Arrived Xian early this morning. I was a little worry about finding the hostel but there was a sweet looking girl standing outside the train station will "Hostel International" banner, I approached her and got a free ride to hostel along with few other travelers.

Met a young Chinese guy in the dorm room, he is from SiChuan visiting here for few days, we are heading out for dinner this evening.

Rented a bike for Y10, not cheap but quite essential to navigate the city swiftly. It seems the weather cooperates in this City, I finally feel the warm from the sun, though the temperature is still around 0-5 degree.


Entering the city wall, note this is the side gate which is a lot smaller






The Bell Tower, right at the center of the surrounding wall, was used to announce the time once every few hours






The Big Goose Temple, the tower was the tallest building in Xian