Lil’ life o’ mine :: I’m blogging in Xi’an! :: May

This is way cool, relaxing in the hotel room, eating chips and blogging from my laptop! The hotel room is much better than I anticipated, and internet connection from the LAN cable is free. Realised that there’s a fridge here, so maybe I’ll go buy some milk to store tomorrow.

Well, anyway I had a tiring day travelling in the plane for half a day. Because of the new law against carrying any form of liquid on-board, I almost dehydrated. At about 5pm (no time difference here), all of us finally touched down at Xi’an, and we took coach that brought us to the City Wall of Xi’an, the only attraction that we would see today.

A view of the Xi’an airport from the bus

Our tour guide was a nice lady by the name of 小燕. During our 1 hour bus journey to the City Wall, she brought us through, quickly but quite thoroughly, the history of Xi’an. I had an enjoyable time listening to her interesting speech, and I’m sure the rest did as well.

We’ve finally reached the City Wall of Xi’an! This wall was built initially during the old Tang dynasty, but was enlarged during the rule of Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of Ming dynasty. The wall stands 12 metres tall, 12-14 metres wide at the top and 15-18 metres thick at the bottom. It has a perimeter of 13.7 km, making me tempted to run a complete round of the wall. Haha! The picture above shows the entrance of the south gates. The performers were on standby, ready to bring our student group in.

The students, all donned in the yellow tees, were waiting excitedly to walk into the Wall.

This is our group walking past the south gate.

And this was how the performers were positioned as we the guests were escorted in.

After everyone gathered in front of the stage, the performers wasted no time in putting up an impressive display for us. Below are some pictures taken during the performance.