01.02.2013

A combination of the early bed time and dry mouth due to not being able to breathe through my nose had me up and about at 03:00! I decided that the best course of action was not to bother Charly, to get dressed and go downstairs to use the better internet signal. The girl at the front desk looked at me like I was crazy. I guess they don’t ( Read more... )

31.01.2013

It was museum day! According to Lonely Planet the Shaanxi History Museum has a cap on the amount of people admitted in a day so to get there early. In the off season the museum opens at 09:30 so we planned to leave at 09:00. We left a bit later since we only had bus directions from South Gate to each stop. So we decided to take the 26 bus ( Read more... )

30.01.2013

That day was a lazy start day! We planned on leaving at 09:00 but Charly was doing her half-asleep-push-the-start-time-back-then-suddenly-she-is-up-and-ready-to-go-in-about-10-seconds-flat, thing! It is Charly-magic I swear! But at that point I was settled in for a lazy morning so we decided to stick with the later start. But at least I ( Read more... )

29.01.2013

I woke up with Charly’s cold, and feeling miserable. After a (not really) nightmare, but a stressful dream, I was awake and adrenaline pumping about 30 minutes before the alarm. I had trouble rousing Charly as well. Today we planned to go see the Terracotta Warriors! But after talking with Charly we decided that we would sleep some more ( Read more... )

28.01.2013

Compared to Beijing there is nothing to do in Xi’an! In Beijing we packed our days full of stuff, and there were still things on our list that we wanted to do but didn’t have the time for. In Xi’an there is plenty to do and see, but at the same time the stuff we really want to see and do are not exceeding our time here (at the time that ( Read more... )

Xi’an Day 0.5

27.01.2013

The Train arrived late, which I was told would happen but as we had left exactly on time I was unsure why, until it happened. We got into Xi’an a bit before noon and there was a free pick up from the Hostel. Two people came to get us a driver and an English speaker. Charly and I followed the driver as the translator needed to ( Read more... )

It is pretty much a shock coming from Beijing to Xi’an. Beijing has a subway and way more escalators about in places where people would most likely have luggage. Xi’an is also small in comparison. One of the things on the list was the City Walls as soon as we got out of the Train Station we were faced with the walls! So as Charly said, “Check that ( Read more... )

27.01.2013

The bed on the train was long enough for me to stretch out and the blanket was three times wider than the bed. If you slept with your back to the wall then you don’t notice the narrowness as you do facing the other way. I somehow slid down in the night and woke up a few times when people walking by hit my foot. I also kept losing my ( Read more... )