Our trip to Hong Kong started with a very cheap over night bus, it was a sleeper bus so we all had a bed...great we thought, but as the beds were 1.7m and Rich is 1.9m it was not so great for Rich! So after a 'good' night's sleep of clinging onto our beds for dear life as we flew around the bends at 3am we were at the border to HK! We arrived at the border with no currency and no way of getting out of passport control as we could not pay for the bus....As it turn...

As we arrived in yangshou it was like something out of a film with karsts rising out of the ground and rice fields as far as the eye could see! We jumped in a tuk tuk and asked him to take us to a hotel we were recommended to called the giggling tree. We started on a smooth little lane which then turned into a dirt track…holding on for dear life! When we arrived at the hotel it was a beautiful old converted barn in the foothills were water buffalos wandered th...

Chongqing-this place is rural china and was the starting point of our boat trip down the Yangtze river. We had a couple of days before starting on the river so we checked into the local YHA. We got taken to the traditional Chinese style suite, after mastering the lock (Which was like something out the crystal maze! With a key so big we could barely fit it into our day bag!) We made it inside to the biggest bed we've ever seen. It was a massive wooden four poster ...

So for the 14 hour trip here we decided to save a whole 9pounds and opt for the hard sleepers, bunks 3 people high with no walls and as many people as you could possibly fit in! HA… good nights sleep. Once Richard had finished giving a 3 year old girl evil looks for eating and getting rather comfy on his bed we finally tried to get some sleep. Think we crammed in about 4 hours thanks to the Chinese men snoring, and Chinese women having arguments at 4am! Than...

Our sleeper train here was brill, the soft sleeper beds were better than most of Rich's hostels in Thailand! We had a free pick-up to our hostel where we met Lauren (American) and Rich (Manc) little did we know we'd end up traveling with them for the next week. This hostel was 'hutong' style and we had our own private room with the biggest shower in China…all for just 12pounds a night! That night we had a thorough tasting of ALL the local beers…and vodkas. In...