We arrived in Shanghai eventually, we had to wait for our friend from England who is already travelling in China with his Chinese friends in blazing hot sun and we made a mistake of sitting near to sewerage but the uncomfortable wait was worth it soon as we met Neil and his Chinese buddies. Despite our cultural differences, we got on like a house on the fire, we discussed so many different things and thanks to Neil interpreting and our gestures we were able to...

Since today were the day we were due to go to Shanghai, we attempted to cram in the remaining places that we wanted to visit much as we can, this involves Tiananmen square and Temple of Heaven, both places were a disappointment...we rushed through Temple of Heaven and the square were too merchandised and lacking the historic charm that Forbidden City had. In Chinese railway system, we had to get to the correct departure lounge an hour and half early, by then i...

Today, we went to Beijing Zoo, while queuing for the tickets we were hassled sadly by a beggar with scrawny curled hands, it were difficult for me to not give her money as I always give beggars money back home but some of these beggars was a con artist so I can't afford to pick and choose who I give or not otherwise I will get overwhelmed with other beggars. Anyway, we got in Zoo; the effect of yesterday's walk on Great Wall is still visible as we as a group...

I woke up with excitement, the plan for the day is a tour to Great Wall of China, and we got in the coach after a hurried breakfast and an introduction with our tour guide who is called Echo which I thought were cool. We got in a minibus and had a two hour journey to the Great Wall which is lovely because we get to see more of rural China rather than a packed city filled with motorist's hell bent on ending someone's life with a risky overtaking manoeuvre that w...

The first task to do when we woke up is to book a hostel in Shanghai which Wi-Fi came to our rescue when we used our phones to research for hostels...Ok, I am a liar, everyone apart from me used their phones while I checked the hostel's location on the map, my phone's main function now is to be a calculator seeing that it doesn't works anymore....I also made a rush for a bank to exchange currency, a task which involve reading the numbers on the screen, waiting ...