Hi Guys, so its great to keep getting the messages from home, so keep them coming either by this or facebook! Thanks for the work update Daniel it made me smile! ;-) So we headed to the Li River in Yangshuo for a bamboo raft cruise which was brill and so relaxing, then a little more partying! Then we headed to the countryside of Chaolong which was brill, so pretty! We stayed in a old countryside farm house which did the best food! We also ate Dog here, which gene...

Hi all! Just a quick update before we head off on a river cruise down a river in Yangshuo! This place is lush, rivers and mountains everywhere! Clare has now become obssessed with small chinese children, especially after she saw them going to school! The train ride to this joint was fun to say the least! 24 hours on a six berth cabin then a 1.5 hour bus journey to say the least! Better shoot! breakfast is waiting! photos will follow shortly! Love to all. Jam...

Hi Everyone, Just a quick update as we have been in Shanghai for 2 days and we are heading off for a 24hr train this afternoon, into the countryside of Longji Terraces... very excited!!! We have had the most fantastic two days here! Im very tempted to move here! Shanghai is a fantastic city, we sat overlooking the river and buildings/skyscrapers all lit up and had a drink which was the most fantastic view. Yesterday we then we to Yu Gardens - w...

Ni Hao, As you can see the chinese lingo is coming along great! So what have we been up to i here you ask!? We'll day one we went to visit the lama temple which is the biggest buddhist temple in Beijing which was cool as it had a 18m wooden buddha in it, a single piece of sandle wood. After meeting the group who all seem very nice getting to know them all, we went to a chinese buffet, in beijing their traditional dish is peking duck (which was amazing!...

Hi All! Eventually after a LONG 9.30 hour flight have landed in Beijing! the flight itself was all ok, flew by!! with a couple of films and some nice grub we were soon landing! when we got off we prepared ourselves with our sunglasses at the ready for a 22 degrees at 9 am to meet a muggy, dry, smoggy Beijing. For two quid we caught the shuttle train across the city for 35 minutes (better than 6 quid to the mall ey mum Lock??) We then had to learn (quickly I ma...