Today was less than good craic getting up. I heard my alarm go off at 8 am and got up and jumped in the shower as soon as I could otherwise it would have been a no show at the warriors! I packed up all my stuff and waited for Mel and seb to stir, but neither did. It got to 9am and Mel said 9.30 they would get up, and sure enough she did! Seb on the other hand looked comatose so we just let him sleep while we packed up our things. For how late our night was we wer...

This morning when I woke up I said to Mel i'd like to visit the doctor to get my stomach checked out just because of the ongoing feeling of total spazmoidness. I headed to the woman on the desk at the hostel and tried to explain I hadn't been feeling great before I left and I'd like to see a doctor. It was hard trying to Convey what was wrong with me to her, at first she thought I had just munched some dodgy Chinese food. After a bit of debate I managed to tell h...

Mel and I decided to lie in this morning as we rarely do that! We were woken up by a fellow traveller hoking through some plastic bags but we were glad she did! We had breakfast in the hostel, I had yummy pancakes and Mel had a salad. Today was terracotta warriors day. We planned out where we needed to go and got to the railway station! After about ten stops we got off and waited for bus 5 (306). After ten minutes we realised we were just standing in a car par...

We finally arrived at Xi'an railway station at about 1 am, feeling the worst I have ever felt. After 30 hours of no sleep bed seemed like a dream. We grabbed a taxi and agreed on a price and were taken to Hang tang inn hostel. We checked in, and hit the hay! Before I knew it morning had arrived and I appeared to have contracted some gross cold from the train. Luckily Melissa was up for 9 or i couldn't imagine leaving bed today! I got up showered, and headed do...

I can honestly say that this was one of the worst days of my life, never mind travelling! At around 5am our train stopped moving and we had no idea why. Melissa and I were the only westerners on the train! It was insanity! After sitting for four hours stationary I decided enough was enough and wandered down the train to see if anyone could shed some light on the situation. I met a Chinese guy called P who explained that there had been an earthquake measuring 6.2 ...