We stayed in Tianjin with our friend Micheal, who we met whilst we were volunteering in Tanzania. He is a […]
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Chairman Mao
No trip to Beijing would be complete without seeing Tianamen Square and especially the rather large picture of Chairman Mao […]
Summer Palace
The Summer Palace, Beijing, is where the Emperor used to go and relax, chill out, read some magazines, do a […]
Lost in the world?
Leaving on the Midnight Train to Beijing
We ended up catching a train from Xian train station to Beijing about a 12 hour overnight journey in a […]
The Great Chinese Firewall
Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WordPress to name but a few, but you cannot get connected to these when in […]
Big Goose Pagoda
The Big (or Wild) Goose Pagoda used to be 13 levels high but due to earthquakes is now only at […]
Xian City Wall
Xian central city is encompassed with a huge 25m x 21m x 14km wall, with some 98 look out points. […]
Terracotta Army
I heard about the discovery of the Terracotta Army when I was a boy watching Blue Peter Children’s Programme and […]
Zhang Xiao Xi
Sisi was my first English student on arrival in Kunming at our hostel. Her real Chinese name is Zhang Xiao […]
into the strange 