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…
This morning started off nicely with a “western” breakfast in the hostel of fruit with muesli and yughurt washed down with green tea. I decided to get down to south west China as soon as possible and spend a few days back in Beijing before I fly out to Thailand. It would have been nice…
We eventually pulled back into Erlian station at about 12:30am and dashed out to grab some bits from the station shop. Paying at the checkout was like a scrum and we ended up running back to the carriage only for the train to sit it in station for another 10 minutes! I got a packet…
24/02/2008 23:29 local time The walk from the hostel to the station took me 30 minutes and I arrived just as the train pulled in. It didn’t take me too long to find my carriage. Once inside I found my compartment, but there was a lady who said she also had bed 7 booked. She…
22/02/2008 After a fairly late start – I’m not feeling too great with a sore throat – I set off towards the Zaisan Memorial on the top of a hill south of the city. The start of the walk was along busy main roads, but it wasn’t too long before I got to the outskirts…
I woke up this morning again not feeling brilliant so had a slow start. Once up and dresed I did a trial walk to the station to check when I need to be up tomorrow morning. Half an hour will be enough time to get there and I’ve figured out where to cross the roads…
As promised I’ve found somewhere with better upload speeds and I’ve now got everything up to date in the album. Enjoy the photos.