Okay so i as requested i am finally updating again. However after reading this i'm sure you will see why there has been an absence of updates! Not had the best 2 weeks since leaving Xi'an. I became ill on the overnight train to Chengdu and my fever hit 40 degrees. We checked into a 5 star hotel to, as the girls put it, 'cheer ourselves up'. Absolutely ridiculous i know but will claim it back on insurance. So for the next 2 days i was bedridden. The first afterno...

Hi guys! I am sitting in an Internet Cafe in Xi'an waiting for our overnight train to Chengdu tomorrow. Since the girls arrived on Monday we tried to pack as much in as possible and so far everythings been great. Monday they were feeling quite jetlagged so i took them to the Silk Market (by far the most important cultural site in Beijing Dad). where we stocked up on counterfeit goods. Tuesday we went to Tian'anmen, the forbidden city and then finally in the eve...