Ping Yao

Spent another day wandering round this beautiful town. It is such an incredible place. You are left to your devices as no one hassles you. There is such a mix of old and new. In the sense that there is a lot of preserved sights but there is also a lot of dilapidation. At times I have a feeling that I could be in the desert of Morocco or at least somewhere in the Middle East due to the sandstone colours of the surrounding city wall and the roof tops. It's dusty too and windy. It really is the cold here. Looked at the weather for the closest major town to where I am and it got down to -10 degrees yesterday! See, I wasn't just moaning. What this means is that I can't really venture west anymore. I am not physically equipped for such temperature. I feel that I might be catching a cold (moaning). Tomorrow I will head south - another early bus ride at 6am, to the city of Xian.