Day 37 - 10/11/09 - Guangzhou & Hong Kong (China) A new guide, Phillip, met us at the train station to transfer us to Guangzhou East train station for the 1hr 45min train to Hong Kong. He gave us the run down about city of Guangzhou like all the other guides have done (population, size, etc.), even though we were only going to be there a couple of hours... Still it was nice and we would consider a longer stay at another time. We found some lunch at the sta...

Choo choo - last overnight train :D Day 35 - 08/11/09 - Kunming (China) After a late start this morning, we wandered down the road to Dong Feng Square, which is where locals do morning exercises (tai chi) and play badminton. There were only a few people exercising as it was midday when we got there. We then walked down a shopping street which was for pedestrians only. We were given a brochure which had pictures of lasagne and spaghetti on them, and it looked r...

"I get confused when I look out and see a building and then look again and the building has changed and I think it has changed the other way..." - Scotty (in the revolving restaurant) Day 33 - 06/11/09 - Chengdu & Kunming (China) This morning after breakfast , we went for a walk to bakery to get some food for our next sleeper train. We then checked out of the hotel and Wulf transferred us to the train station where we had some lunch and boarded ou...

Day 31 - 04/11/09 - Chengdu (China) Another big day was ahead of us today - with another 8:30 start. Our first stop was Huanglongxi Ancient Town which was about an hour drive from our hotel. This ancient town was half rebuilt a year ago and the other half is still the original town. This ancient town was very beautiful and reminded us slightly of Sovereign Hill (but people actually live in this one, they aren't just dressing up). It was then another hour and a ...

The dogs are barking... Day 29 - 02/11/09 - Chengdu (China) Our sleeper train finally arrived in Chengdu at about 11:30am, and we met our new guide Wulf. Wulf bought us to our new hotel, helped us check in and pointed us in the direction of some food. Wulf informed us that Chengdu only see about 80 days a year where the sun is out and it is not cloudy. The locals do not say the sun is out, but that "the dogs are barking", as the sun confuses dogs and...