Ok I know Im seriously behind in my blogging! Its been a crazy few weeks, racing through China...having limited internet access in the countryside..and being quite sick!! Im better now :) So I can update - Spent the last day in Xi'an visiting the Little and Big Goose Pagodas...Well we didn't really know what we were looking at and we were hungry so we kind of half-heartedly went to the big pagoda after the little one...and just got KFC! Then we jumped in some...

Im in China!!!!!!!!!! And having the most incredible time :) Im on an Intrepid tour for 20 days. The people are lovely and the sights are amazing. I wake up everyday on a high! The tour is very flexible - we basically pick and choose what we want to do and see in every city. So I spent the first few days in Beijing - went to the Summer Palace and in the evening to a Kung Fu show. It was great to absorb some local culture this way. The evening continued with our f...

Im at the airport again! Leaving Singapore for China now, so excited! The past few days have been nice - booked into a hotel for a change and been walking round the city taking in the sights...Its soo different to South Africa - for a start its incredibly humid and its rained (horrible drizzle rain) which isnt nice - but theres such a blend of cultures in such a small space which is cool, and the smells of incense and inviting food everywhere. In Little India ...

I'm now in Singapore!! Its early in the morning and Im just waiting for my airport shuttle to the hotel. My last week in South Africa was amazing - so special. We took the kids to the aquarium in Cape Town on Wednesday as a treat. They got out of the minibus and just stood in silent awe from all the new sights and activity around them. It was brilliant to take them out...inside they just ran around with excitement and amazement at all the fishes and sharks! ...