Our adventures in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus continue....

Last day in Beijing, this afternoon we fly on to Xian, whch is the old original capital of China and the place where the Terracota Army is located.

We were collected early this morning and taken to another of the old emporers palaces. This one is known as The Summer Palace and is like all the others huge. These emporers of old, who reigned supreme from 1420 to 1911, for sure looked after themselves. This was made up of hundreds of acres of palaces, ceremonila courtyards and private quarters. Right in the middle was the lake, a huge manmade thing with islands and bridges. We walked along the longest wooden corrider in the world, 728 yards long and stunningly decorated. At the end of this was the Marble boat, created as a place of serenity and according to ledgend, so long as a boat does not turn over on the lake the emporer would be granted long life.