Well we survived the overnight train journey (yes we made it this time although there was a little running involved and the suicide of Jennas ipod...no worries, we got it back to life). We now fully understand the concept of 'hard sleeper'. Sharing with four random people, all looking at you like you're a freak did test our patience slightly, especially when one guy decided to snore the whole night. Special times....never again.Was 'wowed by ...

Being our normal organised selves, we left half an hour to get to the station, get through security and find the platform, needless to say we missed the train. So, with a little help from a rubbish collector we found the ticket desk where we were told the next train to Pingyao wasn't until the following evening, so we decided Pingyao was prob overrated and Xi'an was the place to be. Having lost the money for the other tickets, we decided to budget and go ...

After the fiasco of the visas we fully prepared ourselves for the cold weather, arriving in Beijing in flip flops and thin combats, sensible girls! Having travelled for 6 months we are used to using the resources available to us, so the lovely purple Singapore Airlines socks were worn proudly with the flipflops and Jenna even made a rather fetching shawl out of the tartan blanket!We managed to get through customs and were relieved at the sight of KFC, long live C...