Decided to stay in hangzhou one more day to trek to the famous tea farms ( they produce the most expensive tea in all china,serious money) so I find myself with nothing to do but visit the night market to get some food ,well deserved after sorting out a train to shanghai ,accommodation for the night then flight to Guilin accommodation there and a place to travel the river on a bamboo raft.there are hundreds of food stalls so I start with some crispy flying fish t...

I wake up to a rainy day .firstly looks like the change in diet has kicked in so I spend the next hour squatting over a hole in the floor ,try to rectify the problem with a chilli and potato omelette doesn't help and due to the pending 20 hour train journey in a cramped carriage with a couple of hundred Chinese I decide to take some tablets ( don't think it would be good for east west relations to have an accident in a small confined place).then I find my camera...

Ok so I've been in china for about six days pretty used to it now very loud all the time haven't seen the sky smog fog not sure what it is the food in china is very greasy and unhealthy .started to get used to squat toilets again takes good balance and aim or your in serious trouble.went with a guide to see the terracotta warriors ( not as impressive as I imagined ) very touristy and felt like I was doing a school trip Chinese are very bossy and hard to ignore.hu...

Made it to xian to see the terracotta warriors .after the great wall I needed a well deserved beer which turned into about eight due mainly to people buying me them .so it's one in the morning and I need to get to the airport by 6 which is a subway and a train away after hastily packing in the dark I grab about three hours sleep and make it to the airport in time ( seems everything is cool with the flight after all) so I am sat on the floor near the boarding gate...

After going to bed at 1 roped into a drink by a group of Irish I hit the bed only to be up at 5.30 to take a bus for 2 and a half hours to get to the great wall.after sleeping the whole way I start my climb the great wall of china is pretty spectacular .and the part I chose to climb was the Unrepaired old part so luckily I dodged the tourists infact I had it to myself for long periods.after reaching the end of the wall you can legally climb due to safety issues I...