Chillin and Illin like a Villain: (Day 3)

We had a really late start to the day, but it was nice and relaxing.

After breakfast we went out to look for Wal Mart (yes, you heard right, Wal Mart, we couldn't believe it either!)

It was the most beautiful day EVER since we got here. Hot. But not too humid, and it's way less pollutie in Xi'an so that's a bonus.

The most glorious thing happened on our way, we discovered a whole new part of Xi'an we hadn't even seen before, and boy was it boppin'!

So many people, so many stores/markets/places to eat!

And then... the cutest clothes store ever and with the cheapest stuff!!!

One problem... you couldn't try anything on... not even over your clothes!

I ended up buying three things (that you would prooobably not see in Canada) and figured that if one of them sucked, so be it.

(later when I tried them on at home, I loved 2 and hated one) so, big deal! It was totally fun and a very new experience. (the store was INSANE, so many girls, so many clothes, so little time!)

The reason we had to go to Wal Mart because, as luck would have it, no where in China sells freakin deodarent and Stu had been out for about a week. (We assumed we could just pick some up out here... boy were we wrong!)

The closest thing we could even find in Wal Mart to deodarent was this roll on stuff that looks/smells like cologne (and we're pretty sure it's just armpit cologne...)

After that we went to a new frozen yogurt store, talked to the owner for a bit, and had some (so good on a hot day!)

On our way home we (finally!) had some steamed pork buns (wow, are they ever good and so so cheap!)

After we got home and out of the heat we changed our clothes and headed out again! It was around 6 and we wanted to go see and bike the city wall!

Another interesting thing to mention about Xi'an is that part of it is enclosed in a 14k perimiter city wall that is 12 meters high (and QUITE impressive.. and anicent!)

It was totally cool and a nice time of day to go, as it was breezy and not too hot anymore. We were biking along and then suddenly the wall had these really odd, brightly coloured, huge things! Animals, trees, etc. It was bizarre. It looked like we were in disneyland for a good 10 minutes of our bikeride... I still wonder why those are there...

Anyway, we looked around again for a good place to eat before stumbling upon... PIZZA HUT!

Pizza Hut's here are totally delux and have about a 12 page menu (only 2 of it being pizza).
Our waitress was so sweet and nice and we ended up getting calamari (oh my gosh, seriously the best calamari we've ever had... maybe because it's freshie or something?) and a pizza that we couldn't finish (I think because we drank SO much water that we were too full!)

We stayed there for a LONG time and then came home around 11.

We booked our flights and our hostel for Kunming, packed up, and went to bed at 12:30-1:00ish... that doesn't seem so late... but our flight was at 10:30 and the airport was far away so we had to get up at 6:30.