Sally and Tony not feeling any effects from the street food were the first to surface. The managed to get to see Fuxing Park and photo bombed as many tourist shots as they could before finding the lifesaving elixir everyone was craving… COFFEE! On their return Miranda and Debs headed off for an ill-fated trip to get a pedicure. Mission failed so Debs had to settle for minor surgery on her blistered feet by doctor Miranda. Neal showed up and we headed off f...

I wanna meet the voice guy for Number 10 line. "Exit from the leftaa sideeeda" "Exit from the raaagggghttt" Sexy voice. Sally and I were on breakfast. Was chuffed that we manage to buy from local shops vege and meaty buns plus this kinda cheesy flat bread. Then the day went like this: Number one train Xinyang Market (clothes and knockoff whatever you wanted) Tony - Obama Mao T Shirt, Red Sox shirt and manbag - We were assured were "Reala. Autenttic"...

As promised Neal took us to an amazing place for lunch. The advert said free flowing Mumm Champagne. This was a lie. It was Moet. Various food stations were set up with a OTT choice of food groups, seafood, Indian, meats, Chinese, etc etc and of course the desert section. For 3 hours we gorged! Lobster, fois gras, oysters, Peking duck, and a hamburger the size of my head. Neals friend kept the wine staff on their toes and technically we never put an empty gl...

We made it. Not only did they let us stay in Koru in Wellington they let us in in Auckland too! Tony hadn't been feeling that well. Nek minute Miranda started dosing him with "gastrolytes". She had been assigned to heathly guts and stopping skids. At the sight of some shephards pie and potatoe salad Tony's stomach said enough and he began eating. The travel gods were smiling on him and he managed to get an upgrade so abandoned his wife and friends to enjoy a f...

Neal, Neal, Lemon Peel. That's a butterfly on his shoulder. Our first stop is Shanghai. We were going to go KL to London but during our planning session we all realised that none of us had been to Shanghai. Extra bonus Neal lives there with his wife Julia and daughter Isabel. YUSSSSSSSSSS! He's been super awesome sorting out what we might like to do in Shanghai. We are so excited about seeing him and his family after so many years on different hemisphere...