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Our next stop in Xian is called a “Fine Arts Center.” Translation: another shopping opportunity. We are shown a workroom where 10-12 artists carve jade. A display in the wall exhibits the different types of jade that are mined. There is amber, lavender, and all shades of green from just a tint to a dark color almost like ebony. The most

The showroom is huge and contains some rather large jade carvings. It is all very interesting to explore. We take advantage of our shopping opportunity and purchase a small sphere that contains 3 concentric spheres inside, each having holes that show the next sphere in size and each is free-moving within th

We notice fog moving in as our group assembles in a restaurant at the Xian airport for lunch at noon. Lunch is a sampling of dishes on a lazy susan—rice, egg drop soup, sweet potato, beef, pork, and bean curd that resembles tofu and has absolutely no taste.
At the gate we are seated and told our flight is delayed by the weather. The airline begins to hand out prepackaged lunches of rice and meat and some fruit. We are too stuffed to eat it and decline it as well as another meal offered later in the evening. I think I am getting tired of the smell of Chinese food.
We sit for hours waiting. Our tour guide, Fred, and another group’s tour guide have a heated conversation with airline personnel. We learn another group was given our plane when the weather lifted. The two guides were able to get the airline to arrange for another plane to take our groups to Chonging but it is 9 p.m. before we finally board our plane.
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I cannot imagine how exhausted our guides, Fred and Duan, must be trying to take care of 78 of us with all the problems they have run into. A bed sounds good to everyone at this point. Hope to nap on the plane.
Other China posts:
The Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square
The Great Wall
The Summer Palace
Wuhan to Beijing
Chinese Farmhouse
Three Gorges Dam
Three Gorges and Lesser Gorges
Fengdu—The Ghost City
Cruising the Yangtze
Chonging—The Yangtze River
Evening in Xian
Beijing to Xian
Timid Tourist in China-Travel Day
China-The Trip of a Lifetime
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