Ní hăo, Arriving in Yingtan we discovered that our hotel was actually in a small village about an hour's drive outside of the city - not convenient for the train station, but actually part of the Longhu Mountain National Park, which we were planning on visiting the next day anyway. The village was only just over 2km long, and we walked most of its streets that night - we were actually looking for a bank, as both of us were running low on money - and it was rea...

Ní hăo! Our train to Nanchang went simply enough. We found our waiting room and seats easily, and we had barely been on the train for 10 minutes before we were approached by a Chinese guy who wanted to take a photo with Lucie. She is much more popular with the Chinese than me (something I am not jealous of at all, as it means I get less unwanted attention) and we think this is because of her very large blue eyes. Also, the fact that the little boy sat across t...

Ní hăo! So our first destination of the week was the city of Jiujiang and Mount Lushan (which translates to Mount House Mountain (Lushan - 庐山)). Our hotel was nice and located really close to where Tazzy and Rachael live, so we knew the area. As we were tired from travelling, and on holiday, we treated ourselves to a McDonalds - the only western places out here are fast food restaurants. We headed back to the hotel, just planning on relaxing and maybe wat...

Ní hăo! So it's been a while since I updated, but that's because Lucie and I have been travelling around Jiangxi during our week off of school and I decided to leave my laptop in Yihuang. I have decided to split our travels into 4 blogs, otherwise this would be huge! So first off, the travelling. Lucie and I booked our trains a week in advance so we knew exactly where we were going and when. The trains were easy enough. Head into the station, match the trai...

Ní hăo! What do you do when you can't sleep and it's the early hours of the morning?? That's right, update your blog! So this blog is a bit different from the rest. Instead of documenting what myself and Lucie have been getting up to in China, I wish to share my thoughts with you on one particular aspect of life out here. The use of chopsticks. Now at first this may seem rather boring, and I thought so too at first. But I am now finding the topic rather inte...