Some tourists just love trains. Railway buffs I think they're called. They're the ones who spend thousands of dollars travelling to far flung parts of the globe, only to hop on a train and travel somewhere else. For these people, the journey is far more appealing than the destination. I'm not sure whether i'll ever progress to being a card carry...

Having been here for almost a month I thought it was about time to run through some of the differences I've encountered so far. I know that sounds rather straightforward and boring for a travel blog. Of course everyone knows China is vastly different from Australia, you don't have to come here to work that out. Yes everyone really does have slan...

The Chinese love mornings. They are what you could call 'morning' people. Where at home 'morning people may be thought of as milkmen or garbage collectors, here everyones day starts when the sun rises. They don't need alarm clocks to wake them, the relentless revolution of the solar system is enough. I've been trying hard to fit into this routin...