a few days in dali, i left lijiang on the 6th to go to dali city. the stunning scenery on the bus rides seems to have faded away since leaving sichuan, it's now just really nice! on the bus i met 2 chek girls, one of 31 and the other just about to finish uni, the girls had been to dali before so when we arrived at dali they took me under their wing and showed me to the guest house they stayed at before. very cheep, 10 kwai for a dorm bed! the staff ar...

hello again, that damn alarm clock went off at 5:30 this morning! after getting to sleep quite late, due to me sleeping on top of a night club, i could have thrown the alarm clock out the window and very happily gone straight back to sleep, but i had a bus to catch. i was put on the first row of the bus, this means a dead ass after about 20 minutes and 12 hours of not being able to stretch my legs. sat next to me was a very tired monk. the bus filled up a...

hi again, at 2 i went to the bus station in litang, i was expecting a bus but before i knew it i was bundled into a little sandwhich van they call a taxi with tibetans. again these people are so friendly, one even bought me a bottle of peach milkshake. the ride was beautiful. at times it felt like you were driving across the roof top of the world with mountains stretching out into the distance and little rivers running through some of the most amazing scener...

hey there everyone, still a little behind on this web site but i'm starting to get there. since leaving dege i've been on one hell of a long road trip! i had to take the bus back to ganzi and saty the night there. early the following morning i was taking the bus to tagong. i fell asleep on the bus and the driver sailed right past my stop, muppet!! so i had to pay eaxtra to get to kanding, after kanding it was up early again to get the bus back to chengd...

hello everyone, it has been 5 months since i left england on my little trip and all is well! i did think i would be out of contact for a while being in the ass end of the back and beyond, but to my surprise even these backward tibetan country folk (not much different to those kilmersdon village yokels) have herd of such revolutionary discoveries such as the t'internet, interior decorating and the wheel! so i'm able to keep everyone posted on the mis-ha...