To Auckland and back again and again, Firstly Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all! So we are now in New Zealand and have spent most of the first week in and around Auckland. Having only one full day in the city we visited the museum, walked up Mount Eden (great view of the city) and went down to the dockside. As a city Auckland is average, small and unimpressive. Getting caught out on our first day here in the sun, resembling lobsters,...

Ahoy everybody, So here we are in Hong Kong about to depart to New Zealand (by plane for anyone who is geographically challenged) but we've decided to let you in on the last 9 days that have been exclusively dedicated to Hong Kong. 9 days is quite a while to be in one place (or it is for us) and what better way to spend time than with friends. Paul's friend from Uni, Emily has been living in HK for the last couple of years and graciously invited us to stay. Aft...

Hello all, So here we are in Yangshou, a beautiful slice of China's countryside, having hit Xi an and Chengdu prior to this there is a lot to update you with. Xi'an home of the Terracotta Warriors and spinach noodles. We arrive at this fabulous city feeling knackered, after being bombarded by people and stared at for about the millionth time we finally make it to the hostel. Heading out into the city we stumble upon a massage parlor, no not the type with a happ...

Hello blog followers, So here we are in Shanghai, the most populated city in China. However, we have been in China for nearly two weeks so lets bring you up to scratch. We arrived in Beijing on the 10th November, ending our Trans Mongolian adventure. The first night was spent having one final blowout with our vodkatrain comrades (which was a messy affair to say the least). We had five days in Beijing and spent it being tourists, to the max! The Forbidden City...

Budgeting Bolsheviks. Arrived in bustling Beijing after our twelve day, six thousand miles train journmey across two continents and seven time zones. The Trans Mongolian adventure was AMAZING, we will attempt to put this incredible journey into words, here goes... In Moscow we meet up with our tour group and Honcho Marina, who took us out for a traditional Russian feast, the next few days meals would be a combination of noodles and porridge. As the title of th...