Shanxi Aurum International Hote Xi'an

... go we are attacked by vendors selling "Rolex" watches for $5.00, postcards and all kinds of stuff. After we left the park, we went to lunch at a great local restaurant. The group agreed it was probably the best Chinese food we have ever had. We can get beer or soft drinks at all our meals, so Diane is turning into a beer drinker sort of.<br><br>After lunch we went to the airport to catch ...

... extremely expensive so we had the<br>cheapest meal, vegetable and rice. The staff all laughed at our tightness. After half an hour we were off again until 16.00 when we finally headed back. <br><br>Unfortunately we did not make it all the way to Yandi as the two other hikers we were with<br>wanted to head back as they have had enough and thought it would be a waste paying extra to yet to Yandi and not having time to walk around and would have to get a raft all the way ...

... I can cope and be happy without it too, so I think I often treat it more flippantly than I should. Add to this my"I could get hit by a bus tomorrow"attitude, it is hardly surprising I tend to throw money about. The only reason I do things like bargain or get ****** off when I get ripped off when paying for something is out of a sense of justice. I think it is unfair and disrespectful that I am expected to pay more for everything. It is about pride. It has nothing to do ...

... puguin cap a una altra vida. I clar com mes gran el pais, mes colossals son els resultats. Mes i mes guerrers, cavalls, arquers, carros, ... el desenfre d'un megaloman. Jo m'hagues conformat amb alguna cosa mes modesta, pero hi ha qui no l'atura ni la mort. La ciutat en si no es per a llancar-hi coets. El millor es visitar el barri musulma i poder veure que com a minim han ...

Hi all, Today is other pakced day. I woke up early and went to see the Terracota warriors. The apparently simple and straight-forward journey to the exhibition turned out to be a tortous one. I wont bore you with the details but let's just say that it involves taking the wrong bus, tricked into joining a tour (which I manage to get out of), and taking a taxi which had a punctured tired in the middle of the journey. Anyway, I reached the site in ...

... was incredible. The exhibits began with pieces from 1.7 million years to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). The collection was impressive and more time would have been nice to spend there. But we had only 45 minutes and had to leave to visit the Wild Goose Pagoda. We arrived at the Buddist pagoda which was built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty. The Pagoda is still used by the monks. Brandon had a mock fight going with one of the monks who as playing ...

... which were used for baths and to heat the rooms. I was back at my room by 6pm so I decided to head to the train station to book my ticket to Beijing for the following evening. It should have been a simple task but I somehow managed to get completely lost on the simple journey. I wasn't helped by the fact that I forgot my map! After 2 hours of wandering around I finally found the station, got my ticket with the help of a Chinese girl who could speak English and headed back to get ...

... for the Chinese national obsession; the Olympics. The warriors were impressive although the Chinese tourists seemed much more interested in having photos taken with the Brits I was with. The other amazing thing about Xian was the food, Kingtown No.1 was a great restaurant and superbly cheap. I also managed to see the Muslim quarter, the city walls, the drum and bell towers and the Mosque.

... different things alerting her allergies all at once. And finally we had the "pot". Almost every single person on board brought them a huge bowl of pot noodle. So began the jokes about the "pot". A Chinese pot noodle is a huge bowl that they fill with boiling water (each carriage has a water fountain serving up boiling water, or else there could be a revolution which would make Mao`s seem tame in comparison), and then they add the packet of flavoured ...