We arrived in Nanning 06/04. The Hotel we are staying in is quite nice and its only 5 pounds a night. Nanning is a lot nicer than Guangzhou. Its not as busy, cleaner and lots of little nice shops and food places making it more quaint than a major City. So far we have had a really nice time here. The first day spent wandering the streets, buying met flip flops and walking to a Nanhu park with a huge lake. The weather here is really hot, and very humid but makes a...

We caught the train from Hong Kong to Guangzhou (03/04), planning to get the train from here to Hainan. We were told that we couldn't book the overnight train from Guanzhou until we were back in China. However, we arrived at the station and waited in a queue for about an hour for a women who didnt speak english to simply say 'no' and send us away. By this time it was late afternoon so we set out to find somewhere to stay. Guangzhou was absoloutely rammed with p...

We Ended up staying in HOng Kong for about 4 days. After the washing and Visa experience it got a bit better. Due to the Weather being really misty there were a lot of things we didnt do, like go to the Peak (a viewing point) as it would of been pointless. We did venture out to see a Giant Buddha statue on on an island just off Hong Kong (Sorry can't remember the name). It was really cool, but could only see the outline of it because of the mist. We also went o...

Hong Kong. The end of our tour. who would of thought it could of gone so smoothly. Whoever did was wrong! When we arrived we realised that we didnt have the correct Visa. We have a single entry visa but when you come into Hong Kong its not classed as China so you need a double entry to re-enter mainland China! So We have spent the most of today applying for a new Visa. OUr plan going forward is to stay in Hong Kong till the 03/04. Then we will catch an over nig...

27/03 We set off for the Longji Valley where we were going to stay up in the mountains for a few nights. They Bus took us so far, but we had to hike for about 40 mins up through the rice terraces to get to the guest house. The View immense...you could see rice terraces for miles. They are all man made and staggered down the mountain - it must of taken hundereds of years! The next day we set off on a 4hour hike across the mountains to another village. Hard work...