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Advantages:	Terracotta Warriors, fast food, pagodas
Disadvantages:	Climate, smell, taxis

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Xi'an is the city nearest to the fabulous Terracotta Warriors, which are well worth a visit, as the scale of them is larger than you will have imagined. We took a tour out to see them and the other 'Eastern sights' which we booked at Mum's Home Cooking - one of the cafes listed in the LP. In China its worth going to some of the places the LP recommends because literally noone speaks English. In Xi'an we stayed in a hotel in the centre of the city, above an exceelent fast food canteen, although don't try Chinese desserts! The city wall makes quite a good walk, and there are some nice pagodas. We also enjoyed the market, and one of the temples. We had a strange muslim chinese dinner - mutton stew with unleavened bread...not that nice. All in all, Xi'an wasn't bad.