Arrived here by sleeper bus from Shenzhen...... Was an experience in itself let me tell you. The sleeper bus had 3 rows of bunk beds which were about 30cm across and 1m long, goodness only knows how we slept but one thing for sure is that I'm dam glad I brought that Ipod- can allow you to sleep in any form of Asian transport!!! Was a tad scary on the bus as we had been told to keep our valuables on us as loads of people get robbed during the night on sleeper bu...

In word BEAUTIFUL! We have found a tiny piece of heaven here....So lovely to finish off our China adventure here In Yangshou! The boat journey up the Li river from Guilin-Yangshou was fantastic. Our boat was rather old and "well worn", our driver didn't speak any English so we just hoped we would end up in Yangshou!! On the way we past by huge towering limestone peaks - I couldn't believe how huge they were and how many of them you could see in the di...

Arrived in Guilin via a flight from Beijing....We are staying in the "Backstreet Youth Hostel".The plan is to take a boat ride up the Li River to a place called Yangshou (26th Jan)! We have had a good look around Guilin and seen some lovely pagodas and also visited and climbed Elephant cave.... We brought a VERY CHEAP boat ride to Yangshou which leaves early tomorrow morning! It was a great price so fingers crossed it will be good and won't just be a C...

We have been in Xi'an 2 days...Its not as hectic as Beijing but is a great place to visit ! After a 12 hour over night train we arrived in Xi'an..Thetrain was comfey and Jo and me had the top bunk of3 high...At first we thought tis may be the worst place to be as it had a low ceiling but it soon beacme clear that this was the "pent house" of the sleeper train because we had loads more space to put our bags and we could spy on the mad Chinese people belo...

Beijing..What can I say apart from the famous words of "Hello ladies would you like wallet, bag or trainer?" These are the words which ring in our ears as we pass around the fantastic Silk market.....This really is the place to bag a bargain, but you must be willing to barter hard to get what you want! Jo and I both brought swanky silk dressing gowns..Mum I have sent this home together with a few other things so I hope it does arrive home safely to sunn...