fri: after some walking around i found the right bus stop for the no. 64 bus. followed instructions on the guide map for the hostel and got there around 8. sorted everything out and went out around 12. real eye opener today. went to the food market - frogs (being skinned alive), birds and little animals(poorly kept) market and souvenir market. since arriving insichuan province and chengdu, the food smells have been alot worse. took around 3 1/2hrs. met 2 guys and...

wed: in chengdu at 6am. saw a westerner and asked if he wanted to share a taxi into town. got to hostel and booked a tour to the panda breeding centre. it left at 7:30 so just had enough time for breakfast. breakfast is like at most hostels, nice, but pricey and small portions. panda place was pretty cool. must have seen like 11 red pandas and 16 giant pandas incl three yearlings. we got there about 8:15 around feeding time so all the pandas were out munching awa...

sun: got into xi'an at 6:30am. greeted by a huge city wall. got a pick up at the trainstation to the hostel. sorted washing out and got ready then went to see the terracotta warriors. bus queue was huge, took 2 hours to get there (only supposed to take 1) as i think i left at the worst time. when i got there i took a tour guide as many people who went were disappointed with it as there wasnt much to see there and info wasnt great apparently. we walked around for ...

tues: most uncomfortable ride ever!! guy also spilt a cup of milk over me. got to p loft hostel around 12:30. dropped stuff and went straight to tiananmen square. walked arund. alot of guards and a baggage check. theres a big road seperating the square to the building which i didnt realise. they hide it qwell in all those photos. then decided to go to the olympic site. nice place. saw and went in the birds nest. thinmk 50y is too much for the entry fee. saw the c...

sat:managed to book a single bed room for tonight. but tomorrow fully booked so got into hostel dorm for sunday. met the slov and the pol and sophia. went to quixi nature reserve. had a couple hrs there. then me and sophia went to some shops -2 look for a fleece -left mine in shanghai :( went to an oldarea of town with market stalls -real old chinese feel. then met emma, decided to go to castle nightclub. got in at 4. sun: had a lie in. moved over to hostel. met...