Our very last Chinese night train (Thank God!) delivered us to Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province. This was just a quick overnighter and whilst we didn't get to do too much exploring, what we did see of the city centre was very nice. Our hostel had an excellent location with a nice rooftop terrace bar overlooking the city square, but unfortunately our room was a small, hot, noisy windowless cell. We didn't do any exploring as we need to return here at some poi...

Sichuan - Home to pandas, Spicy Hotpots and some amazing scenery. We based ourselves in the Capital of the Province - Chengdu. Our hostel was probably the best we've stopped in so far and that was thanks to the friendly hosts, namely a lovely Chinese man named Jimmy. Jimmy welcomed us with a hug for Dave and a handshake for Claire. Before we had even dropped our bags he said that we looked hungry and demanded we eat. Not at his hostel however, but at the dum...