The Walled City
April 3rd 2006 Xi'an is one of the only cities left in China that has a complete city wall. It looks pretty impressive as you approach it, and around the outside are lots of parks where old people go to dance and do tai chi in the mornings. The other thing about the wall is that you can rent a bike for about 80 pence, and cycle around the 14km circumference.
Which is how we spent an otherwise very lazy Sunday
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