I thought a special post dedicated to China was needed so I'm writing it as I venture towards the southern border (hoping not to feel car sick at the same time). China blew my expectations through the roof! I didn't realise that China was such an interesting and beautiful country with such diverse culture and vibrant lifestyles. I am so pleased that I decided to start my adventure off here. What I loved about China was the constant buzz from the people. Chine...

My time in Yangshou has been really nice. The first day we got here it was raining so we had a quick explore and stayed in the hostel. They guys who advised us to climb the rice terraces happened to be at the hostel too so we shared our experience. The next day I decided to chill out and research my Hong Kong and Vietnam part of the trip. Very productive day. I went for a walk down the li river found a burger place and had lunch. I was happy when a strip burger ...

Nǐhǎo! I'm in Guilin at the moment but will later be catching a bus to Yangshou (my last stop in China!). The weather is not so good today. I was woken up by the rain! Somebody told me the weather down here is really good as well hahaa On a plus note, I had a whole dorm room to my self last night woo. **WARNING LONG STORY** Anyhuuu yesterday was a right adventure. Alex is back on the scene hahaa he flew in from Xi'an on Thursday evening. Before he came I me...

A quick update on my whereabouts. I am in Chongqing and was planning on coming here to go on the Yangtze River cruise. When I actually got here I changed my mind and decided to stay 2 nights and explore the city instead. I had a ridiculous spicy meal at the hostel (I'm eating chicken again cautiously) and then I spent the next day with an English girl who lives in Beijing and can speak Chinese and a guy and girl from the Netherlands. They are really nice people a...

The last two days have been the most challenging physically and mentally in my whole life. I have never had to dig soo deep to complete a task. The self determination I had was incredible. I shocked myself. I have climbed a Mount Emei, a mountain 3099m (10,129ft) above ground level. All together it took us 15 hours walking and was around 38 miles!! At points I thought my body was going to shut down. It was feeling impossible to lift my legs up the 60000 steps ...