Hey, We are now in Guilin, towards the south of China, after a 27hr overnight train (with NO airconditioning). This is the Chinese 'Lake District'!!! Hills, mountains, lakes and lots of scenery, and possibly the only place with KFC's that dont have chicken burgers - you get whole crayfish in a burger form, very tasty though...but not as tasty as the local food, never seen so many chillies in some of the dishes but they are tasty. Its sunny and hot here and we e...

We have arrived in Chengdu，home of the Panda reserve and the biggest Buddha in the world。 The overnight train was more than a little cramped， and three hours longer than expected - 18hrs on a top bunk banging my head everytime i moved was fun ：） Get ready for the Mt Huashan pictures when I can get them on here， I have never been in so much pain climbing that thing for 6hrs， and。。well。。。 you‘ll see from the pictures it was worth it。 H...

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!

OK, so here our first update and when I figiure out how to put pics on here I will! We have spent a few days in Beijng, its busy, hot and smoggy, but how can you complain when beer is 30p for a big bottle and a slap-up meal is about 1.50. We are staying a cool little backstreet hostel meeting loads of nice people. So far we have managed to: Take a cable car to the Great Wall, walk a few hours on it, then get a toboggan back down the hill. Visit Tiannamen Sq, t...