Day 8 Still in Shanghai, a little longer than expected but again trains have been very difficult to book. We have managed to book onto a train tomorrow to Xi`an, though its a 20 hour ride and could only book a hard seat, really not looking forward to that, apprently they are not pleasant but we can see how chinese really travel!! We have had a lovely time in Shanghai, the skylines are amazing at night. We went up the tallest building yesterday, little foggy thou...

Day 5 We had an excellent time in Beijing, We visited the Great Wall which was spectacular - you dont realise how long and steep it is until you see it!! It has been so hot out here that the great wall was tiring!. The Ming Tombs were great and visited a few museums. It was extrremely difficult to arrange transport into Shanghai, we ended up flying as all trains were booked out for weeks. Shanghai has a big exhibition on which seems very popular with all chinese...