After leaving the areas surrounding Taishan we flew to Xian with our tour group. Our hotel in Xian had a fantastic locations situated in the main square between the old drum and the old bell towers (pity the hotel itself wasn't so great - couldn't even unlock the door, then the toilet didn't flush, the list goes on....). That night we had some free time so wandered through the markets before making our way to the Big Goose Pagoda to watch the night light show (fountains lit up & choreographed to music). We also visited the Terracotta Warriors - a truly amazing piece of history that is still hard to comprehend the enormity of it all. Whilst in Xian we spent quite a bit of time visiting the surrounding agricultural areas with some of our visits including a New Zealand kiwi fruit company(Global horticulture), ostrich breeding, beef cloning facility, an ice wine vineyard, cherry orchards, dairy, and MLA. Bruce also got to celebrate his 31st birthday whilst in Xian & partake in the Chinese tradition of eating a long life noodle (a long thin continuous noodle believed to bring a long & fruitful life).
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