went to stay with asngie in a little city outside guangzhou. was great had a fantastic time with her lovely family who were great. her grandmother taught me how to make dumplings and her grandad made a lovely calligraphy wall hanging. went to american embassy last night for drinks amd met some lovely and intersting people have been invited to join in hash house harriers club which sounds fab. then cam eback and got hideously drunk with nice amrical sisters lyndse...

well had the most strange time visiting guilin and yangshou again a totally different experience this time! went down river on little bamboo raft and got burnt and bitten to b*****y by mozzies who seem to love me. Jim and i chewed the fat talked nonsense and drank too many beers whilst random chinese stopped to have a chat and practice their english - got some girls to listen to my ipod - they like electric six - gay bar - thanks little borther for tht one. also ...

well had an amazing time in xiamen - stayed in a remote valley village and played pool with the locals where mainly a male preserve so surprised a woman could play! the food was interesting what i thought was bike inner tube noodle soup turned out to be pig intestines! blurgghhh met some great tattooed guys in a food mall in xiamen and we had photos and swapped stories apparently tatts really rare there so they were pleqased to meet me- then met an artist who ...

arrived here - very beautiful city - really green and lush. went on boat trip to the island to see old dutch buildings amazing architecture. visited realt great little museum documenting chinese diaspora - didont realise chinese coolies in all but name slaves and helped build vast amounts of developing world. went for phenomenal crab dinner - typical chinese resturant noisy packed and bonkers. had razor clams, crab and pot steamed duck - but refused to eat the he...

had the most amazing evening - went to eat in an Hunnan province resturuant which means really spicey chilli covered food. lovely big borth with sausages, metballs, pigeon eggs and liver and pig skin - was actually lovely. followed by rice tofu with more chilli. we then had fish heads in chilli and ginger - roasting hot and of course did the delicacy and ate an eye! didnt really taste of anything really the fish head wierd and wobbly inside especially the cheek s...