Emei Shan, China, Day 10 & 11
19.5 hours after boarding we were more than ready to disembark £23 hard sleepers on the poo express. Tensions had been fraying for a few days amongst some of the group and almost a...
Monthly Archive: April 2016
Xian, China, Day 8 & 9
Xian, the capital of the Shaanxi province, was the capital of China for many dynasties and remains one of China’s last intact walled cities that you can walk or cycle around the 12m high...
China, G Adventures
I’m pausing in my story telling as we sit in a truly shite hotel having arrived from an overnight train this morning and endured a stupidly rushed day, while I contemplate getting on yet...
Shanghai, China, Day Six & Seven
Day 6 started with an OOOOH and an EEEK as we overslept and only woke up at 8.13am and had to meet everyone at 9am, our bed was so comfy I could have slept...
UnTour Shanghai indeed Xx
Our Untour street food tour of Shanghai might be the most aptly named food tour we’ve ever been on. UN satisfying, UN local guides and oh we ate in restaurants at every stop so...
Shanghai, China, Day Five
Day five started as day four ended, pretzelled in a narrow bunk gently swaying from side to side on the overnight train to Shanghai. The night had been punctuated by Ma on the bottom...
Beijing, China, Day Four
It is lovely being in China again, although frustratingly I confess to having a few issues with our G adventures tour. The itinerary changed a week before we left to a marginally less appealing...
Beijing, China, Day Three
Day three started with delicious fluffy bread and lovely hot tea in our room, not a bad way to start the day, after which we headed down to the lobby to meet the rest...
Beijing, China, Day Two
Day 2 started with stale buns from the Maxims bakery attached to our hotel. In ten months of travel staying almost exclusively in hotels that cost less than £20 a night we’ve rarely stayed...
Beijing, China, Day One
Being the great explorers that we are our first day in China was spent getting to know the vast malls that surround our hotel. I know I know but in our defence we are...
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