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Saturday 18th September
We began our walking tour of Shanghai at 9am this involved walking through the Peoples Square, the French quarter and an antiques market which was fab as it gave us a chance to try bartering. In the afternoon we returned to the hotel to get ready for the Shanghai acrobat show - which was amazing! you will see from one of the photo's five motorists racing round a large steel cage which was very exciting :) We then went to a pizza resturant for a change to have a break from Chinese food.
Monday 20th September
We had a free morning which was really nice so we had a stroll around the shops in a local area before heading to the railway station to board our second overnight train to Xi'an. We had 17 hours to kill but it wasnt too bad as we (the men) drank beer and could have a sleep. We arrived in Xi'an at about half nine we were really tired and the journey to the hotel was not exactly relaxing (we had a women driver who thought mounting the pavement and cutting up buses would get us there quciker lol). When we finally got there we had an hour to get ready before exploring the muslim quarter where again we were the local attraction and felt like minor celebraties. In the evening we had Chinese "hot pot" which was very tasty - it was a bit like a fondue with meat and veg. However two of our group thought it would be a good idea to try pigs brain which looked absolutely vile, it really tested their gag reflex lol. After dinner we went to see the largest fountain show in Asia which was pretty cool apart from the fact the locals did not tell us that getting front row seats meant you got drenched!
Tuesday 21st September
We have had a chilled moring writting this blog and are off to see the Terracotta warriors at 1.30pm which should be really good and this evening we are supposed to be going to a karaoke bar but we will update you on todays events soon.
Sorry we cannot upload all of our photos the internet over here is reallly slow!
Hope you are all ok and thanks for your messages keep us updated on what you guys are up to, all our love Leanne and Rob xx
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