Beijing and the sex shop Photos March 7thThis town is absolutely choked with pollution, i can not believe it, it is so hazy with smog. On top of that they are also rebuilding everything within eyesight of the games so there is also dust from all the building work as well.Tiananmen square is huge and really impressive, and you can really feel the communist control. Add on top of that all the protests with Tibet and the Olympics, and a huge mistrust of foreigners,...

The Train to Beijing and the Chicken feet April 4th Now in full blown "traveller" economy mode i chose the 9 hour hard seater train over the 5 hour soft seater in order to save a massive 8 pounds....... yes it is true, i never thought it possible, and yes it is killing me, but i have to just think of it as a days free beer. So never having been on a "hard seater" (their name for cheapest) i thought surely it can not be any worse than mona...

The Qingdaou red light incident So i am stood outside the ferry port knowing i am not that far away from the hostel and fending off all the taxi drivers. next second this girl runs accross the road (quite fit as well) and invites me to her place.i look accross and see a shop sign that says "sex shop". err, i am not in the market for a sex toy at the minute thanks, i said "no not sex shop, i have bar next door....." "but i give you ni...

The Lonely Planet Incident So i arrive back in China, and you need to be aware that i bought a lonely planet travel guide in hong kong, which is really thick and weighs a ton, and i have carted it all over japan and korea. and anyway i get to immigration and give the girl my passport as i smile and say hello, and then next thing she calls over a manager and i am told to wait while my passport is taken away to a back office. so 10 minutes later an official co...

The Titanic incident. So picture this, i am sat on the ferry in the cafe minding my own business when i hear an announcement from the captain. next thing the girl starts closing down and beckons me to leave in a state of panic. Not being able to translate Korean, i go up to a man i met earlier (who i am convinced is a porn film maker by the way) and attempted to ask him to translate. we need to go on the top deck was all i could pick up.............. great ...