So, Xi’an. We saw the terracotta warriers. They were indeed terracotta. They were also warriors. They were made for the tomb of the first Chineese Emporer to unify China. He wanted to continue his rule into the afterlife so had an army built and buried in a 50km square tomb. Unfortunatly just after he died the peasents revolted and smashed it all. So most of the stuff to see is either broken or un-excavated ones. So while it was pretty good, it wasn’t as good as people seem to wreckon it was. But I have seen it now, and not just a few in London, but not as many as I thought I would see.

If we’d had more times, there were a few other things to do in Xi’an, for instance it has its original city walls still intact, but we had to jet off to Hong Kong.

So we had to get a plane, and an early one too. But when we got there the e-ticket wouldn’t work and eventually we had to pay for the tickets again. Luckily the people we bought them off have refunded us that money so thats all good. It was manic, but we got the plane.

We flew to Shenzan, then got a bus to Hong Kong,as then its an internal flight and loads cheaper, got ho our hostel and met up with Anne and James.

In Hong Kong we’ve been to the night market and up Victoria Peak and seen a light show. All fun.

So next, Emily is flying back tonight and Anne and James are leaving for Bejing Tuesday, so I’m on my own then. I think I’m going to spend the week in Hong Kong, catching my breath and sorting out visas for the next stage of the trip. Anne and James come back for a day on Friday or Saturday, then I’ll head off to Vietnam next week.