We headed down early this morning and made the most of the free buffet lunch the hostel supplied. We both had toast, cereal and tried some of the Chinese breakfast especially the pork stuffed dumplings which were delicious. We also realised and were sad to see that Jorge and Karen were no longer with us and soon would be on their way back to a very hot Brisbane. Us remaining four were heading to the south so we took our taxi transfer to Shanghai airport were wo...

Today we were leaving at about eight thirty to get the bullet train to Shanghai. I was feeling a bit sniffy so thought breakfast would be a good idea... Feed a cold and all that. The buffet breakfast was really nice serving Chinese noodles, vegetable stuffed dumplings along with scrambled egg and toast. We tucked in and I took some small cakes for later and then headed to reception to meet Tommy. We took a local bus to the train station and awaited the bullet...