Ni hao all...my last blog was about my week in Tibet...now it's a description about my days in Xi'an with the same motely crew of friends. We always planned to catch the train from Lhasa to Xi'an, for several reasons, one being, hey, it might be interesting! On one of the days I was struck with altitude sickness in Lhasa I felt like saying to my friends 'I'll meet you in Xi'an, sod the train, I'm flying!' however a day later I was feeling better so thought, 'what the hell, the train it is'. It cost around 600 RMB each, for hard sleeper. If you're travelling more than a few hours, it's advised to get one of the sleepers. Hard seat is what it sounds like, and there was no way I'd opt to sit on
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