The Great Wall.... It was an early start and a long coach journey to the Great Wall of China! When we got there it was absolutely boiling as it was about midday. We climbed to the top of the wall which completely knackered all of us and I was about ready to give up just after that climb! The views were amazing, just like the pictures you see, absolutely stunning and its so much longer than you imagine, it seems like it goes on forever. So after taking it all i...

We arrived in Beijing on May 19th at about 1am, very sleepy. The following day we decided to explore the Forbidden City, when we arrived at Tianaman Square there were thousands of people everywhere, we were a little unsure at first what was going on and then realised that it was actually the first day of the "three days of national mourning for the earthquake victims" so after the 3 minutes silence we thought we better stay out of the way, the Chinese ...

So our first stop was Shanghai. We arrived at our hostel at around midday after an 11 hour flight, tired and disorientated, but managed to explore a decent amount of the bund and dodge the annoying little people trying to sell us strange luminous green pig things that splat on the floor and wheels for our shoes (as opposed to actual skates), amongst other technological marvels. Jacqui decided to buy some fried squid on a stick and nibbled the end before declaring...