Bed turn down service
31 August 2012
How can I turn down the bed turn down service? When I arrive in a hotel, I dont unpack my suitcase. I take the dirty clothes out I have already wo....
No train pictures
31 August 2012
Today I moved from Shanghai to Nanjing. Nanjing was the capital most recently until world war 2, the name literally means southern capital. The Ch....
Bottle opener
30 August 2012
I never went up the giant pair of pants whilst in Beijing, and until now I havent been up the bottle opener in Shanghai. These are both names of l....
There is no museum
30 August 2012
Due to being burnt and tired from yesterdays trek in the dusty city, today I decided to try and keep indoors. First up I walked in the blazing sun....
More canals, far canals
29 August 2012
I ended up walking much further than I thought. It was nice and cool, a giant 30 storey high thermometer told me its 26 degrees. There was a nice ....
Wuxi, the dusty city
29 August 2012
I must really love the train ticket office. For the 3rd time in two days I went to Shanghai station to line up for a ticket. This time I was headi....
My bag arrived
28 August 2012
My bag got here from Sydney. According to the tags it came via Hong Kong and Taiwan. I have never been so happy to brush whats left of my hair in ....
I forgot my passport
28 August 2012
I totally forgot that you need your passport to buy train tickets. You are actually supposed to carry it all the time and there was a recent crack....
Getting here
27 August 2012
Well, I am here, but my bags are not. I kind of knew that would happen. The connection in Sydney went smooth for me, my flight from Adelaide was ....