Xi'an Le Garden Hotel

... again. <br><br>Beers N Noodles toya&#8230;..shane<br>_________________ _______________________________________ _______________<br><br>The soundtrack to this entry was by The Angels &amp; Rose Tattoo<br>The album was &#8216;A Random Mix&#8217; for MiolMukka ScottWoz.<br>The poor ...

We wandered into a public part with a lot of exercise machines, Not only were children playing on them but people of all ages were making use of the opportunity to exercise. <br><br>Some older guys were playing cards and we chatted, using our very limited Chinese with three locals. <br><br>Tomorrow we take ...

... the chinese gathered around the man watching, then more people yelled. We laid low as we were unsure if the situation would deteriorate but finally most people dispursed. Then another person came along and started yelling at the officials. All of the sudden it was time for the train to come. The officials opened the gates and we all surged to the platform where we got on ...

... joined by two Chinese students who were studying in Taiyuan City in Shanxi Province. One of them was from Guilin City in Guangxi and the other was from Quanzhou city in Fujian Province. I have spend a year and a half in each province so we had a lot to talk about. The Temple of Heaven served as a stage of solemn rites performed by the Son of Heaven who preyed there for good ...

... Zhu Yuanzhang followed his advice and began to enlarge the wall built initially during the old Tang dynasty (618 -907), creating the modern Xian City Wall. It's the most complete city wall that has survived in China, as well being one of the largest ancient military defensive systems in ...

... fast food chinese restaurant after lunch and my purse got stolen..proper professional racket..they undid my bag which was infront of me while a girl was pushing me and within 5 seconds I realised..It's soo croweded here..I became hysterical..luckily my passport was in a seperate bit of the bag..They got my credit cards..bank cards..money..pictures of my mum..Thank god for Jack..he rang the police..we got in the police car and went to police station..I really ...

... doing nothing! After we arrived in Xian we had a look around and went to Computer Street... apparently all big towns in China have their version of computer street. I managed to buy an English PSP game! It is awesome! I also picked up a couple of sets of DVDs... hopefully they are all good quality but I kind of doubt it! The next day we set off to see the Terracotta Warriors; our local guide's Yingwen (English) was not so ...

... Mao was an admirer of the early emperors including Qin Shi Huang and accepted that some force may be needed to acheive a "greater good" for a country. We visit the moslem quarter where China's biggest Mosque is. To be honest there was nothing much islamic about it apart from some arabic script here and there. Hua Shan is a huge set of peaks 100km from Xi'an and we decide to brave it unaided. Starting ...

... so cold last night when I got off the plane. I never thought about it when I left Jinghong and didn't get a jacket (or three) out for when I got off the plane. BRRR! Anyhow, times up mate, gotta go as people have arrived and we are going to the park for a walk. That's one thing I've noticed here in China, everyone likes to walk after ...