Muslim Market

After our bike ride, we went to the Muslim quarter to see a temple and then have dinner do some shopping. They kept us pretty busy in Xi’an and made sure we saw everything there was to offer. Part of me thinks the goal was also to tire us out so that we’d go home and go to sleep in order to be up to see the Terra Cotta Warriors in the morning. There is apparently a large Muslim population in China and quite a few of them live in Xi’an.
I like shopping in markets because in general, everything is really cheap. You can find just about everything you’re looking for, bags, clothes, shoes jewelry and some art and for the most part, you can bargain your way to pay whatever price you want. The frustrating part is no one has a set price, so I might spend 20 kuai on a shirt that someone behind me might pay 10 for. It’s only really frustrating until you realize that the difference is only a couple of cents.