Day one in Guilin is the first day that we've not had a tour booked with a guide so it's the first time we've been able to relax and just chill. We went down for breakfast but then came back up and spent most of the day in the room.I know, I know, we only have a couple of days here so why didn't we go out? Truth is, we were knackered and the room is so cool.In the early evening we went out to get dinner and went to a higher quality local eating house. We ordered ...

After The Great Mosque, we drove to The Terracotta Army which is located in the Lingtong District of Xian. They were made for Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China around 210 BC. He wanted them to guard his spirit and his empire in the afterlife. It's described as the eighth wonder of the world. They're existence was not written down in the history books because later emperors ransacked the tomb, destroyed the soldiers and set light to the wooden roofs that...

The Great Mosque - Gu Lou, Xi'an We started off the day with another good breakfast and met our guide Holly at 10am. It wasn't a long drive but just as mad as always with people cutting each other up and hooters sounding their warnings to pedestrians who seem to like walking out in front of cars at every opportunity. Our driver 'Mr T' dropped us off in in what felt like a bit of a caul de sac. I wasn't really sure where we were going next from here but it was ...

We got to the airport at around 6.30pm, our flight scheduled to leave at 8pm. Our guide Holly rushed us straight to the check in line which really didn't impress Karron because she wanted to put on her jeans before getting on to the plane. In the end, she was scrabbling around getting them out of her bag whilst in the check in que.As it turned out, the flight was delayed by over an hour so there really wasn't ever any need to rush.We landed at just gone 11 and me...

After The Wild Goose Pagoda, we made our way to Xi'an's City wall. Built by the Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Bang 194 BC, it is one of the oldest structures in China. It's 13 km in length and stretches all the way around the main part of the city, a bit like York. The guide told me we were walking on original bricks! Xi'an has been the capital of China on a number of occasions because they say it has good Feng Shui. Tall and overbearing, it has protected the inner c...