Hang em' High! Hello from Shanghai. Apologies on not putting up an update in the last few days but it seems internet cafes are not easy to come by in Shanghai (or at least foreigner friendly ones - we were refused from one last night!!). So I have finally given up and handed over 30 yuan to use the oldest PC i have seen in quite a while in the hotel "business centre". To be honest the one thing I would do differently about this trip would be to bring ...

Greetings! We have been in Beijing for almost 4 days now so it's seems about time for an update on our travels. Between sightseeing and arranging transport and hotels for later in the trip we have been kept pretty busy. Every body said we would be in for a major culture shock once we hit China but by some incredible stroke of luck we have arrived at the most western friendly time since the dawn of time. I guess some people might see that as effecting the authen...