Ni hao,
Three days in Xi'an, China and really enjoying it so far. Had a great flight from Kathmandu with great views of Mt Everest popping up through the clouds on the way to Lhasa. Flight arrived in Xi'an at 10.15. Managed to get our bags, find the right bus, about an hours drive, then a taxi to our hotel and got there just before midnight. A big day. The centre of the city is surrounded by an ancient battlement wall about 14 km around. And a moat. And gardens most of the way round. We walked half way round one day then went down to the big goose pagoda in the evening where there was this great fountain show on, all set to music. Lovely temperature in the evenings, about 25, but hot and humid in the day. Visited the terrocotta warriors yesterday, impressive and interesting. Wandered around the Muslim quarter last night & again tonight, a bazaar type atmosphere, heaps of places to buy food and stuff, busy, fun & cheap. The food here is so good after Nepal. Only $2-3 for a big plate of noodles or rice dish. 80 cents for bowl of noodles soup. Can't find a cup of tea anywhere yet... The language or lack if it is a bit of a challenge but no major issues so far. Have used tuk tuks , buses, taxis, used an ATM, made it to the museum and eaten well so all good. Our hotel/hostel is great and young people running it helpful and speak some English. Trevor seems to be a bit of a novelty with 3 random groups of people wanting to have their photo taken with him, it is pretty funny, they take the photo all laughing away, thank him and off they go... One lot, at the terrocotta warriors, bumped into us 10 minutes later and they had it printed out! Heading out to Hua Shan mountain tomorrow - there are five peaks to climb, lots of steps, but also a gondola which sounds promising!
Three days in Xi'an, China and really enjoying it so far. Had a great flight from Kathmandu with great views of Mt Everest popping up through the clouds on the way to Lhasa. Flight arrived in Xi'an at 10.15. Managed to get our bags, find the right bus, about an hours drive, then a taxi to our hotel and got there just before midnight. A big day. The centre of the city is surrounded by an ancient battlement wall about 14 km around. And a moat. And gardens most of the way round. We walked half way round one day then went down to the big goose pagoda in the evening where there was this great fountain show on, all set to music. Lovely temperature in the evenings, about 25, but hot and humid in the day. Visited the terrocotta warriors yesterday, impressive and interesting. Wandered around the Muslim quarter last night & again tonight, a bazaar type atmosphere, heaps of places to buy food and stuff, busy, fun & cheap. The food here is so good after Nepal. Only $2-3 for a big plate of noodles or rice dish. 80 cents for bowl of noodles soup. Can't find a cup of tea anywhere yet... The language or lack if it is a bit of a challenge but no major issues so far. Have used tuk tuks , buses, taxis, used an ATM, made it to the museum and eaten well so all good. Our hotel/hostel is great and young people running it helpful and speak some English. Trevor seems to be a bit of a novelty with 3 random groups of people wanting to have their photo taken with him, it is pretty funny, they take the photo all laughing away, thank him and off they go... One lot, at the terrocotta warriors, bumped into us 10 minutes later and they had it printed out! Heading out to Hua Shan mountain tomorrow - there are five peaks to climb, lots of steps, but also a gondola which sounds promising!
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