I took the liberty of skipping over uneventful days or days during which I didn't really take any pictures. I'm sure nobody's interested in how long I worked on my assignment or the type of ramen noodles I ate as I stayed holed up in my room all day doing said assignment.
Anyway, we visited Yan'an, which is exciting only because it's where the Communist Party ended up after the Long March and how it was sort of the "home base city" of the CCP for quite a while, representing their origins and whatnot. It's also interesting because this city is not that exciting compared to Shanghai and Beijing, so it's almost like the CCP "abandoned" it afterwards. That's up for debate. Anyway, photos!
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| The famous pagoda of Yan'an |
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| This was a hotel (?) modeled after the cave homes for which Yan'an is famous . |
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| Revolutionary History Museum of Yan'an |
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| Proud Mao statue |
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| Mao overlooking his city! |
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| CCP leaders |
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| LOL KMT flag |
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| End of the Long March |
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| Gift shop commercializing the image of Mao. Irony? Oh China. |
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| They are so cute when they extol Communist achievements |
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| Former residences of legit CCP leaders |
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| Inside the cave homes |
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| Engrish attack! |
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| Mao Zedong's cave residence |
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| Zhe De's cave residence |
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| This flute player randomly got on our bus and played the flute for us...haha |
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| Village in Yan'an. |
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| Again, contrast the city with the villages |
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| Random night market in Yan'an |
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| Pagoda at night! |
Pretty much there was not much to do in Yan'an. The city center was a large mall that wasn't fully finished being constructed and was deceptive because we spent a ridiculous amount of time looking for a coffee shop that ended up not existing...yet. When we went out at night there were fireworks, probably for Dragonboat Festival day (端午節), and that was pretty much the most exciting thing that happened!
And, by the way, the hotel there kind of lies. That is all. Haha.
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