ello! Shanghai seems pretty cool. loads nicer than Beijing on first appearances! there is a lot of money about coz all the buildings are prisitne and there are tonnes of banks and stuff. i think its the riches city in China. it has a lovely area by the river and some cool streets and stuff to walk down etc. been to the Shanghai Museum this morning which was informative and had some lovely dfisplays. after a while tho its all a bit too much. today is the last prop...

So in Suzhou, we went to a beautiful garden called Master of the Nets garden. it was full of pagodas and stuff which was cool. and there were also littlep performances going on in some of the areas which were cool. the musical instruments were absolutely amazing and thesetting was gorgeous! i loved it! had a few drinks after with a few people from our lovely group. went to a silk factory too to see how silks made. its crazy coz there are all these silk worms and ...

hello! our China trip brings us to this place. its ok. there is a 14km wall that surrounds the inner city and we ciycled around the top. i was knackered by the end coz it was soooo hot you wouldnt beleive! also we went to see the Terracotta Warriors which are one of the Worlds Wonders or something. they were pretty impressive. the history behind it is crazy! did i tell you i saw the great wall and we climbed it and went to a really ice section but that it was wel...

ok everyone! sorry its been a while. so i think i left you in Hanoi to get on a train. the train turned out to be fine and was just another part of mine and daves little adventure! it was two days. got on in the evening and at about midnight crossed the border into china. we were then woken up for the next few hours with various forms and things to fill in and give people. got talking to the irish people in the next cabin and we decided to have a Vodka Train. s...

that picture is ridiculous. and completely irrelevant. sorry! have found Hanoi quite hostile actually which is a bit disappointing as the rest of Vietnam is lovely. havent done much as its so hot! its really hard so we end up flaking out in the hotel quite alot! woops! went to the water puppets last night. it was actually brilliant. there was some cool instruments and stuff which was good. and its pretty clever how it all works. went to the museum of ethnolo...