Hi everyone, Tricia/Pat here, I survived the restaurant Issy was talking about in yesterday's blog. In fact, the food was really good, the best we have had since coming to China. P.S. None of us had dog or rat, mainly chicken and duck!! Went on a river cruise today and that was an expedition in itself, we got to the riverside but could not get on a boat, typically English everyone else was getting on in front of us, we kept shouting at them but to no avail. ...

Hi everyone This is Issy - I'm on my own at the moment as I've left Pat/Tish with the rest of the group at the restaurant - I couldn't handle being in a place that not only served RAT, but also served DOG !!!!!! My stomach did flips and I left so I thought I'd take the chance to update what's been happening. We travelled by train (another one with "interesting" facilities) for 22 hours from noisy, busy Shanghai to Guilin, and then immediately by bus ...