No kip on the train yet again due the guy next to me snoring like mad again (just my luck), but got to Xi'an fine all the same and getting to the hostel was well easy coz they came and picked me up from the station - cushtie! Hostel was really nice too (Shuyuan Hostel mear the South Gate of the city wall), with a bar and good restaurant which did bang one fry ups so I was well happy (the one thing I've missed most since I've been away to be fair, nothing starts the day like a fry up!). I met a guy called George in the hostel that morning who I'd been chatting to a bit while I was in Beijing so that pretty mad. He showed me round Xi'an a bit and
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