helloooo! im back in the civilised world, well almost. just gotta cross the border today to hong kong and then i know ill be in the civilised world! cant wait..... im very proud of myself for managing to achieve my objective and make it to the glacier in far western china. it was a long trip there and a log hike up to the glacier but it was worth it and im definitely feeling a sense of completeness now. the mountain range at shangri la was outstanding, ...

im in mythical shangri-la. the real one i think tho im never sure with chinese tourism!! im in deqin, a tibetan town which is as far as u can go in yunnan and as near tibet as u can get without a permit. its fascinating, everywhere i look is something different and new, costumes, food, different languages, yaks (everywhere) monks in crimson robes and tibetan buildings too. so its pretty close. theres some good tibetan poverty and begging here too so its not as sa...

hellooo!! im in dali, in yunnan province, and this is the first time ive been a comfortable temperature since our 5 star hotel in zhengzhou- totally worth 22 hrs on a train!!. we'r up in the mpuntains here and its so much cooler than it was in yangshuo, im revelling in it. at 2000 meters dali temperatures rarely go over 25!! so we're next to the biggest freshwater lake in china, surrounded by mountains and its quite beautiful. yunnan is also the most ethnica...

hello, long time no hear i know. almost did a journal entry the other day but pc crashed- so frustrating!! im in yangshuo right now. its a backpacker hang out in south eastern china guanxi province. kind of a village thats expanded for tourists, sourrounded by rivers and limestone karst peaks which is stunning. its been so much fun and met lots of cool people, which ive been cycling, rafting, swimming and mud bathing in underground caves with for the last ...

hello we've managed to get ourselves off the yangste river. we're flying today to shanghai where chris will soon be leaving me to return to good food, football and hopefully slightly colder weather. no doubt its raining in the uk- doesnt seem as tho wimbledon is faring very well already! its still hot here as every other day. oh well. nice to be in an air con internet cafe 'wang-ba'. the boat trip from chonqing took 4 nights and was lovely to chill out and not ...