

Beijing, China
Ni Hao,China is a country in which it would be nice to be able to say a little more than 'hello', 'thank you', 'book' and 'swimming' (the last two are not the most useful words either). Beijing is mostly not too hard, but crossing China South-North without speaking the language (although Sarah's school-Chinese did resurface itself admirably) was a mission. We took an overnight train from Hanoi to Nanning, but this resulted in little sleep due to the fondness of ...