Huangshan to ningbo

Had a nice lie in and met the girls at 9 and we asked at reception, they had sorted a bus for us and we had only to come and meet it at 12, giving us a few hours free. we got a taxi to the town square where we heard there were some coffee shops we could hit for breakfast and found a very nice and swanky coffee shop that did egg, toast and a bacon roll (that turned out to be pigs in blankets) with a coffee for £2.50, despite the rest of the menu being crazy expensive! We had three f them and then walked down and over a nearby bridge to spend the last half an hour, on the bridge were many children playing and so I got some photography practice, Chinese parents seem more than happy for people to photograph their children, a great resource for practicing! And I got what I hope will turn out to be some nice shots. 

After the bridge was an old and frankly quite scary faire, with grotesque twisted Disney characters everywhere surrounded by uncaring children. I took a few more pictures before getting a taxi back to the hotel.

We checked out and then a woman met us and took the price for the tickets from us and then passed us onto a nice old man who hustled us into a taxi across town to a street corner where, half an hour later, the bus eventually we arrived. Needless to say our bus fair never went through the company and instead went into the drivers pocket money fee, but we got the bus anyway and so it wasn't too big a deal! 

The bus back had Mina trying to doze, Yuki feeling travel sick and me thanking my lucky stars for dodging that bullet, rather asthma and hayfever than travel sickness! The bus also gave. He time to sit down and write my blog, I find travel in china relaxing, the distances are long, there is Ning you can do but sit back and relax and chill with music or a book until you get there, and being able to read on the bus is a life saver!