Howard Johnson Xian Xi'an

... Sure each Terracotta Warrior is different than the other and unique and that's awesome and all, but I doubt you need two hours to stair at them. This was a recurring them with several sites we visited. Anyway just look at the pictures if you want to see these cultural relics for yourself, because I can't describe them because i am just a little sick of looking at them.<br><br>Now Xi'an does have an awesome selection of Street ...

... which seemed to be a bar street and had an awful lot of cats. By this stage the jury was still out. Then I climbed up to the walls. I am still not sure that I see eye to eye with the rest of the city. But the walls, I like a lot. Even if they are the wrong colour and way too lengthy. I've said this before and I'll say it again: cities are like people. Sometimes you arrive in a place and it is love at first sight (Paris, Assisi, Avignon, Rome, Cordoba), sometimes it ...

... very thirsty, so I had a Venti iced tea for 21 yuan ($3+). We headed to the pedestrian street and saw lots of clothing for sale - socks, tops (human coat racks), nail polish, beelts and jewellery. <br><br>We ate at the underground mall at Cherry Blossom (another Japanese restaurant) - a sushi bar. We had 1 salmon, 1 shrimp, 1 cucumber, 2 Cokes, 1 tea fro 37 yuan ($7).<br><br>We walked back to the hotel and I freshened up while Bill used the internet for 15 minutes at 15 yuan ($3). He ...

... opmaken" nooit meer inhoud heeft dan het vervangen van de handoeken en het opmaken van het bed. Een dan mag je nog van geluk spreken (in Beijing banjeren ze dan ook nog gewoon met hun gore schoenen over de DOOR JOU gedweilde vloer). Maar goed, geen "opgemaakte" kamer is dus geen schone handdoeken. Ik naar de balie: "Hello, our room was not made up today, so I don't have fresh towels" -&gt; Tower? ik* "Yes Towel" -&gt;Please write down Tower. ik ...

... han skal ikke tro, at det giver mig dårlig samvittighed. Jeg er overbevist om, at når min krop skriger på kage 3 gange om dagen, er det fordi, at den har brug for kage. Da mørket kom, udforskede vi nattemarkeder. Jeg købte to par øreringe og en bluse, og vi fik elendig aftensmad. Vi blev fanget af et sushi-skilt, men det var de bestemt ikke berettigede til at have. Det var nok verdens dårligste sushi, ikke fordi at den smagte gammelt, den var bare tør som kiks og smagte ikke af ...

... there just happened to be hundreds of Muslims of all ethnicities worshipping here was was a good site to see. After the Mosque there was a large Muslim market. I enjoyed seeing everything for sale here. I bought a ...

... etc.. betameche peut voir avec ses yeux des enfnats de son age qui travaillent dns la rue, dans les boui bouis.. bcp de musique et de chants partout.. tout le monde chante.. beta s y est mis. nous avons goute bcp de chose avec ting .. je vais vite dormir au moins 3 heures.. a bientot si nous arrivons a nous connecter.. bisous a tous

... was jam-packed which did diminish the athmosphere of the place markedly. On the way back we visited a temple (forgot name, sadly) just outside of town. This was pleasently empty in contrast and was fabulously serene in it's layout and rightly holds UNESO world heritage status for it's buddhist figures and frescoes from the 11th-16th centuries. Definitely worth a visit. 15 November entry: Sadly Regine had caught a stomach upset in Xi'an. We were planning to move ...

... change some money, which turned out to be an experience in itself, waited nearly an hour at the bank. Afterwards we just had dinner at the hostel (pizza+club sandwich, due to their limited chinese menu) and watched pulp fiction. Since Omri had a bit of a cold and a really bad cough, and i had stomach problems, we decided to take it easy and just go for a look round. Xi'an has almost fully embraced capitalist shopping culture! The ...