We arrived into Shanghai around 11.30am and caught taxis to the hotel. We checked into the hotel and this time I shared with Ruth, which was good as I'd been on my own so far, so it was nice to have someone to talk to. We met in the lobby for lunch then our orientation walk. Lillian took us to a restaurant around the corner, which was good as we were all starving. The food was really good and we even got to try a local desert, which was sweet potato with caram...

Woke up at 11.00 am and finished packing my bag as we were taking another train to Shanghai tonight. I took my bags to the day room, which was Lindsay, and Ruth's room then went with Danny, Suzanne and Lindsay to the ancient wall. We hired tandem bikes and rode all the way round. It took us 1 ½ hours to ride all the way round. They weren't the best bikes either as Lindsay and my knees kept hitting the handlebars when we sat at the back. We basically ...