Chillin' in Pingyao

****** We still cannot post pictures, but we have MANY! When we get to the next country we will post them!! Stay tuned!!**********

Pingyao is an ancient walled in City. It has 4 main gates to enter and all the streets are cobblestone. The hostel was right in the center of the action within the walls. Each day thousands of Chinese tourists walk the streets and go in and out of the little shops. Pingyao is a very chilled out place to relax for a few days. We met up with Michelle and Rob, our room mates from Beijing, and we have been spending our days chilling out, walking the streets, and biking around. At night all the red lights go on and the town continues to bustle with crowds. Just sitting on our hostel stoop watching all the tourist go by is very interesting, and a nice way to spend the day. The weather has been really nice here, about 78 degrees and clear skies.
We have been eating a lot of noodles and rice. Last night we decided to splurge and buy the famous local Pingyao meat at $5 for a plate, it was kind of like corned beef. We have been trying to only spend about $7/day on food, our budget is tight, but so far so good!

We have met lots of travelers from all over the world and some nights we have spent playing card games with Israelis, English, New Zealanders, Swiss, and Chileans. Its quite funny when English is the common language and many things get lost in translation!

Tonight we are taking the over night train to Xi'an(9 hours/$12) for a 3 days stay. After that, we haven't decided yet! We kind of want to stay in the warmer places...and we might go to Tibet through Nepal instead.....who knows!