im stranded in a place called hunan....i now am stuck waiting till an train is available - hell on earth

Hong Kong

A visa to Vietnam would have been an extremely long wait, unwilling to spend possibly the next five days in a place we now called hell would be painful.

Actually its now not painfully hot, as predicted the hot and humid weather turned into torrential rain which was interesting when trying to retrieve laundry (my trainers were completely flooded.)

A laundry room wasn't even a laundry room, outside our hotel you'd go down some dusty alleys to find a few washer women loading stuff in (odd how there are no drains in the area)

She was a nice enough women who washed and dried our clothes for under 2 pounds，i somewhat doubt you'd receive such a good service in London。

So back to the topic，i will now go to Hong Kong in search of cheap electronics and possible some new hair straighteners （this shabby chic look has started to annoy me）

Moral of the story。。。。lets not mess with the chinese military （or even vietnam！）

The Nanning chaos

im in Nanning, its hot humid and not nice!

the vietnamease government are the worst and have decided that they will take forever in the process to give us our visas into the country......thats if they will let us into THEIR country.

If not ive been on a train for 36 hours with no shower for nothing and trust me its not nice (i have to go back that way!!!)

the ONLY good thing is for one night we had a plush hotel and thats because i really needed a shower, we smelled, we smelled baddd. the room was good and the place was decked out with bell boys and chandaliers - eating breakfast was a luxury and a half

IF i get into Vietnam i will be extremly happy .... if not who knows what ill do for the next three weeks, most probably Laos and then into cambodia or if not back up to Hong Kong

The denki Store

Japan is known for its strange attractions and beautiful scenery, but for most people it definitely has to be about the technology.
About 5 minutes down from where I live lies a large 3 storey store which consists of electronics - mainly games. Denki translated into English is just electronic or electricity.
I can imagine for any little boy it is a dream come true - to me its time to dig up old treasures and practice my Japanese.


There is NOTHING which cannot be found at this store, it has large amounts of ps3/ps2/ps1/SNES/Neo Geo/game boy/psp/dreamcast/xbox/......the list is pretty much endless. Rare stuff can be found at a very small price which is perfect for when you want to buy gifts for people back home =p


It is definitely one of the things that I missed when traveling back to the UK, the shopping aspect. Fashion has a large importance here and anything goes (for example the harajuku girls) also when it comes to electronics there really is much which cannot be bought, it makes me realise that I am really lucky to be living here.


When entering a store you are welcomed by all of the staff and if you have any questions or want to be shown were a product is, the staff will immediately help you and take you to the correct aisle. When first coming here that was definitely strange considering back home you aren't treated as that important.
Even when making purchases the sales assistant rushes around to bag things, everything is wrapped and organised efficiently so that little time is wasted.

le china trip....prep time!

As of tomorrow I will no longer be in Tokyo Japan, I will be traveling somewhere around Asia - currently our plan on where to go isn't solid.
All I know is I've been told to pack 'lit' no shoes, no shampoo or any hair care products, no creams, no razors and quite possible no makeup...these people are officially crazy! Me with no make up in the mornings is bad enough but to hear that my hair also will be just as bad makes me worry.

I have no idea how I am going to survive away or how long it will take for arguments to arise

Wish me luck!