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Xi'An and Beijing

Posted by 5fingerfab | 27th October 2009

Xi'An is the capital of Shaanxi province and one of the oldest cities in China. It has a very interesting old city that is enclosed between quadratic city walls. There is also a quaint Muslim market. I stayed there for a few days in a hostel that was very generous with free beer.

Here I decided to take some action against the back pain that has been plaguing me since the treks in Northern India. I found a hospital that does traditional Chinese medicine (when in Rome...) and I asked them to fix my back. So I got acupuncture and suction cup treatment. For the acupuncture they inserted needles in my lower back, my ass cheeks, my thighs, knees and feet. It is not really painful, but I found it extremely unpleasant. Surprisingly it is the two needles in my ass that proved the worst. Every ten minutes the doctor would come and wiggle the needles. I guess the two in my ass were planted near some major nerve, because it sent jo

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