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Okay, so yesterday we met up at like 10am to head to Xi'an. A short taxi ride to the bus station, then the 1hr bus ride to Xi'an.

As always, clicky clicky the picy picy to embiggen.

^ on board the bus to Xi'an. Well, technically a coach... but you get the idea.

^ The bus station.

^ The Chinese highways system is pretty toll-heavy. These toll booths are a common sight.

^ Once you're on the highway though, they're normally pretty deserted.

^ The view on the road from Weinan to Xi'An. Beautiful mountains to the south.

^ Crazy landscapes of this resevoir.

^ Chinese billboards can be quite entertaining.

^ I like this sliproad that just ended in mid-air. I also liked the power station in the background of this shot.

^ Cranes are the skyline of modern China.

^ This ill-looking truck made me laugh. Notice the transformers sticker on the side of the cab. Coupled with the leaning-forward of the cab, led me to chuckle. Moreso when you look at the huge pile of oil on the floor.

^ I love these lil' three wheel'd trucks. Beep beep!

^ Two cops would rather talk about last night's NBA game than direct traffic.

^ Taxis in Xi'an are green, they're also douchebags. They'll refuse fares from one side of the city to the other just because they're too lazy.

^ This guy was pushing his big-ass tyre down the street. looked kinda fun.

^ This dude looked like a mobile transmission truck for CNN or the BBC or something. Loving the satellite dish.

^ One of the main roads around Xi'an.

^ A few dudes hitchin' a ride and chillin'

^ Again, the variety of vehicle chosen by the cops is vast!

^ 3-wheel'd transport is so awesome.

^ They have pretty dope Honda Accords over here.

^ Rickshaws waiting for a fare.

^ This bus looked so small and cute!

^ The ancient wall from the old city of Xi'an.

^ The ancient wall and towers met with the modern-day crane.

^ The entrance to the city through the city walls.

^ Inside the city and construction is common- I liked how this dude was wearing cammoflauge, as appose to the west where he'd be wearing high-visibility jackets.

^ This is also what I like about China. When your s**t breaks, you fix it. You don't call someone, you don't pussy around, you don't make excuses. You grab your tools and fix it.

^ A random street in Xi'an with the walls in the background.

^ A more traditional street near the old gates to the city.

^ Quite a dope looking doorway.

^ Tim & Aya. "Awwwwwwww."

^ This was the guy that I got my scrolls / calligraphy from. A formidable crowd of Chinese gathered round to see what the white guys would buy. They were handy though; when haggling on price, the fact they didn't laugh at what I paid was a good measure that I hadn't been ripped off.


^ Me with my new friend.

^ Another photo around the traditional gate area.

^ Moar.

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^ The walls are awesome. They go around the entire old part of the city. Apparently you can hire bikes and bike around the whole city on top of the wall. I can't wait to do that.

^ Again, the police will use anything as a cop car.

^ They have a wierd Merc out here, the R class.

^ The bell tower. It's a bit like the arc de triumphe, in the middle of a busy island.

^ The drum tower.

^ A gazillion kites all linked to each other, very cool.

^ The dude with his kites.

^ Close up of the drum tower.

^ Kites disappearing into the sky.

^ A cool looking building.

^ My shopping haul for the day. You can't go to China without buying fake kicks.

^ I bought one calligraphy piece (it reads 'God helps those who help themselves') and 4 wall scrolls.

^ A close up of my wall scroll.

^ A close up of the calligraphy.

^ My fake "pumas" and "DCs" with my real deal DCs chillin' in the back.

Sorry this post took so long to get put up, Going through all the pictures took ages!

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