Blog hacked

Looks like my blog got hacked into somehow. The perpetrator managed to post a blog with a redirection to some non-existent Japanese pharmaceutical companies website. I've deleted the blog and now everything is back up and running.

Chinese audacity

Being in China it's funny how you see counterfeit products everywhere, like a t-shirt I saw with Pamu emblazoned across the front instead of Puma. Or the more subtle 'For Nikon' camera strap ('for' being in font size 2).

But the killer of them all is this paper company providing some encouragement on how to use their photo paper:





Not sure if I should mention this to the bank of England?!!

Change of plans

With the Japanese crisis still unresolved, we decided it would be best to cancel the Japanese portion of the trip :-(

So our rough plan is to continue with our original plan of heading down into Vietnam and once we get to Ho Chi Minh City, we'll fly back into Southern China and work our way to Hong Kong.

Tiger Leaping Gorge

Last week, we did a two day trek through Tiger Leaping Gorge. The trek was amazing as you walk about 2000m above a rushing river with massive mountains (4000m) looming close on the opposite bank.

The place gets it's name from a legend that a tiger leaped across the gorge at one point.

The trek was quite difficult and Gwen came out worse for wear. Towards the end, she tripped and fell (thankfully on the path). The damage was a heavily sprained foot.

View from our guest house at our resting point

Gwen admiring the view

Me taking one of the hundred photos I took on the trail

View looking down

Half way point

Somewhere along the gorge

Lijiang photos

I've finally figured out how I can upload my SLR photos in China! I won't bore you with details but here are photos from Lijiang.

Lijiang old town is pedestrian only

Something I thought I would see in Japan rather than China!

Our guest house

Taking things to the extreme - this is a public toilet!

And I thought they smelt bad on the outside!

Hmm - I thought I was in Shangri-La but it seems I might have stumbled onto the planet Hoth!!

Cold

To give you an idea of how cold it is here in Shangri-La, here's a picture of our mini bar.



(i.e. drinks on a shelf!)

Brrrrrrrrrr