My journey Westward starts in a city conveniently called Xi'an. Which translates to Peaceful West, (that's my own translation). Although it is still a huge city by Western standards, compared to Shanghai it felt like someone pushed the slow motion button. The city itself reminds me of what I imagined every Chinese city would look like; shopping malls with arched temple roofs, small streets with bearded men selling weird delicacies, and a city wall that surrounds the city. I came here a couple years ago to find a nuclear winter, smoggy city. But as it is today, its one of my favorite Chinese cities.
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With so much time to burn I took my time strolling around the city. It is surrounded by a huge grey city wall. On the other side of the wall you find a moat with green grass and tall trees, apparently at one time there were alligators in the muddy waters. As I climbed to the top, the sun was setting, and this is what I came up with.
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