We awoke wrapped up like Eskimos with the room actually feeling bearable, the heater had obviously decided to do its job overnight and we were pretty toasty. Due to the little ht water bottles Laura had put together made our toes the warmest they had been in China so far. We packed up our gear and I decided to head out to get some sunrise photographs while Laura drank her milky tea in bed... which was like a creamy baileys... very strange! It was a bright and s...

Today we awoke early as we were uncertain what time we had to meet our tour group. After some basic detective work our departure time was 10 o'clock. I also found out that the jelly like cubes I consumed last night were rice noodles moulded into cubes, which did make me slightly relieved. We headed to Xi'an train station and again had to face the massive crowds queuing up for their trains. We boarded onto the train and after some negotiations managed to sit toget...