It's occurred to me that things are done differently in china. Take the photo accompanying this blog entry for example. Why is this beside my bed in a hotel? Where is my bible? I don't know how reassuring having a fire mask is in all honesty. Is there a history of night time fires? I want a bible. Get me a bible. The have zebra crossings and just don't use them. It's like they have thought, we are going to paint the stripes on the road and you can all congreg...

Today has been ridiculous. I have done nothing and I just can't even be mad about it. Our group kinda took over the top deck and got to work getting the base tan topped up ready for Thailand in a week! We have sailed along the Yangtze River stopping over at the white temple (it's called that because its always foggy - genius) and then the lesser three gorges like I said before. It's just so hilly! I know that isn't quite the technical term but there are just hill...

ITS NOT A WOODEN BOAT!!! I am so excited by this boat. More my bedroom on the boat to be honest as its 3 times the size of what used to be my bedroom.. I can starfish. Laura's happy! I can't feel that I'm on a boat which obviously works for me and my less than stable stomach.. but just cruising up the river seeing all the scenery is so beautiful and a different side to China once again! So we are going to stop off at the lesser three gorges en route and then ...

ADULT CONTENT. Chongqing. What a place! Ok so when you get out of the taxi, I can't decide whether the stench is that of wet dog or gone off fish, either way it is nasty and everywhere you go.. This is probably what they call real China!? I don't know what I was expecting from this place but it wasn't what I had pictured. It was so built up and had the sardine flats, you know the ones where one person has one window! This place has definitely shocked me though....

It is coming to my attention that Chinese men smell and that is just a fact of life.. Or maybe it is only when you are squished like sardines trying to walk through a train station and get on a train?! AND why is everyone running? Like they are letting you on the train and it doesn't leave for another 40 minutes, you all have allocated beds or seats so chill out because if you push into me once more I will drop my rucksack on your foot. Doesn't seem like much bu...