Shanghai - 18th and 19th February 2008 Took the 10am train to Shanghai, arrived around midday. Then underground to the hostel in town which was right by the bund. an excellent place with a good bar and food and so central for all the sights. As Shanghai is a focal point for flights in and out the hostel was mobbed by europeans. Bags down and then out for the day of sightseeing. went onto the Bund to see the old buildings and also the view of the skyscrapers of ...

Hangzhou - 16th and 17th February 2007 Got up after bus ride and as it was still very cold outside, decided to take it easy. ventured into town just to get some cash from an ATM. Ate in a really nice place next to the hostel which did great food and beers and then spent the rest of the evening in the hostel bar and lounge watching DVDs ont he big screen. Christ this is exactly what I said I wouldnt do on my travels, but the first time I have done it and after t...

Wuhan - 14th and 15th February Chill out day - Andy and I decided over a beer last night to travel for a few days together and decided we would head south down to Hangzhou as the lonely planet guide said it was good and a little touristy for the chinese and quite cosmopolitan with a huge lake! Well no trains in that direction, so went to book a coach. No chance for today and earliest one was an overnighter tommorrow. Well starts at 4pm and gets in at 7am so lik...

Wuhan 13th February 2008 Hi, After the 3 gorges cruise and the 6 odd hour coachride afterwards, I finally arrived at the end destination of Wuhan. Just really a big Chinese city, think population about 8 million. Nothing to do here really. Checked into the hostel with my 5 travelling companions and managed to get some decent hostel rooms. Only big issue was that there was no hot water...so more days without a shower and with 2 pairs of long johns on I am not...

Cruise of 3 Gorges to Wuhan - 11 12 13 February 2008 I am compiling these 3 days of Blogging into 1 entry for a couple of reasons - 1. in India where I am typing this whilst you can find an internet cafe the speed is horrifically slow and 2. the cruise was a bit of a nightmare and still am trying to get over the emotional scares! So after a few beers on the top deck we set sail and we all retired to bed around 12.30. Well the boat had no heating whatsoever, it...