We had spent the night on a train and made it into Xi’An in the early morning, From the train station we directly transferred to the Terracotta Warrior site, where we had an extensive tour. Afterwards we drove back to town, checked into our hotel and started to explore the city and the nearby Muslim quarter.

On a second day in Xi’An we had further opportunity for exploration, I used that to walk a portion of the old city wall. The afternoon was spent shopping and preparing for another train journey; this time a 17 hours trip bound for Yichang.