Nat and I can safely say that China has thrown way more punches at Nat than I.  Not only did she get her camera stolen, but she ripped off by a hairdresser, who refused to do her hair untill she bought overpriced hair serum.  Meanwhile, beside her and this dickhead of a hairdresser, I am [...]

So, since the beginning of this trip, I have been running for trains and buses.  No matter how hard I try, I am always left looking at a clock, gasping, coming to a screeching halt, switching directions, sprinting across subway stations, squeezing through doors, telling a cab driver to step on it, or, just making it [...]

Music: waaaaaah, none!!! After Xi’an (best known to Nat and I as the mistake), we arrived in class to Shanghai.  We had the most expensive and most comfortable 17 hour train ride.  This was not really our choice… if you read the previous post, you would know that a slack worker at a hostel caused [...]

Reasons: The train was hell… hardseats for a 17 hour ride.  I slept on the seats, Nat slept under.  Way to take on for the team Nachan! The hostel wasn’t the greatest.. mostly cause the people had half a brain and lied to us about train tickets. Trains everywhere out of there were booked When [...]

Looking back I loved Beijing.  It’s big, it’s full of culture (a crazy culture), and there is so much to do!  When we first go there though, I was not in love.  I was close to tears.  The taxi drivers are crazy and no one ( NO ONE) speaks English.  When we finally made it [...]