Special Taxi

Could not find a Taxi at the hotel to go to the railway station, we ignored the advice to take the bus and took this … not sure how to call it … tricycle ?

RAN2#71bis in Xian

Raising Hand

I like the way my Chinese colleagues raise their hand :D

Korean Food and Drink

Pictured above, some infamous Sochu ;-)

Chinese Ingenuity

Now, that’s what I would call a foreigner-friendly power plug !

Hungry and Bored

After being stuck for 13 hours in a meeting room, strange things start to happen! Pictured above, an improvisation of privacy screen :D

Touch Me

mmm… maybe not ;-) and yes, that’s where we had lunch !

Empty Meeting Room

Little moment of calm before the storm.

Cheap Chinese Lunch

Plethora of sichuan food for ~2€ each!

Schutzstaffel SS

Poor design for the quality label logo in China, at least from European viewpoint: difficult not to be reminded of the Schutzstaffel SS.

Terracotta Army

A lot more impressive in Mummy 3 to be honest ;-)

Illegal Taxi

As always when it rains in China, finding a taxi at the railway station in Xian was quite challenging. So to avoid waiting too long under the rain, we settled for an illegal taxi: expensive and uncomfortable, luckily the ride was short.

Z19 From Beijing to Xian

This time we decided to avoid riding the plane (too much of it on a yearly basis anyway) and give the train a try between Beijing and Xian: eleven hours ride, leaving Beijing at 21:30 and arriving in Xian at 8:30. Around 400 CNY each for a 4-berth soft sleeper cabin: not too expensive, quite ...