Two months of travel in China drew to a close, it was time to move on, with a few days left on our visas we departed Yangshuo on the bus to Guilin, a journey we had made a few times since basing ourselves in the...
After our little break in Hong Kong we headed back to mainland China just before christmas. Our destination was Yangshuo, we took a train from Hung Hom to Guangzhou East which was a pleasant, smooth ride complete with Hong Kong egg tarts and a cup...
Shanghai. What is it like to experience toxic smog? We spent six days in Shanghai in total, after our initial introductory exploration of the city we got stuck into sight-seeing, dipping into our guide-book for ideas. The glittering views of our first couple of days soon...
The Leshan Grand Buddha is the largest carved stone Buddha in the world. He was carved from a cliff overlooking a wide confluence of rivers 1200 years ago and gazes out with a calm expression on his face. Yet not all of the Leshan Buddha...
Chengdu wasn’t actually part of our plans for China, it was in the opposite direction to everywhere else we were going but it seemed a marvellous idea after a few beers in a bar in Xi’an and we found ourselves joining our friends, occupying a...
Ulaanbaatar After our little adventure around the wide open spaces of the Gobi desert it felt strange to be confined in chaotic, noisy Ulaanbaatar. In the two full days left in Mongolia we saw an excellent cultural show, with traditional throat singing, I had and...
