I had been looking forward to this journey because of its earworm potential – “Night train to Shanghai” has the […]
Day 39: Rainy day and fast food in Xi’an
Last day in Xi’an and the heavens opened. I’m rarely in the mood for going to look at pottery exhibits […]
Day 38: Off to see the Terracotta Warriors
Today was a bucket list kind of day… off to see the Terracotta Army outside of Xi’an. The fact that […]
Day 37: What’s the difference between Beijing and Xi’an?
It’s not the start of a joke, it’s a question I’ve been mulling over this afternoon. Beijing is full of […]
Night 36: Overnight to Xi’an
This was my first train journey starting in China. As the attentive and memory-efficient will know, I had already visited […]
Day 36: The biggest ducks in the world?
It was my last day in Beijing and it was very much the still the National Festival. My train to […]
Day 35: My kinda Saturday… 798 Art Zone
Back home, there are few things I like more than spending a Saturday morning wandering around Manchester’s Northern Quarter looking […]
Public Health Reflections: Beijing Green Space
On arrival in Beijing, I was struck by the levels of smog and, with the city being virtually shut down […]
Day 34: Around Beijing
Sophia met me at 7.30am, shortly after I’d popped into a bakery/dumpling/pancake shop and stepped out with a piping hot […]
Day 33: A Grand Day Out…From the Forbidden Palace to the Great Wall of China
Knowing in advance that this week marks the National Holiday, I knew that the city would be busy so I […]
The Adventures of Phileas Fiona 
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