Hi everyone, I have escaped the city and made it out into rural China. I'm in a town called Yangshuo, in the province of Guangxi. I'm not exactly sure where I am to be truthful, even Google maps is in Chinese so I could be anywhere but let's just say I'm somewhere in the south of China surrounded by awesome scenery - karst limestone pinnacles, rivers and valleys - it really is spectacular! I last left you all amid the chaos of Guangzhou (that place really wa...

Hi all, I've made it to China and thought I would give you a quick update before I catch a sleeper train north-west to Guilin this evening. I am in a sprawling city of 10 million people called Guangzhou, or Canton. It is a totally chaotic place, I have never seen anything like it - one giant construction sight covered in scaffolding, streets full of rubbish, gaping holes, road repairs that seem to defy all logic, bricks, planks of wood, people and all shrouded in...