The other side of the picture is the problem for a visitor in finding transport in the city. After visiting TS, walked a couple of miles looking fruitlessly for a taxi. We stumbled into a more basic form of transport - a tuk tuk to get us from nowhere - the middle of a totally congested traffic crossing to the nearest metro station. Flying along in the cycle lane, the tuk tuk was a brilliant choice.
The driver had no hesitation in barging pedestrians aside and dodging cars - 40 yuan it was an outrageous charge but still good value at £4.50. The metro system was low cost clean and speedy and in no time we were at the stop for our hotel a mere kilometre away.
No Google, No Blogger
Which is all a roundabout way of saying that the Blog has been offline because China blogs Google and its associated sites including Bloogger. So no Blog publications until reaching Mongolia yesterday but you'll now get the backlog and, campsites permitting for the next week, the running log.
Sent from my iPhoneYour picture book view of Beijing may look like this view from Tianamen Square to the Forbidden City.
As one of the most popular tourist destinations among foreign travelers, Xi'an always attracts many on their first trip to China. The Terracotta Army in Xi'an is considered one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world. More than 6,000 life-size terracotta warriors and horses have been unearthed, all with different expressions and poses. Many remain interred.
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