Xi’an

It was nice to get out of Beijing. Though our trip out of Beijing meant we would be on a hard seat train for 12 hours. This meant sitting upright with now reclining seat for 12 hours. Needless to say after this quite uncomfortable experience Andrea and I have decided to no longer travel on a hard seat and that we would not travel for any more than 15 hours in a single shot.

Xi’an was nice. The pace was a bit more relaxed than Beijing with cleaner streets and seemingly fewer cars.






The main reason for coming to Xi’an was to check out the Terra Cotta soldiers, but since we would save that for tomorrow, we decided to check out the town. There was the Drum Tower and Bell Tower that provided some great views of the city and then the Muslim Quarter that had loads of street food to enjoy.



Thanks to Song and her friend Jackie for showing us around town and leading us to all these sights around town, including the Goose Pagoda, which is known for having housed the earliest Buddhist texts in China.