Saturday 3rd October Had much better sleep than we exptected, the beds were so comfortable. A little startled in the morning when we could here the little boy being very loud, he was laughing because he had shut the door on his dad to lock him out. Kind of annoying at first when we thought it was earlier than it was, but than realised that actually not only was it a lot later, it was almost time to get off the train. He had done us a big favour waking us up, we ...

Continue Sun 27th September Found the right bus to take us nearer to hostel, BUMPY RIDE, they drive just as crazy here as they did in Shanghai. Wasn't sure where to get off, but stayed on till last stop and went passed Tinanmen Square, so we knew we were not far, the square looked amazing, can't wait to get a closer look. Tubbed a few stops and walked deep into the hutong, looked a bit run down, but was nice to be in a traditional area. Was a bit of a walk with...

Friday 25th September Up and out late, another nice brekky in the garden before heading to the station, where I realised I'd left washing on the line DOH!! So while Ad was booking our train tickets I wizzed back in a cab to get my clothes, crazy, but great timing, he had just purchased the tickets when I got back YIPEE. I was well impressed with myself for making the cab driver understand to wait while I came back and take me back to the same station. Otherwise ...

Wednesday 23rd September Too funny, the guys in our room were coming in from a heavy night out, just as we were getting up to leave for our train, one of them even asked us if we were leaving, he couldn't believe the time, they just collapsed on their beds, I think there'll be some very sore heads in the morning. Ad grabbed an omlete type breakfast from a stand just outside our hostel, I opted for some muffins as I didn't feel my belly could handle that this ea...

Continue Sunday 20th September Left the ferry about 11ish and joined the crowd while getting the bus to the area where we had our passports checked etc, it was in a tunnel area and when we got out the other side, it was like being let out of prison, very odd. We all walked together to the nearest Bank of China to exchange cash etc, David in the group knew where the bank was, so it was only logical to go there first. Then we parted ways and decided to arrange to...