I didn’t sleep brilliantly last night-I guess it was either the beer (though I only had one) or the food that we tried from the bar. The first dish was fried pumpkin bread, which turned out to be tasteless things that looked like a cross between Findus crispy pancakes and those kids smiley faces made…
I had a quiet shower this morning unlike yesterday when I was subjected to a guy in the cubicle opposite singing something that I could just make out was in English. I couldn’t make up my mind whether it was in the style of an X Factor no-hoper or the Shooting Stars “club style”! For…
Despite al the sleep over the last couple of days I was still up late. After showering and checking in for another two nights here in Xi’an I headed off to the local supermarket to grab some easily digestible bananas and bread! I found somewhere to sit by the moat just outside the city wall…
Unfortunately there’s not a lot to say about my second day in Chengdu. I managed to get out of bed for a shower, some pasta and vegetables and then later some fried rice! I tried to upload my photos, but was unsuccessful as dyndns seems either to be playing up or doesn’t work properly from…
All the way through this trip I’ve been saying that I don’t understand people who go travelling and then spend all day lying in bed in the hostel. Now I think I understand why! After broken sleep on the train I then woke up at about 6am feeling sick. For the rest of the journey…
I woke up late again today – I think I’m getting the hang of this travelling thing! I decided to try and get a few more photos online so ate my oatmeal in front of the PC. I only got a few more uploaded. I had agreed to walk around the city with Aviva who…
I seem to have a bit of a cold again, that or it’s the effects of the damp room and cigarette smoke everywhere. As such it was time for a lie-in this morning! After banana pancake for breakfast I walked around the city with my personal Chinese guide Vince who has just completed a course…
I was up at 6:45am to grab some breakfast before the panda tour. I ate my porridge and was ready for the off at 7:30, however we were told that the driver’s car had broken down and he was going to be late. I could have had more time in bed! We left the hostel…
The hostel was pretty cold last night, but the electric blanket warmed up the bed nicely and the duvet cover was thick! I got up fairly early threw on my clothes and grabbed some breakfast from the hostel restaurant. I had creamy porridge with green sultanas, scrambled egg, a couple of bits of sausage, cherry…
Having noone else in the compartment I went to bed early, but still took ages to get to sleep. The night was fairly disturbed with quite a few stops and the train jolting every time we slowed down. Consequently I didn’t get up until about 8 o’clock. It is a gloriously sunny morning outside and…