Tuesday 28th September We boarded our final overnight train at 7pm in order to board a private bus to the station. By the time the train left it was 10.30pm so we only had a few hours before lights out and off to bed. Wednesday 29th September We arrived in Hong Kong in the morning but as we had to go through immigration we didnt get to the hotel until lunch time so we got a quick shower and headed out for our final group lunch and to view the harbour from Kowl...

Thursday 23rd September Well we did eventually board our boat at about 6.30pm. This was a chinese tourist boat so we really were the only english on board! The boat itself looked like a shack on water from the outside but inside it was actually quite nice. We had cabins which slept two people, each with their own private toilet (an actual proper toilet rather than a squat!lol) and a shower. In the evening we all got together in one of the function rooms and spen...

Tuesday 21st September Well we went to the Terracotta warriors in the afternoon which were really impressive. We hired a private bus to take us there and back which was nice for a change. We have taken lots of pictures to show you all, they are definately as (if not more) impressive as you imagine! On the way back we went to a nearby local restaurant to try chinese traditional dumplings which were actually really nice, and then we got dressed up to go to a karao...

Saturday 18th September We began our walking tour of Shanghai at 9am this involved walking through the Peoples Square, the French quarter and an antiques market which was fab as it gave us a chance to try bartering. In the afternoon we returned to the hotel to get ready for the Shanghai acrobat show - which was amazing! you will see from one of the photo's five motorists racing round a large steel cage which was very exciting :) We then went to a pizza resturant...

Thursday 16th September Hi again guys, we went to the Olympic stadium today which was fab! we went inside and took some good snaps. We also took some snaps of the Beijing IBM building just for you Dad :) In the afternoon we went to the open food market which was scary...every bug you could think of was alive on a skewer waiting to be fried! pretty grim! and as for the smell ..wasn't very pleasant. We then got ready and made our way to the train station to board...