THURS 8 OCT 09 Another night train but this time not first class! We were travelling with Derek, Leanne and an Australian couple from our hostel in Beijing - Stuart and Jamie couldn't get on our train so were following on a later and much slower one. We left Beijing at 21.18. The train, although nowhere near the quality of the first train was still passable and the great thing about utilising night trains are that they save time and money as you do not waste any exploration time during the day and it saves on the price of accommodation for the night. FRI 9 OCT 09 We arrived in Xi'an at 8am. It was raining, grey, miserable and looked throughly rough! Perhaps it was the rain, the fact we were tired after the train or
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