

Beijing, China
Our plan was to travel by train between major points within China. This never actually transpired. A whole host of airlines now offer cheap one way tickets for around £30, turning a marathon 20 hour train ride into a short haul 90 minute flight. Xian followed our Panda extravaganza. The terra-cotta Army being the main tourist pull. 2,000 of these 1.8m tall fellows have been unearthed since 1974, when farmers digging a well stumbled across them. It is belie...