Suzhou... Arrived here in suzhou this morning and luckly our train wasnt late in fact it was actually 30mins early! Had the optional activities this afternoon, which where a gondola ride round the canals and a trip to the silk factory. we only did the silk factory as there was a downpour mid afternoon. the silk factory was pretty good, its actually a very complicated process making silk! then this evening we went out for a group meal, which i thought was the bes...

Terracota Warriors... Last night we enjoyed an local dumpling buffet and watched a local performance. The dumplings were excellent and we were veru full afterwards. the show was good although the local musical performances were far superior to the same'y dances. nethertheless still the a good night. Today.. well as the blog entry title suggests we went to see the Terricota warriors and i have to say it was very impressive, the sight was way to touristy but the ...

Xi'an.... Arrived here in Xi'an this morning fresh from our train.. this was actaully a little bit more intresting than our last.. not that we got rocked or anything just as the sleepers we got where not the same as the comforatble almost posh 4 a cabin one we got for 2 days up here. these were 3 high open to the carriage hard sleepers which made things slightly busy in our carriage but arguebly more fun! lol So what have we done today.. well we had no planned ...

Beijing...(last country!!) Very i havent updated this for about a week or so as net cafes were proving evry hard to find in beijing for some unbeknown reason! anways right nows im in Xi'an but thought i right a blog for beijing so it went on my map! First things first! The train journey..... Well it turned out to be eventfully to say the least. the first half was to the border drom hanoi which was arround 6 hours.. then up through china for the best part of 35 ...

Hanoi... (last stop in Vietnam) Well we've been in Hanoi for a few days now and to be honest i don't think i like it.. i found it too hectic..kinda like Bangkok but it isn't quirky so it cant get away wit it! Though we went to a good museum about Vietnam's ethic origins. oh and of course the Bia Hoi places are absolutely awesome. 6p glasses of beer! cant beat it! So would i come back to hanoi? Probably not!! Would i come back to Vietnam? Of course! the south mor...