Some of the 9 million bicycles in Beijing.
A rickshaw ride around the Hutong district.
Chance to visit a Chinese family in their home. Henry raised the subject of the Cultural Revolution.
Early afternoon flight to Xian with Air China. http://www.airchina.co.uk/en/index.html Here we were met by a new guide, Sandy. We risked her wrath by insisting on leaving the group and climbing the Big Goose Pagoda. She wasn't happy that we bought terracotta warrior figures from a commercial shop instead of paying the inflated prices at the official government outlet.
Another early dinner around a lazy suzy then a Tang Dynasty show before we checked into the very posh Grand New World Hotel. Thought we were never going to get rid of Sandy - in her concern for our well-being she accompanied us up to our floor in the lift and would have come into our rooms had we not been quick enough to prevent it.
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