Friendship Jiabinlou Lanzhou

... afloat with 13 sheeps skins - This was Virginia and Dutti's adventure - Pintoo and I watched from the safety of the river bank!! Well, someone had to take the photos!<br><br>A morning spent at the Five Springs Park - just enjoying a stroll and watching the locals having fun, including an amateur opera group.<br><br>The Bingling Temple: Thousand Buddha Caves - totally staggering ...

... br><br>- VW, Seat (nearly all MotoMeter dashboards) to 2001 reads/writes EEPROM<br><br>· Supports VDO SEED-KEY protected dashboards including the following VW's and Skodas:<br><br>· - Bora (to 2004)<br><br>- Golf 4 (to 2003)<br><br>- Jetta (to 2004)<br><br>- Passat B6<br><br>- Fabia (to 2004)<br><br>- Skoda ...

... and the whole thing was just fantastic. Soooo worth travelling almost to the North Pole for! After Lapland we flew down to HK - overnight flight and Charlotte didn't sleep a wink - what a surprise! We were all completely wrecked that day and despite our best intentions we all punched out for a sleep in the afternoon. Spent the first of two days at Disneyland yesterday which was just soooo cool. We ...

... in life. What type of son am I huh? My first birthday in China was spent in the lush greens rice fields of Guangxi Province. My second was spent in the dry arid desert province of Gansu. My third was spent in the wild bamboo mountain forests of Fujian Province. My fourth I am still enjoying here in the green rugged ...

... I was very much ready to depart the train as thirteen and a half hours had gone by in hard seat and with the last several days of absolute rest I was ready to run a million miles just to loosen up and feel good again. After saying good bye to everyone I grabbed my pack and walked all the way to the Bell Tower Mc Donald's for a feast of Mc Muffins and elcheapo coffee!. Here I met a happy girl from the ...

... the toilet of the supermarket and not subjected me, Sarah and every other Haizhouian (a local of our town) to seeing what could be described as a sight to rival the smell of the local canals. I hope she gets locked in a room with a big dragon who breaths Fiery AIDS at her and has big bitey Gonorrhoea teeth. Filthy *****. So Sarah's gob. We went back to the hospital and for the princely sum of £10 they battered butchered and destroyed her mouth. An hour, 5 anaesthetic ...

... it's common practice, as is kick-boxing and tackling amongst the boys everywhere on the grounds. As soon as I entered each room I was assaulted with grubby little fingers offering me tidbits... mystery meat sticks, seaweed "candy", along with sesame chips and wrapped cookies and sweets. Then came the mandatory photo ops, of which I've included a few. It was fun to give the kids a hug and talk to them individually for a moment in an informal ...

... so many? Some would be for the farmers to rest and catch an afternoon Nana Nap, but the rest? No idea at all. We arrived back in busy Lanzhou joined the lines to purchase our tickets to Xi'an. We hoped for the following day but would be happy with anything in the near future. When we finally arrived at the ticket counter we asked for two tickets to Xi'an IN CHINESE ...

... on Y300 for a 5-site afternoon tour, to see the Flaming Mountain end of the tourist area first, then the closer sites. We find out about the bus to Hami, and get our guide to organise the tickets for tomorrow. Now about 2pm. First taken to a Uighur restaurant, and get two giant plates of cold noodle, and two plates of meat, onion and tomato. Sent one of each back, as far too much. MP had a little, DP had a fair whack -surprisingly tasty, but a bit risky in ...