Xian - Brief summary - In Xian hardly anyone speaks English - Harriet has not been sold any oil paintings for a couple of days - Laura would make a fantastic talk show guest - No babies were given to us to cuddle Overnight Train After an amazing few days in Beijing we were sad to be leaving but also extremely excited to be heading to our next and final stop in China - Xian. After making our way to our train through what must have been the hottest station ...

Beijing - 'Let the walking commence' 10 things we learned in Beijing 1. Nobody, and I mean nobody, speaks English! 2. Harriet's feet are so big compared to the Chinese, we had to wait 10 minutes in a market for them to find a shoe her size. 3. There are no such things as queues. 4. Squatting over a hole isn't that bad when you've been waiting to go to the toilet for over an hour. 5. The Great Wall of China has to be the greatest thing ever built by man. 6...