After The Wild Goose Pagoda, we made our way to Xi'an's City wall. Built by the Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Bang 194 BC, it is one of the oldest structures in China. It's 13 km in length and stretches all the way around the main part of the city, a bit like York. The guide told me we were walking on original bricks! Xi'an has been the capital of China on a number of occasions because they say it has good Feng Shui. Tall and overbearing, it has protected the inner c...

We arrived in Xi'an Today, just after lunch. Flights all on time and Karron got away with her over weight baggage - phew.We were met by our guide Holly and our driver 'Mr T', he was actually called 'Mr Tau', or something like that, but each time I tried to pronounce his name it made Holly chuckle so we settled for 'Mr T' to make it easier.It took about 50 minutes to get to our hotel, right in the centre of the city. It's called 'The Bell Tower' hotel and the co...