Las Vegas P.1 Sept 27 - Oct 02nd (Day 207 - 212) We all arrived in Las Vegas early in the afternoon and jump in a taxi to be dropped off at our respective hotels. Rachel and Alex were staying at the MGM and Tina and I were slumming it at the Excalibur. From the outside the Excalibur looks like a fairy tale castle. From the inside it looks pretty worn out and tired and smelt pretty funky of a mixture of smoke, cleaning products and food. Our room was not t...

San Francisco Sept 19th - Sept 27th (Day 199 - Day 207) From Beijing we took a 12 hour flight directly to San Francisco. We were excited about reaching the USA but also quite nervous as it was our first time out of Asia for six months and we had really enjoyed our time there. We were not too sure how we would find being back in the Western world. The first shock was not being back in the Western world but actually landing before we took off. The flight to...

Beijing Sept 12th - Sept 19th (Day 192 - Day 199) Hi all, hope you are well.After a few days in the canal city of Suzhou we took the train north via Shanghai to Beijing. We took the newly opened super fast Beijing to Shanghai line. It only took us four and half hours to cover the 1300km between the two cities. Once we arrived in Beijing we took the metro to our hostel. As with Shanghai the Beijing is incredibly easy to use and navigate. We came out of the ...

Suzhou Sept 9th - Sept 12th (Day 189 - Day 191) The next stop on our China adventure was Suzhou, a city an hour away from Shanghai famed for its numerous beautiful canals and stunning gardens. In the past the city has been described as the Venice of China so we were looking forward to discover what the place had to offer. After another super fast train journey and a short taxi ride we arrived at our hotel in the modern part of the city. There were no sig...

Huang Shan (Yellow mountain) Sept 7th - Sept 8th (Day 187 - Day 188) We woke super early to get a taxi to the bus station and then an onward bus to Hangshan (Yellow mountain). The taxi took about 30 minutes and we got to the bus station in plenty of time for our 6am bus. Once we got into the bus station we were surprised to find the earliest bus was not 6am as our hostel had told us but 8am. This was pretty disappointing as it meant we would have to wait for...