Hey Ok just a quickie cos gunna go watch a dvd in a mo. I am at the Shaolin Monastry learning Kung Fu at the moment, well its no in the shaolin monastry but next to it. I'm in the mountains with the nearest civilisation about half an hour away by bus and the nearest main town over 2 hours away. Neways live here is pretty cool. Training takes up almost all day of every day. 5ish - alarm goes off, ruthlessly karate chopped by vexated kung fu master 5.1...

Hey I'm in Chengdu at the moment killing some time before my mammoth 16 hr train ride to Xi'an to see some dynastic china. Since last update ive been into the mountains to a place called Songpan where i did a four day horse trek. Wasn't as good as hoped for as although at first glance my horse looked ok it was nt too good under the saddle. Added to this my guide was a right b******! He kept hitting the horses until i lost my temper and took his whip away a...

Hey I'm in a place called Kunming at the moment after returning from doing some trekking in Tiger Leaping Gorge which was really cool. Met up with some girls and spent some time travelling with them. They were great fun even if their persistent mothering, not to mention their made up stories about me, have kept me humble. We did some night time trekking in the gorge which was brilliant fun if a little hairy in places.(Happy Birthday Lilian! - just incase i f...

Hey first off - chris tim and whately, you seem like your havin a sweet time. Jealous ofthe wakeboarding james - don't really get that over here unless some guy is super quick at paddling a bamboo raft around! China's been a bit of a different experiance so far wot with the soloing it, sleeping in people's lofts and the running from the police. Would like to point out that the police issue was not my fault i was happened to be in the wrong place at the tim...

Hey, Am now finally in China after numerous arguments over my visa. Solo travel is so much fun more than i thought anyway - sees like you do loads more stuff. Everyone i've met so far in china is soloing it like me and have yet to have a day exploring by myself! First morning in china i woke up and headed down to river to sit and relax only to find a load of locals practising Tai Chi - the blokes had swords and the girls fans! Spent a while making a fool...