Well we have walked our little feet off today! Started out at the bakery again for breakfast and then (what i hoped would be) a visit to the back to get some travelers cheques changed to dollars (easier for Mongolia) 40 mins later i was done... it took forever! They werent used to it, but they only took a couple of dollars commission. Then it was onto the underground and to Tian'amen Square. By the time we got the Mao's Memorial Hall (yep going to see another ...

Up and off and first call Bakery - had a danish and some cake and orange juice, a very good breakfast! Went straight to the Russian Embassy - and the trouble started. They said Claire cant get a tourist visa here and can only get a 10 day transit visa, but we are in russia for longer... anyway, we are seeing about our options and emailing and not panicking just yet! Annoying though. We even sought out the British Embassy, but they couldnt do anything to help. A...

Hello again from Beijing. Today we headed for the Zoo, we called at a bakery and got breakfast and then caught the underground to the nearest station to the zoo - cost just 2 Yuan... Made it to the zoo and bought our tickets, just 15Y. We were very excited about seeing the Panda's, there were quite a few and the really are very very cute! Just sat happily eating bamboo and being comical, we watched them for a long time. Then there isnt really anything of note ...

Hello everyone, so sorry about my lack of blogs but the internet has been non exsistant and even now we are having to pay for it. So just a brief overview of Beijing, we arrived this morning on the sleeper train - the trains are better than in Vietnam, positively swanky and we do sleep better. Arrived in a very cold Beijing - could tell that as the river was frozen up! Queued 20 mins for a taxi and got to the hostel, only to find they didnt have our booking - w...

Brief overview of Shanghai... We were in Shanghai for 3 days and 2 nights. It rained the whole of the first day but thankfully the hotel was warm and ok, dispite lack of internet! We did venture out in the rain, but it wasnt plesant and we had a bad experience with a rat in a cafe we went in! But the fireworks that people were setting off in the street were fun to watch, some even exploding right outside our window! They did go on a bit late though, wich was...