Arrived safe and well in Beijing, hostel class. Went to the great wall on the second day and was forced into buyng a t-shirt as you can see from the photos. Wall was amazing and ziplined the last km across the lake to the base camp. Great day out although 30 degrees and a 10km climb but well worth it. On the third day we went to the fobidden city for the day and went to the food courts for dinner which was a bit sick as they were eating everything from squid to p...

Hello again arrived in Hangzhou on friday after a plesent 2 hour train journey, hostel is small but lovely rooms. Dumped our bags and went looking grub christopher columbus was navigating so took a while but eventually got to one of the best restaurants in china although no one could speak english, just about to leave when a big chinese american came over and was able to translate thank god. Ended up getting eel noodles which you can see in our photo albums looke...

Tashi dele!!!(hello)Well our week in shanghai is almost over and its been amazing. Visited the famous Bund, buddha temple, Renmin Park, side street markets, went to a great bar last night called Tequila Sunrise, was a crazy wee place full of all the locals!!Going to Yuyuan Gardens and Bazaar tomorrow to try out the old town markets and china's famous dumpling 'xiaolongbao'. Had a fantastic meal in pudong of which consisted of the hottest soup ive ever had in my l...

Arrived safe and well after a long journey but alive and kicking in shanghai's hot spots. absolutely crazy city, out of this world. Hostel is amazing, clean etc but right in the ghetto which is so funny. Had some cracking food, good beer and saw the cutiest little puppies for sale on some side streets along with live snakes, frogs, crabs etc. totally crazy!!but people are just lovely and so helpful. anyway we will update soon with stories and photos. love and mis...

Arrived in Berlin another great city. went on the city walk and seen everything from Hitlers bunker where he killed himself and was buried, the berlin wall, houses of parliment and lot löts more. Then we wen to the Berlin Zoo which was excellent. Fiona got to see all the spiders and snakes from asia and australia which has scared the s*** out of her. Went on a pub crawl and got steaming last night but got the address of a brick layer in australia althogh bit ...