31/01/11 - 17/02/11 - Guilin to Yangshuo to Hong Kong Being mugged by a pesky 15 year old boy is not something I really wanted to add to my personal CV, imagine the ripping! We had decided to be true to our traveller ways, i.e. be as scrupulous as possible and therefore stay the night at Xian airport terminal to await our morning flight to Guilin. However, what we didn't realise was that this small, yet shiny new airport terminal was the stomping ground of eve...

Beijing to Xian and onwards to Guilin - 23/01/11 to 30/01/11 Wow, how can Japan and China be neighbourly close, yet be so wildly different! Foolishly, we have only just realised China is a huge huge country, as we have taken one very interesting 14 hour train journey, a 3 hour flight south and we have only just arrived two thirds of the way down the country. Oh and its still fffffffreezing!! I suppose thats why it is low season here at the moment. Although, ...