Day 121: Xi'an, Shaanxi Province

This morning we headed back to Xi'an. Instead of taking the cable car down the mountain, we made the trek down the Soldier's Path. This was an intensely vertical way to get down where the stairs, at times, looked more like ladders. 

The walk was really beautiful with steep smooth mountains surrounding us. It is really interesting to see all the foliage growing right out of the sides of the mountains. 

After about a two hour walk, we finally made it to the bottom and we popped in the first restaurant we could find to grab a beer, celebrating our successful trek and Joseph's 26th birthday. 

We caught the bus back to Xi'an and relaxed. I can't express how nice it was to shower and change out of the crusty clothes! Didn't do much that evening except relax.

That night, we did a little celebrating for Joseph's birthday. We headed around the corner from the hostel to Bar Street. The straight road was and loaded with bars and employees hustling you to come to their bar. Every place was rather empty but was absurdly over priced. We ducked into one place for two beers then headed home.