It is 1965 and my son got drafted in to the Vietnam War. When he got his card that said he was being drafted into the war I started crying. The day he left I cried even more. It has been 3 weeks since my 19- year old boy has left his home. He sent me a letter saying that he is fighting Guerrillas. Guerrillas are small groups of people who ambush and set traps to kill people instead of shooting people. My boy's life was really in danger now. Two days after I rea...

Today we go to the terracotta warriors. The Terra Cotta Warriors is a collection of sculptures of men in Qin Shi Huang's (the first emperor of China) army. They are made from terracotta clay. That is why they are called The Terra Cotta Warriors. Archeologists estimate that there are about three pits and over 8,000 soldiers, 130 chariots with 520 horses and 150 non-chariot horses. The Terra Cotta Warriors were put in the pits in about 210 B.C to scare off enemie...

Today I fly to another place in China called Xian. After 1 Hour of waiting not on the plane, 2 Hours of waiting on the plane and an hour and ½ plane ride we were landing. I look out of the window and all I could see was brown. My sister and me were asking each other if we were in a cloud or if it was really really polluted here. Once we got to our driver/guide Julia she told us that it was a sand storm. Later on my mom told me it was pollution mixed with sand ...

Today I woke up and had a really good breakfast. After that my family and we went to Tiannenmen square. There were soooooooo many people that wanted to take pictures with us. It was like we were famous, which we were for the Chinese. It was soooooooo fun I would love to be famous all over the world. All the Chinese were staring at us and asking to take pictures with us. After all of that funness we went to go see a Kung Fu show. When we walked into the Kung Fu ...

Today I have arrived in Beijing. When we touched the ground and were walking out of the airplane I noticed how polluted China is and especially Beijing. I also noticed that Beijing's one airport is HUGE!!!!!!! After getting the bags we got in a car with a man named Mario. On the way to the hotel I was sleeping because we got up early and I did not sleep on the plane. Once we arrived at the hotel we dropped our bags and went right to walking out side. The only t...