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...