Beijing to Xi'an in pictures

Some of the appealing dishes offered in the land of China...

Some of the appealing dishes offered in the land of China...

Some of the appealing dishes offered in the land of China...

We are tourists for a week...

Lama temple

The queue for Mao. Wow. This was the worlds longest queue... 

 And I have only photographed a fifth of it! 

Defending your position in the Chinese queue was a brutal affair. 

After the nicely-nicely British approach resulted in me falling far behind Amy,

I had to be more assertive as she was swept away. 

Kids were hurt and a granny was pushed to the floor. 

If it wasn't for the hundreds of 'queue police' (the ones in blue) 

there is no way we would have ever made it to the front.

For our friend Ed.

It was an amazing building, one of the biggest in the world!(Amy wasn't so impressed though, it was the end of the day, she was hot and hungry and I was luck to get away with this impromptu visit thanks to a massive outdoor air conditioner nearby)

Waiting for our bus to xi'an.

Our sleeper coach.

Where the bicycles were re-born.

On the city walls of Xi'an