Booked a ticket to Chongqin today which is a starting point for the Three gorges dam on the River Yangzi (research it, it's massive) arrived at the train station with a ticket but didnt know where the hell i was going or anything. I couldnt understand any of the writing. I went to the English counter but they said my train had left and i needed to buy a new ticked...I still had 30 mins left. She then accused me of finding the ticket!! She took it off me and tha...

The last few days have been funny!! I booked a hostel on tuesday for wednesday. I had nowhere to sleep on the tuesday night so I decided to share with Nicole who was checking out at 5am to fly to Shanghai. When she checked out some guy came to the room andstarted talking to me in chinease. 30 mins later the receptioniost came up with the manager saying I had to pay and that I wasnt allowed here. I told them that I had paid already. Tehy looked bafffled and left...

Been really ill over the past few days but I have fully recovered. Scams!!!I found out today the 'Tea scam' from a first hand experience. Jonno and I were walking through Tianamen square and were approached by two 'students from Shanghai'. We got chatting and eventually started to walk around town. They wanted to practice their English on us. They seemed really genuine and helped me buy some medicine for my stomach. Eventually I asked if they would like to get a...

Today was the first time since being away where I cired. I didn't want to but I couldn't help it. Before I left England I had cards which I deliberatly didn't open. One from Chris, one from my sister and one from my mum. After reading the cards it made me realise how much people mean to me back home. I had sort of forgotten this due to my travels but I'm grateful to be known and surrounded by genuine people. I wish people could experience some of the things which...