Xi’an October 9th, 2009
Well I’m now in xi’an. Took a sleeper train last night from beijing to get here!! It was actually much better than I thought! We shared a room with 2 Chinese ladys who didn’t speak any English so it was a bit difficult to comunicate but we managed! We had top bunks which was interesting!! Took me about 10 minutes just to get up!! The toilet was typical Chinese and was litrally a hole in the bottom of the train! I refused to use it and after a bit of searching I found a nice western toilet!!!
Xi’an has better air than Beijing but the smog today was the worst I have seen so far!! It didn’t help that it’s been raining on and off all day! It just looks like a haze of fog everywhere!
Our hostel is much bigger than the last one but I’m not sure that I like it as much yet!! Give it a bit more time and I might but I liked how small the last one was! Our room lacks charm as well and there are dead mosquitos all over our wall. I’m going to use a mosquito repelant tonight so that hopefully I won’t get bitten! It’s taking a bit of getting used to! I usually don’t do anything less than 5* hotels so I’m struggaling a bit but I’m just going to smile and get on with it! It’s all part of the traveling experiance!!!