Cameras have become the bain of our life - firstly D lost all his camera leads rendering his camera useless, then we lost my camera in Hiroshima, then, having purchased a new (pink - to D`s disgust) camera we managed to pick up a virus on our memory card from one of the Youth Hostel computers and the camera stopped working. I wouldn`t mind but the photos of Hiroshima`s Peace Park on this memory card were the second take as the first round disappeared with the los...

We have been on our first Shinkansen or bullet train today - we went from Osaka to Hiroshoma a distance of 214 miles and it took 1hr 45 mins travelling at 122mph. David had the window seat but complained that it was making his eyes hurt as we were going past things so quickly! We are staying at the Hana Hostel in a Japanese style twin room - which basically means making your own futon up!　 So far we love Japan - it is so peaceful and serene. Everywhere is cle...

We have just had the most amazing trip on the ferry from shanghai to Osaka - it was a 2 day trip but it just flew by! We met some great travelling companions on the journey over:- Joe, from Ingleton, who has been on the road for 5 months now travelling through the middle east and; Akira Hanaki from Kobe who is the marketing director for the Kobe port It was a trip of firsts - it was the first time we have had Sake, the first time that I had sung Karoke (oh y...

Whoah, arriving in Xi'an was a bit of a shock. The temperature had dropped by about 10 degrees and it was raining. David looked great shivering in his flip flops and shorts!!! We were met at the airport by a lady called Rosa who helped us sort out a taxi to the YH and train to Shanghai. David was beside himself with tiredness (and of course the cold) and refused point blank to endure another night on a train on a hard seat. Fortunately we did manage to book a so...

Well there was carnage after our last blog entry. We popped along to our favourite hotspot Sakura for a bite to eat and discovered a bit of a party going on. We were invited to join a table of Brits, Germans and Australians and before you knew it we were all a bit worse for wear (all helped along by a Mexican guitar player creating a great party atmosphere). Don't know what time we headed home but we didn't emerge the next day until lunchtime! As we were in Bei...