After a night in the train we arrived in the grey an rainy Xian. Since it still was pouring down at late morning we decided to head for the Terracotta Army a day earlier. Surprisingly we found the bus already after 10 min searching. Arrived and after buying a ticket a Chinese women tried to talk us into taking a guide, but we refused. Many other people in this crowded place didn’t and we visited the warriors together with a crowd of Chinese tourist and their screaming guides. Maybe I was just hungry but I can’t say that I enjoyed it very much.
The chinese, their cameras and their noisy guides.
Anyway, the warriors were interesting to look at. The poor guys that had to build them more than 2000 years ago must have been as bored as the people that are digging them out again.
Digging for warriors part 1.
Digging for warriors part 2.
Digging for warriors final part 3. They are unique! But whether this is a feature or just comes with their manual creation, who knows.
A funny thing that we observed on our way back were the hundreds of people selling pomegranate and only pomegranate. The area must be quit famous for this fruit.
Back in Xi’an we had a stroll through the famous Muslim market, which was still crowded at 9 pm. The have a famous street food, that everybody calls Xian burger, but in principal is pulled beef stuffed in a roll a bit like kebab. Not a bad choice though, if your are okay with eating in the street.
Xi’an burger or pulled beef in some bread.
Being rewarded with sunshine the next day, we went to the 13km long city wall rented a bike and enjoyed the feeling of rolling along a boulevard.
Biking Xi’an city wall. It is probably the safest place to ride a bike in the whole city.
The whole 13km are decorated with these red lamps illuminating the wall during night. (they have to be changed regular because the red is fading in the sun.)