Honkers KonkersAfter another foul up with respect to the trains, we eventually arrived in HK at around midnight sat evening. We got a cab to our YHA with some difficulty as it is actually at the top of 'Mount Davis path' a place that no local has ever really heard of! Still, it was one of the cheapest options and being located on HK island itself was obviously right in the mixer of the city lights. And city lights. they certainly are. A simple cab journey...

Our next pit stop on tour was in Hangzhou, a city not too far away from Shanghai. Sam and Al have another friend from uni - Mark - who is currently living there teaching English and learning mandarin. We managed to come up trumps in terms of getting there, securing a cheap flight wednesday morning. Mark met us at the airport and we were immediately whisked away to a mountain retreat for the evening. It was nice to get an idea of rural China, removed from all the ...

Our next pit stop on tour was in Hangzhou, a city not too far away from Shanghai. Sam and Al have another friend from uni - Mark - who is currently living there teaching English and learning mandarin. We managed to come up trumps in terms of getting there, securing a cheap flight wednesday morning. Mark met us at the airport and we were immediately whisked away to a mountain retreat for the evening. It was nice to get an idea of rural China, removed from all the ...

Udaipur - our first stop on the whistle stop tour of Rajasthan. It is an incredibly beautiful city, with its centre piece being a lake within which a former palace (now hotel) is situated. For the Bond fans, this one is for you: Octop**** was filmed here and the locals will not let you forget it! All of the profess to have been part of this momentous occasion in one way or another. Not only that but every cafe/restaurant/eatery in town shows the film without fail...

After relaxing down in Goa for a few days, we then journeyed back up to Mumbai to meet Al who had just spent a week in Dubai. This time however, a much smoother journey by overnight train complete with sleeper beds and linen! A far cry from the ramshackle bus nightmare.We met Al in the Salvation Army hostel (basic but very reasonable) and quickly informed him that there was very little to do in Mumbai except develop respiratory problems so we decided it was best ...