Hello hello hello to everyone In Yangshou at the moment staying in the showbiz Inn, finally out of the city and its amazing. The views are beautiful, surrounded by mountains and rivers so much more relaxing, it reminds a bit of Kho Phi Phi but without the beaches. It seems to be the further south you are the prettier it gets. Whats great is the mountains are light up in the night making it look a spectacular site. There is so much to do here Kayking, caves, r...

Hi Everyone Just a quick up date of whats going on in the world of Paul. Arrived in Hangzhou yesterday via the bullet train in Shanghai it was so impressive and quick only took 35 minutes when a normal train takes 2 hours. Hanghzhou is amazing its like the Monaco of China Porsches flying around everywhere it seems to be a play boy paradise for the Chinese, i did not expect this in China. It again is very modern plenty of hip resturants and bars which is good...

Hi all Arrived in Shanghai just about in one piece, once again a epic journey 24 hours on a overnight sleeper bus hard going and definetly something i have never experienced in my life i used to struggle with a 2 hour car journey. The beds were like sleeping on a rock hence no sleep so throughout the 24 hours. On the plus side got to see many wonderful sights within the bus journey, although our bus driver was crazy driving through thick fog at 80km an hour not ...

Hello People Arrived in my new destination Xian, this was by overnight sleeper train from Beijing. This in it's own right was a eye opener i have never had to do such a long journey in my entire life, having to sleep on a top bunk of 3 literally 2 meters from the ceiling. The train itself was a epic, at first i felt a little scared as people where just starring at me, in the end i was brave enough to gesture to why they where starring at me to the reply "where i...

Just a quick hello to everyone from beijing. The last 5 days have been amazing, so much done and seen. This began with: Tuesday we had the most amazing party at the hostel celebrating 2 years of the hostel being open, free beer for most of the night (my kind of night of party). If you ever come to beijing Happy Dragon hostel is the place to stay, its just amazing, everyone is so friendly and there is a group of 12 of us that hang out most nights. Whats quite f...