China continues to amaze us . Thankyou you all for your wonderful comments , its really good to know that people do have a look and are interested in where we are. its also a way of keeping in touch with you all as up til now the itinerary has been so full it is difficult to respond to everyone. It should get better time wise in the next few weeks or perhaps it wont!! But do keep on commenting , i know it will help when i am on my own. We left Shanghai three, or was it four days ago and before flying to Kunming and onto Dali in the Sw we visited a very pretty though touisty village called Zhujiajiano about an hour from shanghai. It llooks like the Venice of china will ... read more

Finally , Hopefully I will be successful in adding an entry from abroad! We have been in China now just a week and it seems like a month , we have done so much. We have travelled from Beijing to Xian and boarded the Victoria Rose our mini criuse ship for our jaunt down the Yangtze to the greatest tallest biggest Dam in the world!!. China has turned out to be amazing , the people are friendly and welcoming, nothing seems to be too much trouble apart from the toot toot driver who wanted to charge us the equivalent of 50 pounds for a 5 minute ride ! The country has changed from a third world country to one where its cities are prosperous with towering shimmering skyscrapers, Beijing has 18 million people and 6 ring ... read more

Well its not long now before I set off. We had a party last saturday and what a time we had!Our first country is China and we arrive on the 5th October in Beijing Watch this space!!... read more