Five Goat Statue and Others

These pictures are the fruit of another walking adventure I went on with Tim. We went to Yuexiao park and walked around for a while, and saw the famous five goat statue. I had never heard of this before coming here, but there are billboards around town showing famous things from all over the world including the statue of liberty, the Sydney opera house, and the five goat statue, so I guess it’s a big deal. We also saw the site of an ancient Chinese tomb and the stuff that was extracted from it. Some of that was cool, and some of it was a little oversold. But the tomb itself was cool. Afterward we walked around town for a while and bought some cooked ostrich eggs from a street vendor and some boba tea. Then on to poker.

Photos:

This is the actual tomb that they excavated. I forget the kings name who was in there. You can actually walk inside it. People leave cash lying above the door for good luck. I wanted to grab some. This is the case that the king was actually buried in. It was only about 5 feet tall. I don’t think Sarah would have fit in it. First car crash I’ve seen here. Impressive considering I thought I was going to die every time I got in a car the first month. These are the famous goats. I guess there is some myth about goats founding the city or something.

Another view of the goats. Of course this trip wouldn’t be complete without a celebrity shot. I don’t know what this building is, but we happened to walk past it and I liked the design of it. There is road construction so traffic is routed onto the sidewalk where restaurants have their tables set up.