Raining in Xi'an

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Another sleeper train has taken us from the humid heat of Shanghai to misty rain in Xi'an. This train came with the added feature of a button on the wall of the corridor to control the loud and cheesy piped Chinese music, and is packed with students and others traveling to see family for the annual moon festival. This also explains the mystery giant queues at Shanghai cake shops, everyone was buying "moon cakes" for the weekend...



We've just been for a rather damp walk around the Muslim quarter of Xi'an - it's full of little stalls selling souvenirs and food which smelt lovely, and the traders didn't hassle us at all. We also went round the great mosque, which wasn't all that dissimilar in style to some of the temples in Beijing.



Tomorrow we're going to see the Terracotta warriors. Our guide is an enthusiast for getting to places before the coach parties, so an early start is expected!

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