And so, he blogs for the last time in China, this time from Skyscraper City, Shanghai! Its been a while since Beijing now, seen lots more of China and the GAP Tour has introduced me to new friends and given me lots of wonderful experiences, and here's most of them! In the days before joining the tour I spent my last few days in Beijing going to the Olympic Stadium and park, what an incredible atmosphere! You could still feel the spirit of the Olympics in the en...

Another evening in China, another morning in Norway. The start of a new week and the optimistic backerpacker mentality is sitting perfectly! Since my last entry Ive had my first real taste of the chinese nightlife outside the comfort of the hostel walls. Me and two other guys hit one of the bigger "bar street" areas in downtown Beijing, had a lot of fun there, saw a really funny chinese Michael Jackson wannabe in one of clubs (almost as good as Korean ...

Day 21: So its been 3 weeks since leaving home, thought id just write a quick update on my general feelings on traveling and life abroad. I feel that the pace has slowed down and im finding my own rythm here in the far east. Ive made Sitting on the city wall hostel my basecamp, booked it for 10 nights or so, so im 5 minutes away from the forbidden city still and just about as central as can be. People here are coming and going during my stay so theres been some ...

Its that time again! Greetings from Beijing, the city that never stops surprising you. Its day 17 now, 11.30 monday morning. Alot has happend in the last 2 days! here goes. Sunday I went back down to the ping pong tables and had a few more sets (my game is improving!) and on the agenda today was Beijing City Zoo & The Summer Palace. I joined forces with Colleen the texan and we set off. Bejing City Zoo was absolutely packed solid. We payed extra to go see th...

Ni hao China!, So first day in Beijing, arrived last night and walked down a scary bendy allyway to find my hostel, but its brilliant here! Lots of english speaking folk and the staff do really well. First impression of china is that its bigger than japan! Lots of smog so you cant really see much but the air doesnt really smell all that bad really. Today i slept in, first time since leaving home! Had an "american breakfast" at the hostel and just decid...