‘DVD, DVD’...

Feeling fresh and alive I was ready for next train journey continuing my trip through china. Chengdu City lies in the foot hills of Tibet. Mountain to the west of Chengdu reach right up to the heavens of Tibet before levelling out to form the Tibetan Plato. I was meeting my good friend Virginia who I met on my trip in Mongolia. She was going to be in Chengdu at the same time as me so I thought it would be a great chance to have a travelling buddy for a week or two. The train ride was another hellish ride, this time 14 hours on a hard sleeper. A hard sleeper is like a dorm...

My Bum...

Xi-an was my next port of call, I was quite excited as it is home of the Terracotta Army, but due to unforeseen circumstance (my arse playing up) I couldn’t go. But more on that later. I have never had a train journey like it. As its the Chinese holiday season the whole of china is on the move so all I could get was a 3rd class hard seater which is basically like trains in the uk but with one major different…… They ram the carriage with so many people there is no room to breath let alone move and with everyones eyes on the strange western it I felt like I...

Big Thanks to…....

Liz Rhiannon Abby Ben Lee Will Hannah Cris Charlie Elaine Saleem Becky Fran Guy Who helped me with my quest to buy a new blogging tool. As Hong Kong is so cheap I splashed out a bit and put your money towards an iBook. Plus they don’t seem to have PDAs over here anymore just Mobile phone PDAs. So thanks again you will all get a massive kiss and a A3 photo from my trip. I will put all your names in the hat and the one I pull out will win my old Palm (fixed of course) Long live the...

‘He who has not climbed the Great ...

The 0830 express from Ulan Baton to Beijing would be my home for the next day. This was my first taste of 1st class as it was the only ticket I could get during the peak season. Still, It was still much cheaper than going from London to Leeds on the train. The only difference between first and second class is first only has two beds in the compartment and they give you a pack lunch that give the airplanes a run for there money. Who would I be sharing with this time. Well, a very nice American called Bryant who was building a health clinic out in Moran which is a small town...