Hi Loyal Followers, So today was our last day in China!!! :( It has been amazing, we have only been to two other countries so far but its stood out as the best by far!!! We have enjoyed all the history (there is so much), all the new modernisation of the country (too fast really as the gap between the poor and the rich is huge), and the food of course (not noodles though well pre-packed pot noodles!!). We were still in Zhongshan, but had not booked any way of getting to Hong Kong (forward thinking people). We checked out of our hotel and managed to sort out the bill, and get them to write down the bus station name for a taxi, after a massive £1.75 taxi we got to the bus station and managed ... read more

Hello all, We made the decision last night to book a hostel for two nights in Zhongshan, with the intension of getting a bus into Macau two days in a row. We couldn't afford to stay in Macau, and Zhongshan is only about 30km away and at about a 5th of the price. However, after we had booked the hostel here we were informed that we would not be able to go to Macau for the day and then re enter mainland China (i.e. back to our hostel, where our bags are) due to immigration laws like HK. So, we have decided to hopefully go to Macau on the ferry when we are already in Hong Kong. We have come to this hostel in Zhongshan anyway because we would have lost money on the pre-booking fee. ... read more

Hello People, So we were lucky enough to get another lie in this morning, it was good but same as normal we were both up at 7am!!! Still out of bed at 8am. We headed into town for some breakfast, I had dumplings, as the Chinese were and if its good enough for them its good enough for me!!! Vick managed to get some good fruit bread at last and bought a mango, this disappeared in record time in the hostel. (I think she enjoyed it) We sorted out a few things and then headed to the travel agents to get or bus to Guangzhou, when arriving they told us the times had changed and the type of bus had changed, one of this was good the other not so!! They delayed us an hour however ... read more

Hey followers So Neil started to write this blog....was basically a rant about the 3rd class train from Chengdu to Guilin. 25 hours, only £35 though. Wasn't too bad, I finished Gone Girl, amazing scenery out of the window too. So Neil had this blogged finished and then the internet crashed so he lost it all-my version is definitely not as detailed as you can see. I am going to re-write what I wrote some how!!! Im pissed off!!! We had a lie in in Chengdu morning as the weather was awful!! We were going to go to the Chengdu university where Vick stayed while working on her dissertation in uni, but for the weather!! We headed for breakfast Vick had some fruit but i had this amazing spicy beef hot roll, it was so good!!! ... read more

Hello Followers, We mainly came to Chengdu to visit the Giant Panda breeding research centre. It is about 10km north of Chengdu however, it's quite hard to get there via public bus if you can't speak the language. Louisa and I did it a few years ago but we had our Chinese friend Amanda to escort us on the bus. This time though, Neil and I paid about £13 each for a tour from our hostel. A private car picked the two of us up at 7.30am and drove us to the research centre, the ticket entrance was also included and then the driver took us around the feeding areas for the pandas, which happens first thing in the morning before they all go back to their favourite pastime: sleeping. Going this early meant we missed ... read more