Went for a walk around the city this afternoon and I am still amazed by how very western China is. They have all the shops Walmart, Louis Vuitton, Zara the works and all much cheaper than back home. Set off late afternoon for the train station in the pouring rain. Managed to get on the bus although movement was impossible with a backpack and the 80 other people on the bus. Got to the train station which was absolute chaos, we had no idea what was going on althoug...

Woke this morning feeling really rough and decided that it would be a good idea to get some fresh air and exercise. Our guide yesterday had told us we could go around the city wall and it would take 1 1/2 hours so this seemed like a good plan. Set off on this walk and after an hour we had not even walked one side of the wall so we stopped to ask someone how far it was to be told it was 14 km and that it takes 1 1/2 hours on a bike not walking and of course there ...

Today we are off on a tour to see the Terracotta Warriors which is due to leave at 9.20am. We were however woken at 8.30 am by our tour guide banging on our door. Managed to stumble to the door half asleep and she barged into the room and told Nick to get out of bed as we were leaving in 50 minutes. We duly got organised and rushed downstairs. We were herded onto a bus with a number of other tourists and told where to sit, Zsa Zsa (our guide) then gave us an ove...

Well we were meant to get the Air China 10.30pm flight from Delhi tonight but unfortunately it has been delayed 4 hours. This means we will miss our connecting flight to Xi'an but the girl on the desk tells us not too worry as there is another flight to Xi'an which leaves at 9.15 am. She pretends she does not understand english when I tell her it will be impossible for us to catch this flight as we are not scheduled to land until 10 am???? As you can imagine this...

Today is our last day in India and we have had a fantastic time. India has not been anything like we expected, in fact it is much cleaner than we thought it would be and very green. I think we have enjoyed so much because there are very few tourists and the country still has its own traditions and values which have not changed to accommodate visitors. My only criticism is that they like mopping floors and wet tiled floors are very dangerous (I have had quite...