We've had our first week in Seoul, and it's been wonderful! For those of you who don't know, Lindsay lived out here for a year five years ago, teaching English. This is the first chance she's had to revisit it. It'll be interesting to see how it has changed. Sunday 26th June - arrived in Seoul. Compared to China, Seoul is wonderfully quiet! We had our first taste of Korean hospitality at the airport when two workers at the airport saw us looking a bit lost and h...

Sunday 19th June - arrived back in Shanghai. Second time round, Shanghai doesn't seem nearly so scary! All the noise and hustle and bustle seem perfectly normal. Or perhaps we've been in China too long! We're not staying at the dismal Captain Hostel we stayed in before. Instead we're staying at the Rock and Wood Youth Hostel, which was recommended to us by someone in Guilin. It's a bit more pricey but the communal areas and rooms are lovely. However, other facil...