We got a bullet train in the morning which was really nice and roomy inside, there was a speedometer in the carriage and we got up to 308kmh, we had a three hour wait at our transfer station so we went and got a kfc, it was hard to get a table because the chinese just sat in their waiting for their train hours before not even buying anything from kfc. We were expecting to be picked up by the hostel at the train station but no one was there so we had to walk most...

We set off to the other hostel where the tour started at about quarter past 7, it was a two hour journey so slept most of the way. We got off the bus and made our way to the starting point and onto the wall. the view of the surrounding mountains were amazing and you could see the wall stretch on far into the distance. This part of the wall was reconstructed so was all intact and new looking. it was really sunny, which was lucky but meant it was hot and made the ...

The beds all over China are so hard and stiff so that you wake up in actual pain from sleeping on your side. I don't know how they manage it! So although it was better than a seat it was still not so comfy! We arrived in Beijing at about 7 in the morning and took the subway to the hostel. The first subway we got had adverts in the tunnels that followed the train. It was very cool. But we didn't see it again throughout our time in China. We arrived at the hoste...

Arriving in Shanghai and it was hot but not as hot as where we had just come from! We eventually got through customs and found the metro into the city to buy our train tickets from the station. The journey took like an hour and the metro was packed with Chinese people all on their phones. They must get WiFi underground. Eventually we made it to the station which was massive by far the biggest railway station I have ever seen took us like 5 mins to walk from one s...