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Chna is getting better!
... the Drum was used to signal the closing of shops and the gates. We’d been told that there was a very good restaurant which served various dumplings between the Drum and Bell towers but after having wandered back and forth a few times we gave up trying to find it and went to KFC instead! We’ll ask the guide tomorrow for better directions.
It’s been a better day today but I don’t think I will ever get used to the spitting - ...
Rain
... tomb, which is on the way to the airport. We have to pay the driver an extra 50 yuan each. It takes about and hour to get there and the entrance fee is 90 yuan. The tomb is a lot smaller than the terracotta army, but it is like a miniature version. The tomb is underground and it's dark and has very little info in English. A good stop over though especially as the weather is still chucking it down and it's on the way to ...
Ode to the Xi'an Metro
... that the system is VERY new and is the clear outlier when it comes to Xi'an's public transport system. Nothing could be more the opposite in comparison to the crowded buses. I loved the Xi'an metro so much that I have dedicated a blog post to it. For those of you visiting Xi'an in the future, add this to your list of places to visit, right after the Terra Cotta Warriors. No. I'm not kidding. ...
Holiday Trip Part 2 - Xi'an
... chariots have been excavated so far). The entire Mausoleum for Emperor Qin Shihuang covered 20 square miles and used 700,000 laborers. It took almost 40 years to complete the entire army and other treasures he would be buried with. We returned to Xi'an to see the 12-storied pagoda at Famen Temple, but they already closed for the day--got some great night pictures though.
Sat. Oct. 8
For our final day in Xi'an, we left ...
Muslim Quater and Big Wild Goose Pagoda
... to our hostel. I was much later than I had thought it would be when we got back…11pm! Eep! I ate my cake thing, Andrew had a persimmon and we went to bed. Today, we were going to go to see the Terracotta Warriors, but I'm just too bushed from yesterday. We're not sure what we'll do or where we'll go but I'm not hoopy (see: Hitchhiker's Guide) with taking a bus all the way to the north end of the city to get to the train station (20 minutes) and then ...
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