Monday 2nd April The lights got switched on sharp at 6:30 am, why do the Chinese need to go to sleep and wake up so early I do not know! We got off the train in Xi'an around 8:30 ish, were we had to catch a public bus to the hotel. Well…trying to get to the bus stop was a mission in itself. There were people EVERYWHERE! We managed to board the bus, which was tightly cramped, there are no limits of how many people can be standing on the bus! Luckily there wasn...

Friday 30th March Apparently the lights got switched on ay 6:30 am, however being on my high bed I had some protection! As the train was late we got in at 10:30 am not 9 am. We got off the train and went to the taxi rank; Leon gave us cards with the hotel name written on in Chinese to give to the driver! We arrived at the hotel and jumped in the shower, the hotel room was really nice actually! I was impressed. There was a hilarious bad translation, it was suppo...

Friday 23rd March Woke up around 9 am and had to wait out until 2 pm for our train to arrive in Beijing. I was very excited to return to Beijing, I was looking forward to eating something other than heavy meals for the next couple of weeks. I loved the dumplings and all that, but it was extremely heavy food and hearty! We met our new honcho Roxi (her English name, I don't even know how to pronounce her Chinese name!). We headed off to the hotel to shower and ...

Sunday 18th March We arrived in a chilly Ulaanbaatar at 6 am, I still dislike this time in the morning!! We meet our new honcho, Udka! She took us to our new hostel which was in fact a hotel, we had a couple of hours to get washed and chill out before our meeting and breakfast. We meet Udka downstairs and had a delicious breakfast consisting of eggs, toast, sausages and funnily enough gherkins. I offered to eat anyone's who disliked them!! We talked about a plan...

Wednesday 14th March Today is finally the day that we are allowed off the train! The night attendant woke us up abruptly at 7:30am for our stop at 9:30. We packed our bags and got ready to leave, finally!! It was amazing! Finally fresh air!!! Our new honcho, which is called Costa (short for Costine or something), picked us up and we got in a bus (a private bus!) and had a 1 hour 30 minute drive. It was nice just looking out the window at better scenery! He to...