139 - Pier, Arcade, split up with Kevin, Shenzhen, bus to Guilin

140 - Arrive in Guilin, sleep, relax, pig testicles

141 - Bamboo raft, Yangshuo, Guomei on bus

142 - Rice terrace tour with Rory and others, saw ethnic minority show, got married to a girl, Longshen

143 - Reed flute cave, Yangshuo with Guomei, Back just in time for new years

144 - January 1 - Walk around Guilin, Elephant Rock, Solitary Beauty Peak, Seven Stars Park

145 - Relax at hostel, write, train ticket

146 - Train from Guilin to Chengdu, smoking baby, ting bu dong

147 - Arrive in Chengdu, rest at hostel

148 - Renmin Park, Mao statue, Temple, Lotus Market, Tiger claw

149 - Panda Tour, Lunch with Israelis, Nap, Bar with Israelis, Questionable prostitute girl

150 - Antique Market, walking around, relaxing at hostel

151 - Train ticket, Massage, Hot pot with israelis, District 9

152 - Train to Chongqing, walk around, watch Star Wars and went out with Valence

153 - Walk around Chongqing, 3 Gorges Museum

154 - Didn't do anything, watched Star Wars

155 - Walked up and around, 11 story building, park, checked out the other hostel, got lost

156 - Didn't do anything

157 - January 14 - Strange Amusement park, Largest public restroom, aliens 3 and ressurection

158 - Batteries, Bank, Book, Reading, Solar Eclipse, Avatar

159 - Tried to see Opera, waited for bus, got on boat to Yichang, on the boat

160 - Most of day just relaxing on the boat, Fengdu ghost city

161 - Flew the kites of the back of the boat, 3 Gorges, Lesser 3 Gorges, Flew kite again off back of smaller boat, Reading

162 - Stop with long boats, guy kicked dog, boat to bus to bus to taxi to hostel, shower, laundry, chating, queen kong

163 - Laundry wet and dirty, waiting, University trip with Queen Kong, Tin Tin and DD, then drinking

164 - Up, chilling in hostel, train to Xi'an

165 - Arrive in Xi'an, Bell Tower, Drum Tower, Muslim Quarter, Grand Mosque, no sweatshirt buying

166 - Xi'an wall, long walk, witnessed fight, pictures with statues, drinking at hostel

167 - Relaxed at hostel, did some research, watched movies, slept early

168 - Too early to buy train to Harbin, Terracotta Warriors, relaxed at hostel, movies, Muslim Quarter for food, drinking game

169 - Relax, Deja-Vu and Men who Stare at goats, movies, got pants mended, sick so went to bed early

170 - January 27 - Street breakfast, no train tickets to Harbin, Walmart and got sweatshirt and peanut butter, doing stuff

171 - Walk to Big Goose Pagoda, took bus back, got tickets to Beijing, reading

172 - No market (couldn't find it), Small park, large park, boat guy with shovel paddle, walked on outside of wall, boy with whip, dumpling party

173 - Called Maryann, park, skate rink, DVD shop, rice cubes at Muslim Quarter, Terminator

174 - Hung out, wrote a bit of Hemdale, dinner at Muslim Quarter, went to bar street with Doug

175 - Hungover, slept until 6:30 pm, shaved beard into different styles

176 - Nothing

177 - Nothing

178 - Huashan, photos of things on ground, walked along cliff-side path, Yakashi!, phallic statue

179 - Biang Biang Noodles

180 - Relaxed at hostel, went out for dinner with Doug and Justin, got on the train to Beijing

181 - Arrived in Beijing, found Romain's place, French comics and soccer match, restraunt - Explodes the stomach, Pearl market, hotpot dinner

182 - Superbowl at the Den bar, Millenium Monument and park, slipping around the ice pond, Korean "market", Line 13 and not seeing the sunset because of pollution, went back

183 - February 9 - Olympic Stadium, no water cube (blocked off), 798 Art District

184 - Qiamen Dajie, No underground city (not running), Hutong area, Wii sports and pasta dinner

185 - Only went out for rice noodles, watched some movies

186 - Amigo mexican food, Nanluogu Xiang, Not able to find tap water museum, 9 movie and photography documentary

187 - Met with Sissi, Fireworks in Houhai, New Year Even

188 - No Lama Temple because too many people, Prince Gong Palace, Beihai Park, The Egg, Wangfujian

189 - Forbidden Palace, Again no Lama Temple because too late, Beijing Duck

190 - Summer Palace, walking on the iced over lake, omelet street food, Ritz-Carlton, great dinner with potato shreds, sweet/sour chicken, tofu

191 - Day at Ritz-Carlton, bath, made fort, Leaving Las Vegas, Indian food, music, coffee, 5 times

192 - Ritz in the morning, Window curtain, Lama Temple, Dumplings, Temple of Heaven, Noodles, bought Hamlet, Romains, took train to Harbin

193 - Arrived in Harbin, Ice sculptures outside station, Home Inn hotel, quick, food, taxi to Ice Festival, Running around, fell on ice, ice, lights, dream like, Great Wall Slide, Promise

194 - Hotel breakfast, search for bus, walk around, arcade, bus back to Beijing

195 - Arrive in Beijing, wrong subway direction, Ran to see Mao before closing, Wangfuxian, Gormet street, Hostel search, YanDaiXieJie, walk around Houhai, Spicy fish

196 - February 22 - Bus 980 to taxi to bus to Simatai Great Wall, amazing time, minibus back, lost Sissi's phone (later returned by mail), train tickets, Lama hostel

197 - Sissi left, went for train ticket, exchanged subway card informally, coffee in KFC and writing email, curry lunch, got ticket, Romain's, Battle Royal and The Dark Knight, Russian food

198 - Train to Mongolia, Train food (free!), stop at border at midnight, train leaving, Baatarkhuu