One day we took the train to Suzhou and the historical village Xitang outside Shanghai. The houses are built close to the canals with traditional bridges, walk ways and small restaurants along the way, lit up by lanterns in the evening. So, so cute but also our first encounter with the many, many Chinese tourists and their many, many cameras...
After 4 great days in humid, hot Shanghai we took the night train to Xian, the official "start" (or end) of the Silk Road. Since our aim was to follow the part of the Silk Road that lies within China Xian was an important city, most famous for the Terracotta Army built by emperor Qin. Thousands of clay real size soldiers all with individual faces...
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