Our last day before starting back at school, so we enjoyed a nice, healthy lay-in. We did some shopping in the morning, then we walked up to the university in the afternoon to meet up with Dumi and Copper. We ended up sitting in on Copper’s art class… I was worried that the art teacher […]

The next morning I woke with an awful stomache ache, and the morning of training was hell. An ice cream at lunch picked me up and by the end of the day I was just about back to normal. Tim came into Xi’an after dropping Aya off at Xi’an airport. I have no idea how […]

So, woke up at 7:30 to catch the bus to Xi’an. Checked into my hotel at about 9:00am then headed into Xi’an Aston for a 9:30 start. There were 14 of us in total, maybe 8 Americans and 4 Britains and 2 Irish. We bonded fairly well, and I found it interesting learning the backgrounds […]

Well, that was an interesting day! Spent half the day trying to get my damn money that I’d had transfered over from the UK. The money was originally sent to tide me over until pay day, but it took so long to get the money, it’s almost pay day now! The irony being that the […]

Mmm…… I love just being able to lay in on a Monday morning. With Tim getting limited sleep on my sofa, he was pretty much out of action all morning. I think I eventually coaxed him out of bed at around 12:30pm. We went for a walk determined to find a new restaurant and found […]

My new gang: ^ This is where I list there names from left to right. Can’t remember / pronounce any of them. 🙁 The day started with a demo class by Rob. After that me and Tim started walking around town to take photos. ^ Three per bike in China ^ Loads and loads of […]

Quite a quiet day today. Tim and Dumi had to give demo classes, so spent the day watching those. In the evening we went and grabbed some Tibetan dragon fish. I didn’t think I’d like it, but it was suprisingly tasty. Hmmm… that’s really all that happened today. So, what about you guys? I love […]

So, Friday was travelling home day. We decided to get the MagLev. Capable of 430km/h (268mph!!) but, alas, it was a certain time of the day – so it was restricted to a puny 187mph. ^ The MagLev station. ^ On-board the MagLev. ^ 0 km/h ^ Thats not 0 km/h… ^ … More like […]

I’m typing this blog up on the plane from Shanghai to Xi’an. There’s a hell of a lot of turbulence (there seems to be on every Chinese domestic flight) so excuse any typos! Woke up around 8-9 and watched some LOST. Then me and Tim set out to find some breakfast. I ended up with […]

So, Tried to time it so the sun would be going down as we were up the TV tower. Started out with a few shots with the telephoto lens. ^ Building work in Shanghai. Fancy that. ^ Traffic in Shanghai. Okay; thats a little shocking. :p ^ Apparently this way is East! And in the […]