The week started with me bumping the mole on my left side with the sharp end of the soap believe it or not and I thought it had come off but it just looked a little angry. I sent pictures to my doctor in Ipswich to ask him to have a look and he was good enough to get back to me the next day to let me know that the mole looked benign but to keep an eye on it over the coming weeks to see if it looked better or worse and if I wasn’t returning to Australia soon for him to check it then I should find someone nearby that can. It does look a little better and not so angry.

I also bought some winter clothes to replace some old looking ones that had seen better days and also because I will be going to Yellow Mountain in a few days when Catherine and Stuart arrive. It is time for an autumn adventure across China, more of that to come in the next week or so.

I bought all the train tickets and bus tickets and I even booked my train from Hong Kong back to Shanghai which will take around 9 hours. It’s almost quicker than taking the plane by the time you factor in all the waiting time and the transit time between bus, plane, train and bus to get me back home.

So tomorrow is Monday once more and so that means absolutely nothing to me because I’ll get up as usual and have breakfast and go to the park and ease into the day as one does. Tomorrow I will have to buy some HKD and a few things for the trip and of course I really should see what I’m going to take with me on my trip.

We will be starting in Yellow Mountain and then going to Hangzhou and then to Guilin and finally Yangshuo. I’m just hoping that the weather is kind to us and I don’t really have to wear my new wet weather gear.