Nigel: We left HK and headed to our next destination, Lima the capital of Peru. To get there we had to take two 13 hour flights which included an overnight stop in Amsterdam. We arrived in Lima late at night and as we had heard some stories of taxi scams at the airport, we arranged a pick up by the hostel. We also heard that it was common for the drivers to work with thieves and plan bag snatches as you wait at traffic lights. Paranoid about this and very jet la...

Nigel: Hong Kong was a destination which we had previously visited and the intention of this visit was to have a brief look around and to recharge our batteries. We were also flying out from here to South America. Originally, we had only planned to spend 3-4 days here but the cost of hotels in Macau (somewhere else we were going to go revisit) was so expensive we ended up changing our plans and spending 6 days in Hong Kong instead. We also decided to blow the bud...

Alison: Kunming is the capital of Yunnan province which is in the south west of China. We have been told that Yunnan province is one of the most beautiful provinces in China but unfortunately we only had enough time to see Kunming. We had an afternoon and one full day there and I'm not too sure we really did it justice. I blame this on being so tired from touring Tibet and travelling almost the length and breadth of China on the train!Day 1 consisted of a KFC...

Nigel: With a quick stop over in Xining, we headed on an overnight train down to Chengdu. The train journey was another long one, 24 hours, and we arrived in to the city late afternoon. The main reason for the stop, other than breaking the journey up, was to see the giant pandas which the city is famous for. To get to the panda sanctuary, you have to take two buses and it took about 1 hr to get there. Depending on when you get there, will depend on whether you wi...