Hi guys!Well we arrived in Shanghai Friday 8th June after a 13 hour train from Beijing! We booked a middle bed and a top bed on the train and the amount of room you had to sit up was about half the length of your back so we spent most of the time either lying down or bent in half! I was being quite the wimp on the train and was paranoid that everyone was going to steal our bags which of course they didn't! The train was ok in general as it was an overnight tr...

Our last day in Beijing! Well we haved loved it here in Beijing, the sites are amazing every where you look! We have met some great people and have eaten the nicest food we have ever tasted (i'm sorry Carole is does beat your roast dinner, although i am missing our sunday and monday dinners quite alot!) We managed to pay just 8 pound for 10 people to have dinner and 2 beers each, cant imagine doing that back home for that cheap! We went to Beihai park yesterd...

So we made it back from the wall, so exhausted im still out of breath, lol. it was a grueling trek of around 5 miles and we were given a time frame of 4 hours to complete it, not so difficult you would think until you do it yourself.We had to wake at 6am in order to travel the three hour trip to the part of the wall we were set to climb, north east Beijing (don't forget Beijing is roughly the size of Belguim!). The car journey was increadible our driver who I...

Just a quick blog to explain the photos. We went to the Forbidden city today and Tiananmen sqaure which is basically the history of China in Palaces and Mueseaums within the city, most of them were accesible now but they have been off limits for last 500 years! It was amazing looking at their history with a mixture of the Qing and Ming Dynasty, with most artifacts relating to the emperor Puyi, he was made emperor at the age of 3, and was the last emperor within ...

Hi everyone! This is our first blog! We have arrived safely in Beijing, the plane journey was great, lots of free alcohol! Can't be bad! We had an airport pick up by someone from our hostel, which was great because things here are a little more confusing than you would think! Our phones don't work out here, which is poo to say the least but they may work in Shanghai if not then hopefully Hong Kong. Not many people here speak English, which makes it very difficul...