Today we decided to scrap all the sight seeing rubbish and go to where else but Madame Tussauds, mainly because we wanted to see the low budget wax figurines. And boy were we not dissapointed. We saw stars of the big and small screen including greats such as Yao Ming, Liu Xiang, Zhang Bozhi and also the great Andy Lau. It was also nice to have Christopher come and see us at Madame Tussauds for a bit although he seemed to ditch us for a couple of other pals after ...

Today we went on a day trip out of Shanghai with a tour guide Vivian and driver Mr Tang. We drove about 1hr 30 out of Shanghai to Suzhou which is well known for its Gardens. We visited the Humble Administrators Garden and also the Master of The Nets Garden. Both of which are traditional chinese Gardens which are set up so as not to give a view on first going into the garden but to reveal a view at each turn in the garden. The Gardens were both lovely and were mai...

We had a little lie in until around 9am. That is a lay in for us by the way! We took it easy today. We took a stroll along to the Shanghai Museum and had a look around. We then walked along to the Bund which is home to the famous Peace Hotel and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC) building. There is no getting away from that place! Shanghai is great and it has some mega architecture. The only down points are the people who get in your face and try to ...

Nothing exciting today. Got up and went to the airport and flew to China. Arrived at our hotel and we were pretty shattered. Ordered Room Service and relaxed.

Not much happened today. We are now in Osaka for one night only Before flying to China tomorrow afternoon. Not fussed really as it is a massive city and it looks like your watching Blade runner at night with all the lights.There is a Universal Studios with some rides based on hit fims like Jurrasic Park , Back to the Future and the Terminator. But we also noticed they had a Waterworld one which put us off .We will go to the one in the States at some point in the ...