Silk Road Trip - Day 4 - Xi'An

 We woke up around 6 the next morning so that we could get to the wall ahead of everyone else and ride bikes on it. Dad accidentally led us to the north wall, and we bought a double ticket to the city wall and the Beilin Museum (Forest of Steles) then rented bikes and rode around. I can see why it's a popular adventure! The full circuit of the wall is 14 km, so easily doable in two hours on a bike, even getting on and off frequently, and it's well sign posted with interesting things to see about the city. A few of these were various points where ancient courts and markets had existed, a lama temple (complete with a gold leaf roof and a Bodhi tree that had its own house complete with curtains), and all kinds of defense ramparts and guard towers. We cycled only to the south gate, then got out to go to the Forest of Steles.