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Day 9 - Xi'an

26th September 2025

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Part 2 - Xi'an City Walls & More City Wandering

西安市

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Day 1 - London to Amsterdam Day 2 - Beijing Arrival Day 3 - Beijing - Summer Palace
Day 4 - Beijing - Temple of Heaven Day 5 - Great Wall of China Day 6 - Forbidden City
Day 7 - to Xi'an Day 8 - Terracotta Army Day 9 - Around Xi'an
Day 10 - to Chengdu & People's Park Day 11 - Panda Breeding Centre Day 12 - to Shanghai & Boat
Day 13 - Shanghai Day 14 - to Home  



On the Xi'an city walls...

 Xi'an Wall 1



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Xi'an Wall 2

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Xi'an Wall 3

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Xi'an Wall 4



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Xi'an Wall 5


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Xi'an Wall 6


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Xi'an Wall 7

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Xi'an Wall 8

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Xi'an Wall 9

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Xi'an

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Xi'an 2


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Xi'an 3


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Xi'an 4

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Xi'an 5



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Drum Tower
 
We waited for the alloted time for the drums to be sounded, but it appears that they stopped early this year...

Drum Tower 1

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Drum Tower 2


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Drum Tower 3


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Drum Tower 4

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Drum Tower 5
 
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Miche checking out the drums...

Drum Tower 8

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View of the Bell Tower from the Drum Tower...

Drum Tower 6

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Closer view of the Bell Tower from the Drum Tower...


 
Drum Tower 7

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At LuckIn a Chinese coffeeshop chain...

Luckin Coffee

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Later at a restaurant that evening we ordered the house special, to find that it was chopped chicken feet...
 
Chicken Feet


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Cigarettes in their pretty packages in the middle of shop; smoking was pretty popular and no bans for restaurants...
 
Cigarettes

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Bell Tower and our hotel...

Bell Tower by night 1



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As well as the people in traditional costume, there were quite a few people creating vlogs...

Bell Tower by night 2

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The hotel's room service robot...

Hote robot 1


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It would choose the floor remotely...
 
Hote robot 2


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... and off it went...

Hote robot 3

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Next day - Day 10 - Chengdu & People's Park

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Day 1 - London to Amsterdam Day 2 - Beijing Arrival Day 3 - Beijing - Summer Palace
Day 4 - Beijing - Temple of Heaven Day 5 - Great Wall of China Day 6 - Forbidden City
Day 7 - to Xi'an Day 8 - Terracotta Army Day 9 - Around Xi'an
Day 10 - to Chengdu & People's Park Day 11 - Panda Breeding Centre Day 12 - to Shanghai & Boat
Day 13 - Shanghai Day 14 - to Home