Hello to all! Well..... We're STILL in Shanghai.... not sure if everyone is up todate with Chinese news but we're having the worst snow storms for half a century.... combined with everyone trying to get back home for chinese new year... DISASTER!! This has meant we have tried to get on a train for the last 2 days and have spent it in a Smokey station!!! with no seats apart from the filthy floor! So our itinerary has now changed a little, we are no longer gett...

Hello from Shanghai! Well carrying on from our last blog in Xi'an.... Today we have updated our pics which now include our visit to the terracotta warriors.... such a large site, it is unreal how the masses of statues were forgotton in time and only discovered again 30 years ago!! I think we were quite lucky with our time of visit as the surrounding mountains and fields were all covered in snow .... which kirst was loving!! The site was also very cleverly la...

Hey all, just arrived safely in Xi'an. 1200km away now from beijing. Not really too sure what to make of it yet. The hotel is very nice and we even have a double bed and on suite shower room. The train journey was manic but ok. This us just a quick message to say that i am having problems uploading more photos at moment but will be sorting it soon. cant wait for you all to see us on the great wall. thanks for all your messages. it really makes a difference. ...

Hi Everyone Its so nice to hear from everyone. Sorry i havent updated for a few days but we have been out of town to the great wall but no internet access. Let me start with sunday! On sunday we went to the summer palace, which you may have seen some of the pictures already up. This was amazing, we both really enjoyed it. We were suprised how big the palace was and i was so scared because we walked over a frozen lake! (Sorry mum!) Lee has now decided that he ...

Hello to all I thought id give this blogging a go..... those who have not guessed its lee. Since our last blog we have been very busy, Saturday we ventured into the forbidden city, it was very cold as you can probably gather from the pics. We were shown around the buildings by a local guide who was very good but was desperately trying to sell us alot more trips including making our own chinese dumplings...... to which me and kirst both declined. After the city...