Wednesday 30 September Malcolm wakes me from a deep sleep. But we have to get up apparently! Off the train we get through the station and met by many ppl offering rides. We were going to wait until later to get a ride, but there is nowhere to wait. We accept a ride with a taxi driver to the bus going where we need to go. They let us on and put an English movie on about a dog. When we arrive it's beautiful and surrounded by gorgeous mountains and greenery. We jus...

Tuesday 29 September I wake before the alarm and spend a bit of time checking messages. We are out of the hostel by 7am and head to the train station. The streets are pretty quiet at this time. It's hot underground and I wish I'd left my sweater off. It's one transfer and 9 stops all up. It's a nice train station and waiting area. Seems pretty organised and tidy. We eat some breakfast then it's time to board which also feels like controlled chaos! There is plent...

Monday 28 September It's still dark so it's hard to know the time! But it's later than I thought! Once we are up and eaten we head out to catch the hop on hop off bus tour. Just down from the hostel is a train ticket place and we get our tickets for tomorrow morning printed. Less things to do in the morning! We walk down a fancy pedestrian street, but we are just too late and miss the bus. We pass time checking out a famous shopping mall. We hop off at the yu ga...

Sunday 27 September I don't sleep well. I feel like I'm always awake with my eyes closed until I check the clock and it's 3:45am. I decide to read for a bit and it works! I get sleepy, put my ear plugs in and sleep pretty well till 8:30. I get down from my 3rd level bed and have some noodles with Malcolm then rest again until we reach shanghai station about 12:10pm. There are a lot of ppl leaving but eventually we get our subway tickets and head to the hostel. ...

Saturday 26 September Rock hard bed wasn't so great two nights in a row. There are sounds of firecrackers going off at intervals. I wonder if it's the beginning of the public holiday season. Eventually we get up and have something to eat, pack our things and leave for the day. I just hope we can find the manger to let us back in later! We walk toward the little wild goose pagoda, on the way we see road rage. A man raging at a taxi driver and this holding up the...