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- 10 Sep 2024, 9:50 PG
- ☁️ 25 °C
- Altitud: 400 m
- ChinaShaanxiXincheng34°16’3” N 108°57’14” E
Beijing > Xi’An
10 September, China ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Another early start for us, leaving Beijing and onto Xi’an! We’ll never forget the insane traffic in Beijing - what was meant to be a half an hour drive to Beijing West railway station turned into a stressful 1h drive. Our taxi driver skilfully weaved us in and out of traffic and got us there in one piece!
Beijing West station is huge, almost felt like an airport especially as our passport was our ticket. It was exciting boarding a bullet train, and even more exciting that we were travelling business class. We each had a ‘pod’ where we could recline and put our feet up - it all felt very luxurious compared to how we’re used to travelling. The journey was pleasant, with industrial and agricultural views out the window and the train was super smooth given the speed it was going at - over 350km/h at some points! We thought it put the UK to shame.
Our hotel is Sofitel Legend People’s Grand Hotel which used to be a state-run hotel for visiting Chinese leaders’ foreign dignitaries, Princess Margaret being one of them. We looked forward to swimming in the pool as our last hotel didn’t have one but sadly we were turned away by staff because apparently the water quality wasn’t good enough (although it looked fine to us and we’d have thrown ourselves in regardless!). Back up to our room we went. Hopefully it’ll pass the cleanliness levels tomorrow!
We spent the evening in Datang Everbright City, which is sort of like downtown Xi’An. It was absolutely buzzing here even on a Tuesday night, so many beautiful lights (as suggested in the name!), lots of entertainment and food stalls - sensory overload! We ate some delicious food local to Xi’an - pita bread stuffed with pork, Liangpi which are noodles served cool with a sort of sour/tangy sauce and lamb skewers which appeared to be served on a twig rather than a skewer. We ended on some not so local fried chicken (and rice cakes!), washed it down with a chocolate milk tea and look forward to more food tomorrow in the Muslim quarter as we are going on a food tour via rickshaw!Baca lagi
Pengembara Jonny like a kid let loose lol. Great pics
Pengembara 😮😮😮
Pengembara I wonder what caused the water quality issue?
Pengembara Maybe someone pooed in the pool
Pengembara Surely not