I headed to the Big (Wild) Goose Pagoda Square to get a better view of the city, after we took the China Flightsto start ourXi'an Tours. The Pagoda - located at Ci'en Temple and built by Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi in 652AD is the emblem of the city. The square itself was basically as it sounds a big square of concrete with mostly tourist type buildings lining the sides with festival costumes and overpriced small restaurants. Although, as I found out later that night, it's host to an outstanding water fountain show. I didn't enter any of the shops but passed by several comedic and cultural statues trying to find the entrance to the area. Chinese youth and I think one Korean kid were having fun climbing on and posing for pictures with the statues. After another long day to travel to Xi'an, I finally made my way back to the China Hotelsto greet my friends only to find them already passed out. I trekked back to square between the drum and bell tower and people-watched for a good hour and while looking for a bus back heard a guitarist! It was a quite skilled musician playing his own songs but finishing his set with an extremely popular song - judging by the crowds reactions. Girls were all around the circle, though I made sure to stay on the outside - for one, due to my height, and two, to not distract the guitarist or disturb the crowd since I was already getting enough "is that a foreigner" glances where I was, haha. The train back was not so hectic - until we arrived at xi’an railway station at 7:30am - only 30 minutes before Joey's, Ethan's, Ted's, and my Xi'an Hotels! Needless to say, we made it - still with all our luggage - quite the bamfs,
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