After visiting the panda's we had the afternoon free so we just chilled and relaxed back at the hostel... We had booked to see the Schuan Opera later that night.. The mini bus picked us up at around 7 the opera wasn't to far so we had some traditional Chinese tea once we arrived then headed to our seats.. The show consisted of different acts it wasn't a opera opera, it had musicians and acrobats ETC. There was 2 lady acrobats they was fantastic they juggled t...

We left Xi'an on the overnight train the journey was ok we had a few beers and played cards to pass the time... Once we arrived in Chengdu we headed for the Dragon youth Hostel where we booked ourselves into a triple room it was a bargain at 40 yen pp.. We had a quick freshen up and headed out for a wander and some lunch, the city is not as big as the other major city's and it feels more like the old china without the Sky scrapers Etc That evening we chill...

Hey guys as promised a quick update about the Terracotta Army..I was up earlier to get to the bus station where i needed to get the 603 bus to the warriors after a 2 hour journey we arrived i headed to the entrance and paid the fee.The Center is divided into three parts Pit 1 Pit 2, & Pit 3Pit1....Set of figures in Pit No. 1 includes: Large body of troops from the left wing marshalled in battle order.At the entrance of the museum, you face a huge modern struc...

Well i have finally left Beijing i really loved this place it was very relaxing bit modern so it doesn't really represent the true china...Anyway i got the overnight train it took around 12hrs so i just stayed in my bunk reading and chilling. the train arrived around half seven in the morning i headed to the bus station to get the local bus into town didn't really have a clue where i was heading but with the help of my lonely planet book i managed to find...

We was up nice and early for the trip to the Great wall of china the drive to Jinshanling took just over three hours, we would have a walk of around 10 km this would take us to Simatai..He who has not climbed the Great Wall is not a true man.- Chairman Mao Nearly everyone has heard of the huge, stone wall known as the Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of China was built mainly to protect the Chinese Empire from the Mongolians and other invaders. The Wall has be...