Goodbye Hong Kong, Hello Xian

We've made the 2nd move on our 4 stop trip... 2 nights in Xian, a full day tour tomorrow...
Breakfast at 8, meeting the tour guide & driver at 9, full day tour including lunch, and 9AM flight to Bejing the next morning...

Bottom line, time for bed!

There's not so much to report for today... we decided we'd sleep in today, since there hasn't been a lot of time for that and won't be for the rest of the trip. We had a later breakfast (10 rather than 8) and did a bit of walking/shopping. We stopped a place in a mall for foot massages... great end to the Hong Kong bit of the trip, we've done a lot of walking! They soaked our feet in tea... hot tea, I'm talking super hot, worse than the jacuzzi hot. And put on a game show, with teams of 3 competing to put their bodies in through holes... I don't know if you've seen this before, but it was awesome! I found a clip on youtube that will demonstrate the amazing laughter that I experienced (internally, mostly) while having my feet massaged.

The clip:



The most interesting part of the massage for me, were the parts of my feet that were the most sore when she massaged them were the ones that correspond to the sinuses and lungs on the reflexology chart.

We did a bit more wandering/window shopping, bought a few more souvenirs and headed back to the hotel to grab some lunch & pack. We met the airport shuttle shortly after 3PM and were off to the airport. Wandered around the airport, flew to Xian and had some dinner with David Packard in the hotel restaurant before David, Cathy, Lauren & Richard arrived. Now I really better get into bed!

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