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Done the sightseeing, taken the pics, bought the postcards and even the book of the Terracotta warriors, plus had the farmer who originally discovered them sign it – not that I would trust anything in this country as original. Overall the Terracota warriors better than I expected and even thought the entrance fee a bargain by Chinas standards. But regretted doing it on a tour as needed more time as a lot to take in and given the crowds would have been nice to just wandered at my own pace. As it was the tour typical Chinese style, besides the T.W a few bits mildly interesting but some total crap. Not only did we get the jade shops but rushed the Tw to go to a place selling kitchen knives !!! – theres a big Walmart in the city, if any one was desperate couldn’t they go there !! So that will teach me to be lazy and take a tour, admittedly at times little choice.
So today did a very independant tour around the local sites, too much walking and a definite lack of clean air but Sundays always a lively day so good to be out and about and then play sardines on the local buses. And to add insult to Chinese cuisine splashed out on a KFC, sometimes has to be done and a lot better than the dog meat I had yesterday ( hope it was a Tibetan dog ).
Tonight take the train to Beijing
Tags: China, Travel, Xian
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