Our final day in China, so after a morning of packing we flew to Tokyo in the afternoon. The flight consisted of a transfer in Shanghai, which neither of us have encounted before. It was similar to a cattle market where we were split off from the main group and left in a holding area. Before being checked and signed out of the country in order to proceed back to the plane we just got off of!

So to sum up China:

Pros

- Panda day!

- Yangshuo - loved the hotel, staff, food and the town

- The happiest driver in Beijing

- The great wall of China, enough said!

- Rice terraces and the home cooked meal

- Temple of heaven in Beijing was tranquil and a beautiful building

Cons

- Disgusting squatty toilets

- Spitting anytime and anywhere

- Starring and the obvious double takes

- Camp Tony

- Mt Emei hotel, before the upgrade

- Lack of queuing, more of a push and shove mentality

Having arrived in Tokyo late in the evening we arranged to stay in the airport hotel. The staff were so friendly and welcoming, a nice change from China. We went to the top floor bar for a drink and snack, the view looked across the airport and was lovely. We did mess up slightly on the food, ordering an appetiser we believed was a sharer platter at £15, when in fact it was a tiny plate of 4 taster dishes whoops!