Today we were woken up again by the school exercises and sleepily got ready for a day at the terracotta warriors (said to be the 8th wonder of the ancient world), luckily we'd packed the night before this time so no watch could hinder us! We left the hotel at 9 with a local guide who told us about the warriors and how they were built the first emperor of China (a member of the Quin dynasty) about 2000 years ago. He was also the emperor who joined all the provinc...

On the 7th we woke up feeling rather worse for ware after our night out at Soho, Shanghai but were keen to get on our next night train, sleep, then see the next city on our trip. This would have been made a whole lot less stressful if my watch hadn't decided to slow down randomly for the only 2 hours I needed it in action. We had to check out by 12 and at 10 Mairi and I decided to have a bit more of a nap and then to get up and pack. I kept checking my watch (whi...