Lijiang and the Tiger Leaping Gorge April 24-29So after a couple of hours sleep i made it ok to the bus station and prayed for a sleeper bus so i could get some kip,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and another chicken truck turned up.Oh no i thought, 8 hours on that, i will never last.But as luck would have it, it was only a transport bus that took us to another station and a super duper vip bus with really big seats.There was a Jackie Chan movie which i have not seen as w...

Kunming 21-23 april.Having survived the george michael incident in the toilets in Chengdu, it was time to leave, so i caught an overnight train south to a town called Kunming, which is the capital of the Yunnan province (South West China).I had arranged to be collected at the station when i arrived at 8am, but there was no one to meet me.rather than get a taxi, i caught a number 3 bus for 1 yuan, which is about 7 pence and it drops you off more or less outside t...

The George Michael Incident Kunming Hemp Bar, April the something The hemp bar was on an upper level of a sort of shopping mall, with a few other clubs as well, and they all shared a communal toilet, which even put the toilets on the Yangtse boat to shame.They were horrific, so i made sure i went as little as possible, but decided i needed one for the road.I had a head that i thought was going to burst, and i was also very merry, so i staggered off in ...

Sod The Pandas Chengdu April 17th-21Thank goodness, it was my last morning and i did not have to endure my shame on the boat of the Jeremy Clarkson incident.Typical, i get to the other end of the tour, and it was what i had anticipated at Yichang. This place is crammed with travel agencies and tour boats.We got kicked off the boat at 7am, so i now had to decide whether to hang around and look for a hostel or catch a bus or train to chengdu. the bus station was ...

The Jeremy Clarkson Incident ok, so picture this. i had had a lovely afternoon in the sun, watched the sunset on the boat down the river, and then had a few beers with the people in my room and got a relatively early night. next thing i know i am on top gear, test driving a new renault 5 sports car, and impressed everyone with how fast i was driving it around the test track. Even the stig was impressed. Who is this bloke who has come out of nowhere?Then the...