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setting off on cycle ride around Xian City Wall  
   

setting off on cycle ride around Xian City Wall

9 mile cycle ride on 0 hours sleep a go go!

April 12th 2013
The bleary-eyed, sleepless train crew arrived in Xian and stumbled into their hotel rooms for a quick shower before gamely setting off for the city walls for a 9 mile bike ride all the way round this amazingly complete structure, built in 1370, around the older parts of the city of Xian. We were prepared for the hire bikes, for the length of the trip and the sun (sun block applied) but no-one h ... read more
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