Luado Youth Hostel Xi'an

Yesterday we rode a bus for an hour out of the Walls and spent the day at the Terracotta Warriors. This subterrean life-size army has silently stood guard over the soul of China's first unifer, Qin Shihuang, for over two millennia. What a sight. We viewed the pits in reverse saving the biggest pit, pit 1, until last. Containing over 6000 warrior...

We were up at 7:30 and for the first time in a long time we both slept really well. There is a lesson here folks - invest in a good mattress!

We put on our running clothes and used our Running Factory schedule for level 3. Walk 4, run 16, walk 4 (minutes that is). We headed down the street a few blocks and ended with going up and down s...

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For those in Australia you really won't need to read most of what I have written but I think maybe you should read 'the mind numbing stupid comment' below about Australia made by someone who has obviously never been to Australia and who also obviously has no idea about natural disasters at all for that ma...

Got a bus at 8.30 to the Terracotta warrior factory, we got stuck in traffic on the way there so the bus driver decides he is gonna drive on the pavement to skip past the traffic jam... we couldn't believe it. When we got to the factory we saw them being made, and painted and learnt a bit about the history behind them. After a bit of gift shoppi...

Xi'an has been a pleasure! The food is pretty good, and most of the people are friendly. There are not too many tourists, which is always a bonus. Most of all, there are some pretty neat things. Yesterday (Friday) we took an early morning bus to see the Terracotta warriors. They are very impressive because they are each so individual, life-size ...

Hi everyone, Sorry it's been so long again since I've written anything in the blog. We've been busy in Xi'an, meeting new people every day, and seeing some very interesting things as well. On our first full day in Xi'an (Sunday 11th May), we hired bikes on top of the ancient city walls, and cycled around in just over an hour. It was great fun, e...

I don't even know where to start... So we survived the train ride, I think I got about 4 hours sleep. Jes slept pretty good, if it wasn't for Mr. snore-a-lot above us, we both would have slept better. So after following the wave of people out the train station, only to be greeted with a huge crowd outside and snow pouring down, we were able to f...