Day 6 - Beijing - Bye bye, Beijing (in Brief)

Woke up early to see Mao's body on display only to find it's closed on Mondays. Breakfast and checked out of the hostel, and then went to the Pearl Market to do some more Christmas shopping. Spent a lot of money, but had a great time haggling, and even - hopefully not regretfully - bought a set of "Mizuno" golf clubs and had them shipped home. Then I took all the gifts I'd bought in Beijing to the post office. Ate dinner, packed, and then left to catch the night train to Xi'an. An uneventful 14-hour trip crammed in my top bunk. I slept pretty well considering 3 of the other 5 people in the car were snoring.