After a beaut brekkie (Dave’s words) Hang picked us up at the Hotel and we headed out of Chengdu, towards the south. This is my breakfast. No chilli – I thought that was best with my slightly unwell tummy 😉  The drive south to see the largest Buddha in the world in Leshan was a great…

Not long before we went to bed on Tuesday night, there was an announcement over the loudspeaker system, aka, as Dave refers to it, as the ‘annoying Tannoy’, that there was a “change in conditions”. A couple of kilometres ahead of us up the river a cargo ship, laden with containers had overturned, and the…

I need to be honest. I am missing Facebook. I miss knowing what’s going on in the world. What’s happening with my family and friends. Funny videos; clever quotes; Facebook stalking. Nothing for 11 days! Will sent me a text last night asking what I thought of the Australian batting collapse. FB is usually my…

Our room includes a ‘drinks package’. Each day we are entitled to either 6 cocktails, a bottle of wine or 6 beers, plus unlimited juice, coffee, tea and soft drinks. Considering Dave doesn’t drink alcohol, this has set me a bit of a challenge. Last night before dinner we went and sat in the bar…

Sunday 27th August We woke to a warm and cloudy day. The sun came out mid-morning. I’ve never seen it foggy, hot and sunny at the same time before! Dave has found his favourite spot. He is reading a book called ‘A Painted House’ by John Grisham. There is a library on board – this…

Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China Well here we are, in a flash hotel room in Chengdu, China, having just woken up from a pretty good night’s sleep in a lovely comfortable bed. (previous readers of this blog will know I place high value on bed and pillow comfort!) China doesn’t allow Facebook, so what better excuse to revive…