Hello again.... well we made the 8 hours on the train. It wasn't actually that bad, we had a room about 7' by 6' which 6 of us had to sleep in. We got the top bunks which at least meant we had some privacy but it also meant we couldn't sit up!!! I fininshed my only magazine so not sure what I am going to do now!! We were with two really nice Chinese famailes who didn't stare or spit which is very unusual! We spent the weekend doing absolutly nothing- having rea...

Hello, thanks for all your messages! It's great to hear from you all. We are currently in Nanjing- about 100 miles north west from Shanghai, but a 4 hour train journey! We kinda underestimated the train sevice in China and thought we could get a ticket at the station- wrong move!! Dan got bought to one side by a police man, while I was outside being stared and pointed at by locals. Anyway... the policeman actually got Dan to the front on the queue and we manage...

Hi everyone!! We made it! The flight was fine as we managed to get extra leg room for free-bonus! And there was free booze all the way but I couldn't get Dan off the computer games! From the airport we got the Maglev (high speed magnetic train) which went a whopping 431km/h- ey carumba!! Think the force made us tired as we slept for 16 hours that night. It is really hot, about 27C but 80% humidity so very sweaty. We went to see some sites yesterday- the O...