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inside the city walls  
   

inside the city walls

The city walls of Xian, the ld capital of China
A train ride away and worth every minute!!

November 14th 2007
So we pick up catching the train to Xi'an, in the Shaanxi provence. We were booked on the overnight train, and were told it was a 4 bed hard sleeper. We had done our homework here, and so knew about the sleeper class, but as we boarded the train, we realised that we had a 6 bed sleeoer, as we had the top bunks!! Now this is normally a good thing, as its probably the safest bunk to get, and you don ... read more
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