Ni Hao I was not going to post a blog for yesterday's activities because we did nothing till leaving for our train but this became an event in itself as you will soon find out. China is seeing it's worst weather for 50 years and it clearly does not know how to handle it at the minute. As soon as we climbed the stairs from subway Line 3 the chaos was unbelievable, there were people and bags all over the street and road. The army had stopped anyone entering the ...

Ni Hao It is a good job China is a country that makes everything because since we have been here things have done nothing but break or pack up on us, maybe it is just that we are nine months into the trip and they are worn out!!! Overnight the snow had fallen again but the rain had followed and all the roads and paths were full of slush which made it unpleasant to walk in, to top this Mel's trainers had sprung a leak as well (damn merrells!!) so it was dowwn to...

Ni Hao Last night we had a battle with the hostel staff about our room, when we went upstairs it was freezing cold and I managed to set the air con to hot but it did not seem to warm up the room. Mel jumped into bed fully clothed again complete with hat and gloves and I went off to see the hostel staff about an extra duvet and getting the room warmer.The lady that arrived agreed that it would not go any higher then a guy arrived and told us to wait 10 minutes an...

Ni Hao Yesterday we took a bus out to the big park area that they have in Nanjing for a look around, we did last a while but everywhere you walked they wanted an entrance fee in a park!!!! We now work out how cold it is by how quickly we loose the feeling in our noses. Back at the hostel our room was still cold even though the heater had been on for 36 hours without being switched off. A day earlier we had booked to go to the Chinese opera and even though it wa...

Ni Hao Since we left you all two days ago it has been really crazy and frustating.Yesterday we had no loose ends to tie up so we sat around the hostel chatting, eating and biding our time till 3.30pm till we had to leave for our train. Mel was on the internet and let out a loud gasp and I wondered what was wrong and she told me that Heath Ledger had died. I thought it was one of two things either our internet bank account had been cleared or Barry Manilow had d...