Beijing Sept 12th - Sept 19th (Day 192 - Day 199) Hi all, hope you are well.After a few days in the canal city of Suzhou we took the train north via Shanghai to Beijing. We took the newly opened super fast Beijing to Shanghai line. It only took us four and half hours to cover the 1300km between the two cities. Once we arrived in Beijing we took the metro to our hostel. As with Shanghai the Beijing is incredibly easy to use and navigate. We came out of the ...

Suzhou Sept 9th - Sept 12th (Day 189 - Day 191) The next stop on our China adventure was Suzhou, a city an hour away from Shanghai famed for its numerous beautiful canals and stunning gardens. In the past the city has been described as the Venice of China so we were looking forward to discover what the place had to offer. After another super fast train journey and a short taxi ride we arrived at our hotel in the modern part of the city. There were no sig...

Huang Shan (Yellow mountain) Sept 7th - Sept 8th (Day 187 - Day 188) We woke super early to get a taxi to the bus station and then an onward bus to Hangshan (Yellow mountain). The taxi took about 30 minutes and we got to the bus station in plenty of time for our 6am bus. Once we got into the bus station we were surprised to find the earliest bus was not 6am as our hostel had told us but 8am. This was pretty disappointing as it meant we would have to wait for...

Hangzhou Sept 5th - Sept 6th (Day 185 - Day 186) From Shanghai we took the high speed train to the small lake city of Hangzhou. Just to clarify small in Chinese terms still means a population of 6 million! The train took us through the countryside outside Shanghai at 300KM per hour. The chinese are very pleased with their new highspeed rail network and all the trains have speedometers in the corner of each carriage to let you know just how fast you are goi...

Shanghai 1st Sept - 4th Sept (Day 181 - Day 184) Hi everyone, sorry for the huge delay in the blog updates...I´m going to blame a combination of limited internet access and two weeks in Las Vegas, probably more the later. After 2 nights in Xián we took a flight to Shanghai. It was a simple 2 hour flight to Pudong airport in Shanghai, we then successfully navigated the Shanghai metro system and arrived at our hotel which was located right next to the bund. ...