First day in Xian

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Today I got to Xian in the morning, first I had a wonder around and found an area called the muslim quater it has many market type stalls selling a wide range of goods from food to fake clothes and Rolex's.
There is also a wall around the city which you can go up onto it gives you quite a good view of some parts of the city and it is a good walk...I also rented a bike and rode the 14km around the walls twice.

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Photos

City Walls
These are the City walls around the older section of the city...most of the larger new buildings are outside of the walls although there are afew inside.

City Moat
This is the moat around the old city just outside the city walls

Traditional Street
There are quite afew of these traditional looking touristy type streets in the city.

Inside City Walls
This is a View inside the city walls.

Xian
This shows the contrast between inside the City Walls and outside.

Chinese Towerblock
Traditional Chinese Tower Blocks Note the Roof

Comments

[Julia]

Cycling
Must have felt really great to have a good, long bike ride after being cramped up in trains. And great to have the city wall as a simple, interesting route. I wonder if they had bikes for long legs?