China has been a real suprise; it's blasted away all my preconceptions! The atmosphere is exciting, weaving in and out of crazy traffic, under sky high buildings, with a misty mountain back drop. The people are wonderful, quick to help and very very smilely, despite the majority not having a word in common. We are becoming mime pros! We are spoilt for choice in what we do. So far we have climbed the great wall, tobbogend back down, admired palaces and temple...

Hello! We have just arrived in Xian. This message is more for my mum than anything, We're Happy and safe,this place is really cool. I cant however get a singler phone to work!! If you want to email me its [email protected] Hope all is well! We are going to see the terracotta warriors tommorow... and hopefully some more Pandas!