Today we went to the famous Bejing Silk Market and had a laugh barganing with the market people. Because Beckys sunnys broke we got her some fake Pradas aka Fradas. We also got a pair of trainers each and becky got some new flip flops since her kid with the big shoe flip flops were cutting her feet. Then again just chilled out and read some books ate some noodles and packed ready for the trip to Xi'an by bus tomorrow. 14hours its gonna take but we were lucky we g...

After yesterdays jaunt to the wall had a relaxing day lying around in the sun found a nice chinese place to eat (KFC) and just veged till about mid day. Then we went to the Red Theatre to see the Kung Fu show it was absolutely amazing it was like a balet that kicked ass. They did all sorts of things with spears and swords and stuff.

Oooooooohhhhhhhhhh just got in after a major day of walking around our legs are aching. Started the day with our free breakfast of toast and jam which fills you right up real money saver thanks chineese box hostel. Then headed out to use the subway unlike the constant rain off yesterday (it rained all day yesterday so we stayed in and watched movies and played cards) the sun was splitting the trees. We payed 4 Yuan to ride the subway (40pence) took us to tian'an...

Oooooooohhhhhhhhhh just got in after a major day of walking around our legs are aching. Started the day with our free breakfast of toast and jam which fills you right up real money saver thanks chineese box hostel. Then headed out to use the subway unlike the constant rain off yesterday (it rained all day yesterday so we stayed in and watched movies and played cards) the sun was splitting the trees. We payed 4 Yuan to ride the subway (40pence) took us to tian'an...

Just waved a teary eyed goodbye to Hong Kong. Got on the sleeper train to Beijing Top bunks baby! We got to see some pretty amazing scenery on route and Joe managed to order dinner and breakfast while no one spoke English so a lot of pointing and animal noises envolved. The train took 24 hours. Upon arrival Becky loses he r ticket for the bed and we had to pay a whole 50pence to replace it, so no splashing out for a while lol! Going through immigration and ...