October 30 Shanghai to Guilin Must say I was pleasantly surprised at how vibrant and fascinating Shanghai is. I think I will be looking into secondment opportunities here when I get back home... Our first day in Shanghai on Wednesday was spent orientating ourselves our East Nanjing Road's pedestrian mall, the Bund, Fang Bang Street with lots of time spent gazing wistfully at that amazing skyline. We ate dinner early and headed to the rooftop Captain's Bar at ...

23-24 October Nanjing to Suzhou Unfortunately the rain set in so our trip to the Purple mountain (Mount Zijin) was rather wet and bleary. After a late breakfast, at McDonald's I'm ashamed to say, we attempted to get a bus out there but when more than half an hour's wait went by and we were pushed off the bus that did arrive, we settled for a taxi. Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum is set at the end of a long avenue of trees at the top of 392 steps and 10 terraces. The ro...