Inside the wall

It's a small Frequent Flyer Miles world after all. Yesterday Jillian got a call from one her college Friends, Shaki, who has been touring China with her mother and father. They were headed to Xi'an for the day to see the sights on a private guided tour. As I hadn't yet seen that much of the city outside the downtown area and the neighborhood surrounding the University, I wasn't opposed to coughing up the yuan to go along (and it would mean foregoing a two hour standing bus ride sans air conditioning to the famed terra-cotta warriors outside the city).

The first stop on the tour was the wall around the city. Xi'an, the capital of Xi'an in antiquity, is unique among Chinese cities because the wall surrounding is still intact.

The view from on top of the wall (see More Pictures below) was an interesting way to see downtown and the approximately 5 kilometer pathway around the city atop the wall makes for an excellent public bike track and space for morning runs.

More Pictures of the Xi'an City Wall