Well, where do we start with Lijiang, we had a few adventures to say the least!! We arrived on a gorgeous day after another scenic bus ride from Shangri La. We had fab views down Tiger Leaping Gorge on route and were gutted that we couldn't do the 3 day trek - never mind, next time!!! Lijiang is a world heritage site and famous for its traditional Naxi buildings. Lijiang is split into the old and new town which are separated by Lion Hill. It's a really popular...

Our driver met us wiith his funky six seater micro mini bus at the agreed time of 8am to drive from Shangri La to Feilai Si. Obviously the Chinese tourist did a good job with the translation!!! Well, it turned out to be the best £50 we've ever spent, what a spectacular journey!! The driver was really cool, he knew all the best places to stop for photos and was happy to stop whenever we wanted and for however long - we ended up taking 200 photos!!! It was a bi...

After an 8 hour bus journey through some lovely mountain scenery, huge rivers and gorges, we arrived in Shangri La a few days ago. We are now at an altitude of 3,550 metres so we're definately high enough to get altitude sickness but apart from Emma having a bit of a headache for the first day, we've both been fine. Shangri La is a nice place, in a nice setting surrounded by mountains (not snow covered though). It has an old town and new town - the old town has s...

We've spent 4 days in Dali now and absolutely love the place!!!! We're staying in a fab guesthouse just outside the walled city with mountains on one side and a huge lake on the other. We're at about 1,800 metres altitude so it is really cool, between 19 and 27 degrees depending on whether or not its raining - erm the rain is a bit more often than not here!!! The walled city is full of historic architecture and really picturesque buildings - lots of backpacker ...

Sorry not blogged for a while!!! You may have noticed that we've not taken any photos of our week in Ko Samui and this is due to the fact that other than drinking and sunbathing, we didnt really do anything in the week we spent there. Emma's brother will be meeting us there in a few weeks so we've save our sightseeing, kayaking, snorkelling etc til then. After Ko Samui we had an 18 hour journey to get to Bangkok, bus - boat - bus, it wasn't too bad as the bus h...