Day 7 & 8 (ignor the map below as the location is not correct. Some reason it is going to a different Xi'an) Day 7 - We arrived 8.30am to Xi'an and were all shattered. The train journey had been really really fun. There were 6 to each cabin and the beds were actually quite comfortable. Unfortunatly the guy sleeping below me snored like a monster and kept me up for ages. But partly because the rest of us couldn't stop laughing at him. The toilets were to be e...

Day 5 & 6 Day 5 - I did one of the best things I have ever done in my whole entire life. Let me begin from the start. Firstly last night at 11.30am my room mate finally arrived. Her name is Helen, she's 30 and from Ireland. She is an absolute blast! We hit it off straight away and she is just like me! (I'm sure we'll be having plenty of poo stories together) So we were both really excited to meet each other so sat up chatting for ages. We finally got to slee...

Day 3 & 4 Good day to you all! Well I have had a crazy past 2 days. Yesterday I FINALLY made it to the Temple of Heaven. I cheated and caught a taxi. Thank God I did, it really was quite far away. It was all to be expected and more. I loved it. The buildings are just so beautiful and interesting and was a really nice place to walk around. In the park there was also a Fasting Temple. After paying my one pound entrance fee I wondered round and apart from an A...

Day 2 of Katies Chinese Experience. Today was a rather interesting day. I woke up this morning feeling fresh and dandy and thought I would attempt to get to the Temple of Heaven again. Crinkled and tearing map in hand, I headed this time, in the correct direction. 30 minutes later I come to a massive crossroads with no idea which way to go. I pluck up the courage to ask some Chinese people if they know the way. I show them a picture of the place I want to se...

Well here it is, blog entry number 1! What a day I have had so far! After a long boring 10 hour flight I finally landed in Beijing at 6.30am (local time). But seeing as this means in the UK it is now really my bed time, I was feeling pretty tired. Desperate for a wee I seeked out the toilets. Not to my suprise there was a lovely queue. As I got to the front it came to my attention there were 3 toilets; a disabled toilet, a sit down toilet and the famous Asian Sq...