Happy Halloween! The bus came to pick us up from the Mix Hostel at 6.30am to take us to Chongqing to get on the boat for the Yangtze Cruise. When we got on the small bus everyone else was chinese. We were driven somewhere to get on a larger coach & everyone there was chinese apart from one other western couple. After a very long coach journey we arrived at Chongqing, which seemed to be a high rise shanty town witrh rusting buildings & bars round the wi...

Hello! Just to let you know that we have arrived saftly in Chengdu after an 18 hour train journey. Going to see the Pandas tomorrow, yeyy!! Will update you soon but are going to bed know as we've just been lost for 4 hours & our feet hurt! We were supposed to meet up with an Isrealy couple to get the bus to see the Pandas today however, we were a couple of minutes late & they had left without us. We had no idea where to get the bus from but luckily the...

We arrived today in Xi'an after a 14 hour overnight train from Beijing. The train was 6 bunk beds in each compartment, 3 on each side. We had the bottom bunks, the bed were comfy altho we both had two chinese guys above us snoring really loud. The ear plugs defo came in handy!! Hope you like the photos, unfortunately, thats not all of them but we have been uploading them for 4 and a half hours & need to let someone else use the internet now!! We also have a ...

Day One:We arrived here safely after a 9 hour & 15 minute flight. We managed to find the hostel after getting lost in a taxi! We had a wander around yesterday but have mainly slept since we've been here! We've had one meal so far & all is well on the tummy front.We are just about to get on our bikes & go for a ride around Tiananmen Square & the Forbidden City & then hopefully to watch a show tonight.Check ya laters!Xx Sorry we haven't update...