西安

西安：Xi'An

Sorry for not updating you sooner but I got swamped with work and was real tired. Anyway it's the weekend now so I have time to upload some quality pictures I took during my long weekend to Xi'an. They say pictures are worth a thousand words so I'll put up some pics and explain my trip through them.

We took a train to Xi'An. Trains are hugely popular in China. The train station was as crowded as an American airport on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, it was absolutely insane.

The trip from Beijing to Xi'an was around 12 hours (we took a standard train not a bullet train) but on the bright-side we left at 8pm and had a sleeper car. It wasn't quite as awesome as Harry Potter made it out to be, and Chinese beds are definitely not designed for 6'4 Americans but we met some cool Chinese people and it got us where we were going.

I think this is the first time I ever stayed at a 5 star hotel. I'm also fairly certain this will be the last time I stay at a 5 star hotel for $75 a night (For all my GL readers out there thats like half the price of the Glendale lol). 

I absolutely loved Xi'an as a city. It's absolutely awesome. It has the modernness of New York but also the ancientness of Rome. The old city wall still remains fully intact (above) and the inner city has many ancient buildings still standing, where as outside the city wall the modern industrial Xi'an has grown with sky-skrapers and neon lights. We also got to ride bikes around the whole wall. It took about an hour and a half and gave some great views of the city.
 

Old neighborhood within the old city walls.

What better place to Tebow than with the Terra-cotta Warriors?! Also pictured below the Terra-cotta Warriors are a classic tourist attraction. They are actually incredibly cool in person, their detail and vastness is pretty awe-inspiring. 

As mentioned above very cool to visit in person.

All in all it was a great trip and I'd strongly recommend Xi'an to anyone who plans to visit China.