Michael Tyler

Pagoda

Huaqing Hot Springs.

Center of concubines and drunkeness.

Xi’an is the location of the Terracotta Army.

The city is an important and historical centre for Chinese dynastic power.
The Qin Dynasty ruled from here and united the 11 kingdoms of China and created the first currency.

Xi’an airport is roughly an hour out of town.

Caught the airport bus for 25 yen; 2 quid.

Caught a flight from Yalong Bay to Xi’an from the local airport, Sanya Phoenix Airport about 20 minutes half an hour by taxi.

This was just short of a ton for a 2 hour flight. Changing at Guangzhou which is the Southern Base for China Southern Airlines, decked out like Stansted in an open plan style maximising free space for retail.
Even had a department store downstairs.

Mutten
Had a decent meal in the department store eatery. Mutten, fresh vegetables and beansprouts where the girl tried to charge me for a sealed face wipe.

Dumb westerner.