Hello! Long time no blog - it was really difficult to get online at the last place we were in. Ok, so let me catch u up - on tuesday we arrived after the 23 (turned 35 hour) train journey and transfered via bus to Yangshau. This is one of the most popular tourist destantions in china and you could definately tell! It was quite small but most of the resturants and bars tailored to western tastes with big signs all over the place stating, 'english breakfast serv...

Hello!! It is monday lunchtime here in Shanghai and I am just getting ready to leave for my next destination on this whistle stop tour! Arrived in Shanghai on Saturday afternoon and could feel immediately the temperature difference compared with the other places we had been. It is hot and muggy here, not sunny just uncomfortable!! We went for lunch near our hotel where we were presented with a fish that still had it's tail, eyes, skin and everything intact - it...

Hello!! I've finally put all my photo's so far on - although it has taken me hours so make sure you have a look!! The Summer Palace album is a bit unclear as i didn't chose a high enough resoution to upload them or something!!! Had a great day yesterday (which I think was helped by the fact that I went for a power nap in the afternoon!) In the morning we went by coach to the site where the terracotta warriers were found (it was bout 1 hours journey from where w...

Hello, Got a few days to catch up on! It is now Wednesday evening here and I have arrived in Xi'an (or Siam as it is said). On Monday we went to the Great Wall, a section which is 3 hours drive from Beijing. After the wall, we went to a local guesthouse which was nice and had dinner by a lake overlooking gorgeous views of the wall - I have some great pictures but again, I can't upload them on this pc! Yesterday was unfortunately lost to travelling, we spent 4 ...

Hello, Just a quick one because I haven't got much time! It was my last day in beijing today and this morning 4 of us went off to the summer palace which is about 45 minutes out of the city (subway and taxi). It is HUGE! We walked around for a bit then we hired a pedal boat for an hour (very hard work, my thighs hurt!) We then walked to the top of the biggest temple which was miles!!! I have never seen to many stairs, everytime you thought you were there you t...