Yichang Stories


Quiet Day on the Boat

Woke up pretty early doors this morning... no hangover though... the wine must have been a good yield! Had a shower in the worst Wash Room i will probably ever go in ever again (maybe not), it was practically a hosepipe hanging off the wall but saying that it was quality hot water! For the rest of the day i pretty much soaked up the Yangzi river and ...


Shiver me timbers...

Another early start (6:30), well it was actually later than that as today i realised that since i had began my trip my watch has been 10 mins slow... god knows how i haven't missed a train so far. On arrival in Yichang i got myself straight to the port to try and find a boat... In my very pigeon chinese (slightly harsh on a pigeon), i had booked myse...


Yangste cruise

Well, we just finished our 3-day cruise down the Yangste river. It was a much needed rest from all the hussle and bussle of the past week or so. The only problem is that we know that we have now past the half way mark and soon it will be time to go home. We are boarding an overnight train to Luoyang tonight that arrives at 2am so it will be a short n...


Boarding the Dragon

This morning we stocked up on some snacks before boarding a plane to Yichang. The Chinese grocery store within biking distance from the Scotts’ house is quite a sight. Imagine a Super WalMart loaded with Chinese goods, an American import wall, live fish, turtles, and other sea creatures, and a thousand Chinese people scrambling around. We grabbed some g...