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...

Greetings from China!! Hope you are all well! I arrived safe but tired yesterday after two long flights and a taxi to the hotel. Met up the people on my tour, they are all pretty nice mostly young twentysomethings. We all went for dinner which was nice and really cheap! We got loads of dishes between us including beijing's speciality crispy duck and it was about 3 pounds each!!! Was in bed by about 9 last night though as was shattered! Room is fine, sharing wi...