{"id":959,"date":"2006-11-08T04:56:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T18:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=959"},"modified":"2006-11-08T04:56:00","modified_gmt":"2006-11-07T18:56:00","slug":"day-4-xian-november-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=959","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 – Xian, November 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the second time, I arrive in Xian<\/a> on the Z19 train. This time in the reverse directions. With all the speed up plans for the rail system, the journey is about half the time. I remember it taking 25 hours the time before. Now it is overnight. We arriving in the morning light.
\n\"Shaanxi<\/a> \"the<\/a> \"rail<\/a> \"locomotive\"<\/a>
\nWe do an early check into the hotel and then it is a quick orientation of the city. When I stayed here in 1999, I stayed outside the city wall on the north side. This time we stayed inside the wall near the south gate. It was the most Chinese style hotel. I loved it, the others hated it.We had yummy pork dumplings for brunch. Unfortunately, I managed to dribble pig fat all over my camera. While standing in line at the dumpling shop, I was a bit tardy in deciding what to have. Some Chinese girls got in the line in front of me. They got three dumplings for \u00a51. We only got one. So I saw that there was still a dual price structure. But the locals were more discrete here in Xian. They did not know I knew enough Chinese to see what was going on.
\n\"tour<\/a> \"dumplings\"<\/a> \"Bell<\/a> \"Bell <\/a> \"hawkers\"<\/a>
\nWe now headed off into the Muslim Quarter. I was quite keen to see how it had changed. I had some good meals there last time. think that there is more variety now. What had changed was that there was more activity. When I was there before, it was quiet. The streets mostly empty. Now it was bustling with commercial activity all the time. Brian and I had a traditional muslim meal<\/a> with the large round piece of bread and a bowl of food. I preferred the one I had in 1999.
\n\"Electric<\/a> \"street<\/a> \"shops\"<\/a> \"muslim<\/a> \"tea<\/a> \"bicycle<\/a> \"changing<\/a> \"butcher\"<\/a> \"firing\"<\/a> \"taxi\"<\/a> \"lunch\"<\/a> \"lunch\"<\/a> \"Making<\/a> \"tourist<\/a> \"market\"<\/a> \"trinkets\"<\/a> \"food<\/a> \"lamb<\/a> \"Approriate<\/a>
\nIn the afternoon we headed out to see the Terracotta Warriors. The whole place has been redeveloped and I was a bit saddened. But it is much nicer. The authorities were trying to stamp out the hawkers from inside the museum area, but with only limited success.
\n\"review\"<\/a> \"toll<\/a> \"Shaanxi<\/a> \"museum\"<\/a> \"horses\"<\/a> \"metal<\/a> \"ranks\"<\/a> \"the<\/a> \"roof\"<\/a> \"repair<\/a> \"roof\"<\/a> \"lone<\/a> \"ranks<\/a> \"roof<\/a> \"pit<\/a> \"terracotta<\/a> \"generals\"<\/a> \"ornamental<\/a> \"head\"<\/a> \"warrior\"<\/a> \"workings\"<\/a>
\nIn the evening, we went back to the Muslim Quarter, for a steam boat. I have to say I was not so impressed with this type of Steam Boat. You get lots of food on a stick. An at the end of the night they count the number of sticks and that determines what you pay. I thought it was overpriced.
\n\"dinner\"<\/a> \"food<\/a> \"group<\/a>
\nAfter that we wandered back to our hotel.
\n\"muslim<\/a> \"photography\"<\/a> \"street<\/a> \"restaurant\"<\/a> \"shuttle<\/a> \"dried<\/a> \"Main<\/a> \"Drum<\/a> \"underpass\"<\/a>\n<\/div>\n
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