still xian

here i am still in xi'an. yesterday did not leave the hostel, was just lazy. around 3pm I went upstairs to get my towel to have a shower and instead found the air conditioning in my dorm room vastly superior to the found elsewhere in the hostel (both the chinese and japanese have a habit of keeping doors and windows open to help the air conditioning....) so stayed up there reading until about 6pm when I descended to dine and drink until midnight.
i suspect today will be much the same, although i have made it outside at least to the internet cafe. i seem to have misplaced my USB extension lead, which I was hoping to plug into back of computers here for another attempt at photo upload..
many many people with scientific background/interest doing english teaching here - so far, a mathematician, a fluid dynamicist(?) and a physicist have indulged themselves in the delights of my company.
tonight is hopefully last night here, assuming something terrible doesn't happen to the train.