Since we were so late getting to our hotel the night before, we were able to sleep in today and had an extra hour to check out of the hotel and be at the bus. (9 instead of 8 am!) (We'll have to get back home to rest!) We took off on the bus for the Xi'an Ancient Wall. Back in the day, all of China's cities were surrounded by walls. The wall in Xi'an is the best remaining example. It is huge and splits the city in half. There are towers every 100 meters or so for the soldiers to fire upon intruders. The girls were able to ride bikes upon the wall! The bikes were big, while Samantha did not have any trouble getting her long legs on one, Sarah needed a boost. She and Samantha rode the bikes with the other kids and had a great time! Sarah figured out that she needed to ride up close to the wall to get off of the bike and had no problems at all! I enjoyed watching all of the children ride up and down the length of the wall.
After we left the wall, we got back on the bus and ran over to the Wild Goose Pagoda. The Pagoda is a functioning Buddhist temple. We saw a few monks and were able to spend a few minutes checking it out before getting back on the bus to head to the airport and on to Chengdu. We arrived in Chengdu and had the evening to ourselves.
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