Reporting from Xian
21hours later we have finally reached our destination in Xian. First sight that welcomed us was the grand wall and the North Gate. Like this place already. The train ride was quite something. Men staring.. trying to talk.. a wildcat in uniform worked at the train and of course she spoke no english. The was this form we had to fill (it is incredible the way they control the people's every move) but it took a while before we could even understand what she wanted us to do. Luckily the was a female student not far from our bunks and she stepped in and acted translator. Until about 10pm I read my book and then it was lights out. Got my MP3 player out and then fell asleep. Until noon today. Hm hm hm,.. haha.. maybe I had some catching up to do.
We left Tunxi and Mt Huangshan about three nights ago. Not too impressed with what was supposed to be the most beautiful mountain in China. Expensive.. touristy and so so so WET!! We were drenched cats after only an hour. Wet from the inside out. And the fog made it impossible to see almost anything. So we left Huangshan in the early afternoon (after a mental minibus drive where they circled for an hour around the mounatin to fish up more people to go to Tunxi.. Just opned the window and yelled TUNXI!!?? Back att the hostel we had some beers with a group of people that all agreed to come with us to Huangzhou (might be spelt wrong). This place is supposed to be heaven on earth. Real beautiful. I got to see the lake but missed out on the Felai Feng cliffs with the laughing Buddha. Just a bit to tired to be a tourist. Hanging out with people was greater fun just then. It was me, Maria, the norweigian man, a guy from Finland, one american and of course our sweet korean friend Pauline.
Xian sofar has been real good. Love the walls and gates. Hostel is fresh and got great service wich sofar hasnt been tip top in China. First hostel in Beijing even tried to get more money from us by saying we checked in a day earlier than we had done. Luckily I had the flight info printed out to show that we were not even in the country when they said we had arrived. Tomorrow awaits the terracotta warriors and then last day we're doing the sights in Xian. After that we leave for Chengdu and I cant even start to say how happy I am to get to go there and also to :Leshan to see the giant Buddha. The area has been open for tourism for a couple of weeks and there was no way I thought I was goin to be able to go there at all.
Now however I am off to bed. Even though I spent most of the train ride here sleepin I am still knackered. Until next time, lotsa love,
-M
We left Tunxi and Mt Huangshan about three nights ago. Not too impressed with what was supposed to be the most beautiful mountain in China. Expensive.. touristy and so so so WET!! We were drenched cats after only an hour. Wet from the inside out. And the fog made it impossible to see almost anything. So we left Huangshan in the early afternoon (after a mental minibus drive where they circled for an hour around the mounatin to fish up more people to go to Tunxi.. Just opned the window and yelled TUNXI!!?? Back att the hostel we had some beers with a group of people that all agreed to come with us to Huangzhou (might be spelt wrong). This place is supposed to be heaven on earth. Real beautiful. I got to see the lake but missed out on the Felai Feng cliffs with the laughing Buddha. Just a bit to tired to be a tourist. Hanging out with people was greater fun just then. It was me, Maria, the norweigian man, a guy from Finland, one american and of course our sweet korean friend Pauline.
Xian sofar has been real good. Love the walls and gates. Hostel is fresh and got great service wich sofar hasnt been tip top in China. First hostel in Beijing even tried to get more money from us by saying we checked in a day earlier than we had done. Luckily I had the flight info printed out to show that we were not even in the country when they said we had arrived. Tomorrow awaits the terracotta warriors and then last day we're doing the sights in Xian. After that we leave for Chengdu and I cant even start to say how happy I am to get to go there and also to :Leshan to see the giant Buddha. The area has been open for tourism for a couple of weeks and there was no way I thought I was goin to be able to go there at all.
Now however I am off to bed. Even though I spent most of the train ride here sleepin I am still knackered. Until next time, lotsa love,
-M
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