Day 3 and All is Well
Group is 6 people so far, all Australians in older age group with young Sri Lankan/Australian leader, so I share room with the leader, Mennika.
We left Hong Kong on Wednesday went to Ghanzoug - pop. 10.5 mill. where we had a short tour of city and lunch and visit to famous museum. I don't think anyone ever sees the sun here - so many young people and shops. All a bit depressing.
Then overnight train to Xian - pop. 8.7 mill - trip of 38 hours. Incident with one couple in our group - re sharing with locals - meant I shared the compartment with a bloke from the group and a 2 month old baby, woman, (baby's grandmother), and baby's father. Very interesting - baby was constantly fed, wrapped in an extraordinary amount of clothes on a hot train, never burped and toilet trained - ie held over used nappy and often this worked. Baby, whose name is Chen Xu Lin was very content and I was left in charge of him on 2 occasions.
So the incident was my good fortune. Bed on the train was comfortable and people especially young train guard were extremely friendly and helpful. All this information came from hand movements and the odd word from helpful strangers. Toilets were a bit confronting but we all adapted.
Thursday night we arrived in Xian. Today a bit of sunshine and a a bit of blue in sky. We went to see Entombed Warriors. This was not on my list of things to do so I was completely blown away on the size of the pits and the extent of the exhibition. It was completely incredible, however I resisted having a replica sent home for my garden.
Tonight we go to a Cultural Evening and a dumpling dinner.
I hope I can add photos at some point.
Group is 6 people so far, all Australians in older age group with young Sri Lankan/Australian leader, so I share room with the leader, Mennika.
We left Hong Kong on Wednesday went to Ghanzoug - pop. 10.5 mill. where we had a short tour of city and lunch and visit to famous museum. I don't think anyone ever sees the sun here - so many young people and shops. All a bit depressing.
Then overnight train to Xian - pop. 8.7 mill - trip of 38 hours. Incident with one couple in our group - re sharing with locals - meant I shared the compartment with a bloke from the group and a 2 month old baby, woman, (baby's grandmother), and baby's father. Very interesting - baby was constantly fed, wrapped in an extraordinary amount of clothes on a hot train, never burped and toilet trained - ie held over used nappy and often this worked. Baby, whose name is Chen Xu Lin was very content and I was left in charge of him on 2 occasions.
So the incident was my good fortune. Bed on the train was comfortable and people especially young train guard were extremely friendly and helpful. All this information came from hand movements and the odd word from helpful strangers. Toilets were a bit confronting but we all adapted.
Thursday night we arrived in Xian. Today a bit of sunshine and a a bit of blue in sky. We went to see Entombed Warriors. This was not on my list of things to do so I was completely blown away on the size of the pits and the extent of the exhibition. It was completely incredible, however I resisted having a replica sent home for my garden.
Tonight we go to a Cultural Evening and a dumpling dinner.
I hope I can add photos at some point.
3 comments:
Hi Pat
at least you won't miss your granddaughter with a chinese substitute. It was Eugenie who alerted me that you had posted.
Julie
Hi Pat Most impressed with your first report. Looks a fascinating start. Kerry
Hello Pat, This is a wonderful way to travel,I am loving the reports. I did not realise you were going to ride bikes.
Eugenie
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