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Woke up early, but there was some confusion about the time. We were supposed to leave at 7:30, so we set a wake-up call for 7:00. The call came, and I got up, but Sabrina said it was only 6:30. I figured she had changed the wake-up call time. But then the tour guide called…

We slept late today. Sabrina later than me, while I caught up with important things like Slashdot, Dilbert, User-Friendly, and my blog posts. So absorbed was I that didn’t notice that it was 12:30pm already, past the checkout deadline. We completed the fastest hotel checkout in world history. We had a few hours before we…

Yesterday, Sabrina arranged with one of our taxi drivers to take us to the Great Wall today, and possibly one of the Ming dynasty imperial tombs as well. We woke up at 7am this morning for the trip. We had no time for breakfast, just ate a couple rolls that we had saved from dinner…

I’ve been out of touch for a few days in Xi’An. No GPRS wireless coverage there, only GSM voice. But I’m back in Shanghai now, so here comes another pile of trip diary posts.

Woke up to even stronger solvent fumes. Called front desk to see about changing rooms. They said they would reserve one of the premium rooms on the 17th floor for us, with a scenic view of the Forbidden City. Cool! On the itinerary today was a visit to the residence of Prince Gong, and then…