Hello everyone Hope you're all doing well. We had an incredible time in Hong Kong, despite being on a shoestring. An amazing city. The skyline is incredible and we found it addictive just watching the sun go down and the lights slowly go on, sitting overlooking the scene from the Peak. Definitely a city for shopping - so many designer shops riddling the place - had to avert our eyes! Daytripped to Stanley beach for the day which was good for a break from t...

Hello everyone We admit it...we were there 4 weeks ago!! Have been having computer issues AGAIN! Old excuse, but we like it. Anyway, Yangshou was the perfect end to China mainland. Completely chilled out and very backpacker friendly, complete with Western menus and DVD in our room...bliss. Surrounded by amazing scenery, we did manage to get out adventuring. Mountain biking, boat trips and caving (rather muddy!) were all brilliant. Highlight was a lig...

Hello everyone Finally we are getting up to date on the site - lots of photos added today from the last few weeks. A relief for us! Spending 4 weeks now in China, our love of the country has really grown. It has taken a while...the scale is so big and there is some 'bad and ugly' to overlook....but we're there now. Next stop after Sichuan was the Yangtze river for a 'cruise'. Great experience and the Gorges were beautiful, but romantic notions of a pict...

Hello all We moved from Xi'an to Chengdu in a soft sleeper train no less! Our new friends (Matt and Ellie) are really posh!....well actually, tickets were a nightmare to get hold of. This is of course the homeland of the Giant Panda and Andy was VERY excited about this fact...for those who don't know, his first ever teddy was a Panda bear (ahhh!). The four of us went on a trip to the breeding and research centre for the morning and it was incredible...could...

Hi Everyone Sorry to leave you in suspense for so long...we are now venturing further south and internet access is more iffy. In fact, photos are still beating us, so it may be a few weeks on that front...HK has GOT to have decent access!? So, anyway.... After Beijing we headed to Pingyao, a small walled city that still seems to live in the Ming dynasty era. It was a fantastic retreat, with no particular sights to trot around, just a lot of mooching along...