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From ancient times the human being has believed in life after death. At the times of the Pharos they used to burry treasures with them. In China…one of the most important archaeological sites is located in a city called Xi’an. In China if your talking with other travellers and Xi’an comes up, the Army of The Terracotta warriors immediately comes to mind. Its even the cover page on the latest China Lonely Planet.
Basically there are around 8099 Terracotta Warriors. These warriors are life-like and life-size. Each warrior has unique features. They were buried close to the Mausoleum of the Emperor. Anyways you could read about this in more details on wikipedia.
Here’s a few photos…

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Akef

If you’ve been to China, you’ll know that knockoffs are everywhere. From cheap Rolex watches to dirt cheap CD’s and DVD’s of the latest movies and series. In Beijing there were malls that sold very cheap Nike…adidas…billabong(is this the correct spelling?). But I found the following pictures to be interesting…logos that ‘look like’ originals but it is very clear that they’re not original. I saw logos like this in the markets in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Dubai. But what I didn’t see are whole stores of the same logo with their own advertising campaigns and slogans. In one of the malls I found a Nike store and few stores beside it one of the Nike look-a-likes…

Adidas?



Nike?


Timeberland?

Starbucks?

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Akef

I’m used to star ratings for hotels…restaurants…airlines…but back in China I found this

For some reason they rate toilets…

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Akef

Well been back in Cairo now for a little bit less than a week. I’ve been too lazy to post anything on the blog…don’t know why…but look at this picture…actually…take a closer look…

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Akef