Today
was a slow day, started early and took a walk into town, exploring a
few cafes and shops and markets. Enjoying all the smells of a large
asian city, nothing like it for getting the olfactory organs a good work
out (apart from Chinese Trains). Surprisingly enough, the markets and
particularly the open air unrefrigerated meat markets did not smell that
bad, it must be relative to the surroundings. Apples and other
vegetable items were starting to look good.
I
had an enjoyable bus ride to the end of the line and back again. I was
looking for the Big Mosque that was on the the no 2 bus route. I
obviously missed it as I rode the bus all the way to the end of the
line, got tossed off the bus and then paid again to ride it all the way
back into town again, only to find when I got off the bus back in town,
there was the Mosque. I was so annoyed with it hiding itself on the way
out, I did not go in, just simply took a picture to say “got you now”.
It is reputedly a place of higher learning and would be obviously wasted
on the likes of me. I then caught another bus that was supposed to take
me back near the hostel, only to ide that to the end of the line and
then back again to discover it does not go where the the little hostel
card said, but a few blocks away so I ended up getting off the bus
virtually in the same place I got on at. At least I had a cheap tour of
the city.
They
must like fireworks here as today, and yesterday afternoon, I have been
hearing volleys of fireworks going off, that or its the prison firing
squad doing their bit to keep the country safe. I hope I never find out.
Off
to Xian tomorrow morning and I have booked my full day tour to the
Terra Cotta warriors on Sunday. Saturday is my birthday and I m going to
have a very long lunch at Xian’s famous dumpling house.
The Lucky bastard
For all the Bill’s we know who don’t know their place, well this is it:
Happy Cats:
No Fake Rolexs here:
The Mosque that tried to hide from me:
Ordinary hill by day, butterfly field by night:
The Lucky bastard
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