Another train journey to Luoyang and I got off train in evening and went to search out hostel. got told differant directions by three differant people, well I say told pointed since the English here is even less spoken then previous places and this is probably due to the lack of tourists in this area. When finally arrived at hostel I had the dorm to myself, however was told that not available tomorrow as fully booked and this is due to it being a public holiday t...

Well lets see if I can remember exactly what went on in China whilst I was there. It seems like such a long time ago now, I have been very lapse on the updating of the blogs but then Im sure anyone who has travelled will tell you there just isn't enough hours in the day!! I went to train station nice and early for my first Chinese train experience and it all went relatively smooth. When I arrived at station you wait in a waiting room (funny that) and like an air...

Ni Hao After a flight to Singapore where I spent an hour (and what a shock that airport was after leaving Delhi) I boarded my plane to Beijing and arrived in early afternoon. I asked the tourist info desk to write down the hostel I planned to stay at in Pinyin so the taxi driver could read it and grabbed a cab from outside terminal. I said a few words of mandarin to him as entered taxi and showed him paper with address on it. He obviously thought I could then sp...

Hokey Dokey, here I am back in New Delhi and the famous Pahar Ganj, for what is my final Indian blog, and what a welcome return it was. It felt so nice to be back in familiar surroundings and know my way around it made for a very relaxing and easy going couple of days (who would of thought I would be saying that about the infamous Pahar Ganj just a couple months ago when I departed the UK!!!!!). I had a relaxing day today just walking streets which were all bei...

Back to India and the end of my bus ordels not nearly to soon either. Bus from Neapl to border took about 5 hours and the first 4 were fairly uneventful and I thought how nice and tranquil and what a change this had made to preivous journeys.Oh yes spoken to soon, with an hour to go the driver departed the vehicle and a guy sat at front of bus who I had assumed was just another passenger took over. This guy had shoulder length hair and some kind if Megadeath T-sh...