May 15, 2015 - Drove to Jiuzhai Airport at 11,300 feet and flew Sichuan Airlines #8608 leaving around 11:40am and arriving in Chengdu around 12:45pm. Lunch in Chengdu and then checked into the Shangri-La Hotel.


May 16, 2015 - Flew China Eastern Airlines MU2295 leaving from Chengdu at 11:15am and arriving in Xi’an around 12:40pm. Met by our tour operator at the Airport, had lunch and then visited the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum in Xi’an. We would stay the next two nights in the Westin Xi'an. Along with our local guide and a driver, there were a total of three participants on this leg of the tour.


May 17, 2015 - Visited the Terracotta Warriors in the morning and visited the Xi'an's Muslim Quarter in the afternoon.


Here is a photograph of the Terracotta Warriors.