Saturday, 17 Nov 2007 | Views [349]
Except for the nut cracking, mobile phone ringing Chinese man and the 5 minute wake up call we got before arriving in Guilin our train trip was uneventful. We caught a taxi to our hotel who didn't have our reservation - although I think the hotel receptionist ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Wednesday, 7 Nov 2007 | Views [518]
We left Shanghai for Hong Kong - happy to be leaving Shanghai after our delayed departure. We
had an interesting taxi ride to the train station and apart from the
mad driving, we thought that the car was going to fall apart. We drove
over a very ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sunday, 4 Nov 2007 | Views [575]
Well into Shanghai and yet another train journey. Although this was a
train journey with a difference - we had 3 beds in a 4 bed compartment
(Sue, Nick & me), the third bed was made up by a respectable
looking Chinese man. All was fine until ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Thursday, 1 Nov 2007 | Views [635] | Comments [1]
Nick was once again travelling with us, however, as we thought we had been able to get rid of him, we had already booked our train tickets. By the time it came to book his ticket, there were no sleepers left on our train so it meant that he was left ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Friday, 26 Oct 2007 | Views [615] | Comments [2]
The train into China was fairly uneventful. I made sure that I stopped drinking about 5 hours before the border crossing to save the desperation caused at the last border crossing. It was a fun day and a half, travelling with the same folks we had ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
