Hi everyone. I'm sitting in a little internet on top of a mountain in the Lonji Valley! It's a little bit crazy as we're in probably the most secluded place I have ever been to, literally in the middle of no where, and yet this cafe seems to have the best internet connection by far. OK, so my messages so far have been a little bit uninformative (is that a word). so I'll try and write a little bit more about what we've actually been up to. Which is a lot. I act...

Greetings! Again, I really don't have much time to write, but just to let you know, i have now posted lots of photos onto the website. Sorry if they're a bit all over the place, and boring to you, but I'm using the site for storage too. Yangshou is probably my favourite place so far. It's just so chilled out and beautiful, with so much to do. And food that I can actually eat (I've been having a few food issues since I got here - the chinese seem to drench the...

OK, so this journal writing thing is far more effort than I anticipated. Basically, China is rubbish for internet, so sorry for lack of updates. And I don\'t have time to write anything now really either. But basically having a wicked time, seeing so much (although we\'re always rushed, which is a bit annoying). Saw the Terracotta Warriors in Xi\'an. They were AMAZING! Now in Shanghai, which is pretty much like New York - crazy. So many sky scrapers. Have a ...

Ni Hao! Thought I'd say a quick hello as we have an afternoon off the tour and are doing research into flights etc. It's going better than we could have predicted so far. We got here really early on Wednesday and figured sleeping wasn't the best idea, so went to the Temple of Heaven, which was amaaazzziiinggg, and then met our group for dinner. There are 12 of us altogether, plus our lovely guide, Snow, who is really knowledgable, if not a little crazy. ...