Last day in Xian

Woke up a little later at 9.30 but deserved the lie in, and without a window it is so hard to wake up on time!
I intended to head to the temple of the 8 immortals but following my directions I got onto the bus and headed one stop then tried to change for the 709 and found that it did not exist! I gave up and jumped on a random bus just for fun and ended up back in the centre at the bell tower! Doh!

I decided to do some shopping in the end and so headed back to the muslim district with a mind to do some serious bargaining!
I chatted to all the shop keepers as I walked along and met one very friendly guy, we bargained hard and although I didnt get local prices at least I did better than some others.
I headed into the great mosque which is an ancient blend of the two religions and very interesting, as I walked around I met a chinese guy, who introduced me to some americans working for an american institute supplying teachers to china! as well as IT staff! I got both of their cards and was told to drop them an email, although they prefer TEFL trained teachers but working in IT with a US salary would be very nice!

As I walked away I chatted to two english girls who are from Beijing and we exchanged numbers, hopefully they can show me around on the saturday! which would be cool!

I left the mosque and headed back to the market and was then bargaining for a watch (with a little waving chairman mao no less!) but she wouldn't go lower than 20y so I said no deal! and as I walked off a chinese guy laughed, and we got chatting and it turns out he is from the north of china and was visiting for the day, he seemed friendly so we walked together with him and his friend, and we bought a cold drink in the market, followed by a much needed lunch. lunch was a local specialty of mutton and minced bun soup, very tasty! with a beer, and he seemed to really feel the beer! afterward we headed through the market again, this time with my trusty chinese speaker to argue for me! I then got very good prices on a couple more things, and picked myself up a swish Rolex! haha,
Wandered around a bit more before going our seperate ways, he was a very nice guy and I have his email so if I come to china I will be sure to look him up!

Back in the hostel with half an hour to kill before I need to head to the station for my train! Soft sleeper! so a new experience!