Got up early ready to set off on a very long trip. On reaching the station i waited and played my look out for foreigners game hoping i might have someone to talk to... I was the only one! When the train came I wasn't surprised to see it was exactly like an idiot abroad lots of noise 3 shelf beds sticking put the wall very high and a lot of people everywhere. I settled onto my top bunk trying not to look down and then set off. Unfortunately all the announcements ...

Yesterday and today I just spent the day with my host who i am staying with until the 8th. We just did a bit of wandering I quickly noticed that there are food places (whether that be food stall or actual shop) everywhere. I would say that they outnumber shops by about 70-80%.Each district in China has there own style of food for example Chongquin have very spicy food, Beijing, famous of course for peking duck eat warm filling dishes with lots of garlic. Shenzhen...

Had a good day yesterday apart from the morning train incident, luckily things got better. I went to one of the main towns in the Lo Hu which borders Hong Kong and China for shopping and food with a teacher from an English speaking school to guide me. Her English was very broken but we understood each other and got on well...i realised towards the end though that she was starting to copy me which isn't ideal as she was saying things like "it doesnt matta" and "a...

Im glad i made the most of the hotel because china is a shock. I was picked up by my friends wife who lives in China and made our way to their district....this is when i realised the taxi driver the day before completely mugged me off! Went shopping, chickens in china for food are sold alive and there are food places everywhere. China is obsessed with advertising any spare space is taken over by an advert they use pavements and benches and trees. Things that a...

Left London Heathrow friday 1st March at 10:00 AM changed flight after 10 hours at Mumbai continuing on to Hong Kong on a 5 hour flight then proceeding to get on numerous amounts of trains -I'm not exaggerating there were many (although 1 was my fault for getting on the wrong 1) finally reaching China: Shenzhen 22hours later...aka exhausted! Hong kong from what i could see out of the window is exactly like London everywhere you look theres a crane, something is ...