Monday, April 18, 2011

China-Xi’an-Biking the City Wall (Day 66)

Sadly, it was even colder so I pulled the plug on trying to go out to Mt Hua Shan as I figured it would be snowing there with no views and too dangerous to be on the fun route up too the top.  Anja worked a little in the morning and I found another recommended Xi’an activity was to bike the city wall.  Our hotel was inside the city wall and it was only about a 1 km walk to the south entrance.  We found our way over there and paid the entrance fee.

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We got on top of the wall and rented a tandem bike for a few hours.  It is about a 16 km ride around.

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Our stead for the day.

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On the wall, I had to run back to get our water bottle when it ejected.

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From the north side of the wall looking at the train station.

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Inside the wall from the train station.

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It was rain now and we were bundled up in our get but our legs were getting wet and cold.

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We stopped and posed with a couple fake terracotta warriors.

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Done with the ride wet and cold.  It was a nice ride around and good to be active and it was great to go back to the room and crank up the heat.

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The view from our hotel room.  On to Guilin and Yangshuo.

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