss the exhibit, you could always travel to Texas and go here: <a href="http://www.forbidden-gardens.com/index.htm" target="_blank">http://www.forbidden-gardens.c...ndex.htm</a>
