So had a swift visit to Nanjing as thought it would be good to see some other big city other than the one that I live in. It is in fact very similar to that of beijing but with less pollution and the wall surrounds the city and doesn't run through the mountains. Plenty of temples, places and gardens to see in the city as well as the mighty river that be the Yangzhe that flows through this place on the way to the ocean. Popped out to the countryside today to visi...

So finally FOBISSEA has come to an end and what an eventful 3 days of sport that was for year 4-6. The kids have been totally amazing throughout the whole tournament and all the training and hard work paid off. Extremely proud of each and every one of them. Year 4's managed to win something everyday including 3 trophies for soccer and t-ball. On the first day each of them won a gold medal = 12 of those as there are 12 in a team in athletics but I would say that t...

So spent my last day in Lijiang out in the sticks once again on a bicycle. The cycle was going quite well until I noticed that possibly the road I wanted to use may be closed so thought I would follow some lorries as they appeared to know of another route. Big Big mistake 30km on a gradual incline later and I reach the top of a rather large hill/mountain and take a little look over the side and notice that my initial first choice road was in fact open and led to ...

So have been for a massive cycle today. Ventured to yulong mountain which wasn't the top but to the start of the range. I climbed 2800m and the attendant said if you get to 4805m you would be able to go on the cable car but not today it's too windy but you can come back tomorrow. Unfortunately the legs don't have thatleft in them after today and yesterdays hike as well as another bike ride planned for tomorrow out to the lake that is supposedly overlapping into S...

So an eventful day in the gorge yesterday, totally mind blowing is all I can say. I got dropped of at Tinas guest house which is the middle part of the gorge. Opted to hike back the way the bus had bought me and found that I was the only person doing it this way oh well good to be different I feel. So up hill it was for a good hour and then it flattened out for a good couple of hours. The views were outstanding and left me speechless at points, terrain was dodgy ...