Forgot to mention in our 3 Gorges blog that we discovered the boat that plays the titanic theme tune as your wake up call. This was not so amusing when we were on a boat that looked like it may well sink! We figured with three life jackets each we could jump and make an attemt to swim to the side as did not see many lifeboats! Arrived in Yangshou after overnight train from Wuhan to Gui Lin then a bus from there to Yangshou. Emma and I are getting better at our r...

Following a soft sleeper train from beijing due to the hard sleeper beds being sold out we arrived at our hostel in Xi'an at 9.30am. At 9.50am we were on tour to the teracotta army with crazy tour guide! On route each person had to introduce themselves including their country to which the guide then told some fact about that country even producing clogs from her bag for Holland! For Scotland a long silence and blank looks before someone said whiskey! The warriors...

Hello! Sorry for the delay computers in China are not the quickest! We are currently in Wuhan but thought we'd better start with Beijing! Arrived in Beijing Friday the 15th via sleeper train which was relatively uneventful altho some amusement when Linz attempted to take her jumper off on top bunk with 2 inches of head room - quality photo to follow! First day we spent wandering around Tiananmen square and getting lost on way back to hostel. Also enjoyed trips to...

Hello again! We have made it safely to China courtesy of our 2 day boat! Canteen food was interesting/ inedible, vending machine cup noodles and beers came to the rescue tho! Despite rumour they do not play the titanic theme tune as a wake up call in the morning, however, unfortunately they do announce that breakfast is available in both chinese and japanese style at 7am! Boat entertainment consisted of ping pong and nintendo wiii which worringly the captain see...