Beer delivery

Mao memorabilia anybody?

Jade or china bac choi anyone?

Women at work Vs men at work

Fat buddah

Mountain walk

er?

after a very long climb

Chinese graffiti

Huge chequers

Noodle soup - finally!

Finally got some vegi noodle soup

Shanghai to Yangshuo

My journey from Shanghai to Yangshuo

Pink Bike!

Gotta get myself one of those!

Moon Rock

So no climbing then?

Rock climbing

Just held on and didn't look down, still hasn't cured my head for heights.

Crazy Motorbiker

crazy Chinese cycling tourists

They were all weaving across the road, caused total havoc for the rest of the road traffic.

Step to the moon

More brilliant Chinglish, no idea where they get the word 'akin' from though, it crops up loads.

Yangshou pics

I've uploaded some of the other Yangshou pics to Flickr here

More chinglish

Brilliant signs in the Sliver caves, it entertained us for an afternoon

Sunny Yangshou

sun at last!

Crazy truck drivers

Bamboo rafts going to the river.  Not sure how these little trucks keep going as they look lethal!

Mountain biking

Yangshuo - Li river

Rainy Yangshou

Shanghai photos

I've uploaded some more Shanghai pics here

Not sure if these brushes are big enough?

Strange mascot

Not sure what this character is called but he is everywhere and the Chinese love taking pictures of him

Skyscrapers

Skyline in Shanghai

breakfast

Shanghai - building site

Building on 'the bund' for some Expo in 2010

Beijing streets

Street food - Beijing

yummy baked sweet potato for about 20p

beijing streets

beijing streets, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

Apparently the locals dress for the season, so as its autumn they wear scarves and coats, despite the weather being warm enough for shorts.

how about some ice cream?

how about some ice cream?, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

or maybe something fried?

or maybe something fried?, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

or maybe a sea horse?

or maybe a sea horse?, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

starfish anyone?

starfish anyone?, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

night market in Beijing

dinner!

dinner!, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

fried tofu, fried potato, sweetcorn and rice.

Plastic coating

Plastic coating, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

when you go to a resturant all the dishes seem to come in plastic wrapping, no idea why.

Beijing Photos

I've added some pics onto flickr you can see them here

Boris has a lot to live up to

Boris has a lot to live up to, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

The birds nest is amazing and the whole olympic park is massive!

60th Anniversary celebrations

60th Anniversary celebrations, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

Beijing - outside the forbidden city.

Chinglish

Chinglish, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

Another great example of Chinese/English signs.

Tasty dumplings

Tasty dumplings, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

Asked the girls in the hostel to write down 'vegi dumplings no meat' and
sucess!

Pea Ice Cream

Pea Ice Cream, originally uploaded by gwendoline10.

tasted a bit strange, sort of a combination of pea and soya, haven't tried the sweetcorn one yet thou!