Beijing “The Unfriendly City? Well actually no it’s quite friendly”
The train arrived just before nine and we joined the crush of people heading for the exit. The train station is massive as…
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Wagging school with Maggie in Xian (don’t worry your mum will never know)
Wagging school with Maggie (don’t worry your mum will never know) It was our last day in Xi’an today so after a shower,…
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Terracotta Warriors
It was a pleasant morning playing for the Chengdu-Xi’an Train Skip-bo championship and Michele was the eventual winner. The train passed along…
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Chengdu Paparazzi- when the watcher becomes the watched
It was a late start this morning with a bit of a sleep in before breakfast at the hostel in Chengdu. Two…
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Chengdu Pandas
Up early this morning in readiness for a trip out to the northern suburbs of Chengdu to The Chengdu Research Base of…
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A Night at the Chinese Opera Sichuan Style
When we woke up the countryside was pretty mountainous running down to a big slow moving river. There were small traditional hamlets on…
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