We arrived in Luoyang late at night, and decided to get a taxi for the short trip to the hostel as we didnt really know where we were going, but he sent us around the houses! we got to the hostel and there were no working lights in our room, so dan went down to complain, and they tried moving us to the next one, where there was something minging running out of the bottom of the bath, so we got in a third room, which wasnt much better, but at least it was clean(i...

We arrived in Xian after a 14 hour overnight train journey really tired and hassled as there were touts all over outside the station and to top it off it was pouring it down with rain! We finally got to our hotel which was quite grotty but we didnt mind cos it was in a fantastic location! We went to loads of different places in Xian, and walked everywhere! We saw the bell and drum towers, and the big goose pagoda, which to dans dissappointment didnt contain any...

We set off for China from Manchester Airport after emotional goodbyes at the airport, and arrived tired out after a 14 hour flight with a 2hour stop off in Doha. After being dropped off at the other side of the city by a cheeky taxi driver we finally got to our booked hotel and tried to find the metro station and realised just how far away from home! There were no road signs, no english speakers, and no tourist office! However we did manage to find the metro s...