Well I can't quite believe it, my last blog entry... I'll start where I always start, my journey to. So my journey to Beijing, got the bullet train, which went Shanghai to Beijing in just under 5 hours, that's pretty damn fast! Public transported myself to the train station, and then to the hostel and put my bag down for the last time. No more trying to find my way round train stations, thank god. However, I have found myself just as lost round Beijing as I have...

So starting to really like China now. Shanghai has completely dazzled me. Yesterday was my only full day here, so got myself a metro day ticket (costing only £1.80, barging) and travelled round the city all day. So with my black and white metro map, which is less than ideal for reading the different coloured lines, I went on my way. A lovely girl in my dorm highlighted all the stations I needed. My first stop on the agenda was the French Concession. Got pretty ...

So my introduction into China, what a culture shock. One of which is the freezing weather. Also I don't think I'll ever get used to the open hacking up and spitting in the street. Was way easier getting through customs and to the train station from HK than I thought. Only because some lovely Chinese people went out their way to help me, to be fair I do stick out like a sore thumb. So after 15 hours, 2 taxi rides, 2 MTR journeys ,one long train and walking round...

So Hong Kong has been great, not been as cold as I thought it would be, which has been a nice surprise. Ciara came and met me from the airport which was lovely, and we spent the train journey back into HK catching up and telling her some of my travel stories. Dove straight in that Sunday and met up with two of Ciara's work friends, to all go up The Peak. Took the old tram (which is practically vertical) up to the look out point, and got to see the beauty that...