I don't hold Beijing responsible for this but I had the worst luck here. 10 minutes after landing in Beijing, my watch was smashed to pieces. I lost my favourite jumper here and I also broke my toe here.

It's important to note that Beijing is quite polluted and it's hard to get used to breathing in a place where no matter how much you breathe in, you still feel like you're not getting enough air. Once you adjust to that though, you'll notice how amazing this place is. There's obviously a language barrier and you'd think that would mean it's hard to get a sense of what the locals are like but you're wrong to assume that. They may not be able to speak English but they show their kindness in other ways. Firstly, they smile all. the. time. It's so heart warming and when they offer you a cigarette, take it even if you don't smoke because that's a sign of respect. The people are complicated and will try to scam you every chance they get but they will also never try to harm you.

Spoiler alert: The Great Wall of China is actually a whole load of steps and not a wall at all. Astonishing all the same though.

It's certainly less polluted here but the heat is pretty much the exact same. Remember to stay hydrated in order to keep healthy and happy.

The Terracotta Warriors are definitely something you must see. However, as they are under ground it gets even hotter and harder to breathe so stay hydrated. We actually ended up getting a taxi to the museum which only cost us about €20 for an hour and a half journey. We were so used to people trying to scam us though that when our taxi man took us off the beaten track and to some shanty building with no air conditioning and no people, we immediately put our guards up. He tried to tell us that the man sitting in front of a desk full of pamphlets was the farmer who found the first warrior and wanted to charge us to get his autograph. We didn't believe him, told him we weren't interested and demanded he take us to the museum. One of the girls snapped a picture of him before leaving and when we asked our tour guide if she knew the man, she fan-girled over him and confirmed he was in fact, the farmer who found the first warrior. Be on guard but note that sometimes, they are telling the truth.

Next we have Mount Huashan, this mountain is considered one of the top 5 most sacred mountains in China and it is such a hard trekk up the mountain. I don't know what it is about China, but they love steps there... a mountain consisting totally of hills? No such thing here. A mountain consisting entirely of steps? Ah god there's millions.

The scenes on the way up are awesome and so you have a reason to stop and take it all in every 5 minutes (whilst simultaneously trying to catch your breath.) At the very top of the mountain you have the "Plank Walk". It's truly terrifying and I'm not a fan of heights as it is but my goodness if I could, I would do it all over again. It's probably not very safe and the harness isn't really a harness and you can unclip it at any point and sometimes it didn't properly close but let me tell you folks, it was so so so so worth it.

We came to Shanghai earlier than originally planned due to some train issues. However, we got there and immediately noticed how much more westernised it was compared to Beijing and Xian. We also noticed that people stopped paying as much attention to us (which was a thing in the last two places, people would point and stare at us, ask to take pictures with us etc.)

Shanghai is a really cool place and I want to focus on the markets they have there.

My god, you go in and there are thousands of stalls selling all different things. One stall is selling watches, another is selling bags, one is dedicated just to earphones... it is amazing. The people who work there are very pushy and tend not to take no for an answer unless you are really stern with them- I find it hard to say no as it is, so the whole market scenario was my worst nightmare, but it was worth it. They are selling obviously fake brands but if you go up to them and ask them for the good stuff they have secret stashes within their stalls of good brands that to this day I still don't know if they are fake or not.

I bought myself three pairs of vans for a total of €50, a Gucci bra, converse, Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren socks for €10 and a Fjallraven Kanken backpack for €15.

This place was truly something else. Hong Kong is like a world of it's own. Everything is different here. It's so westernised you wouldn't think it was in Asia, it's an entirely different language, people their are so obsessed with fashion and yet despite all that, there is still so much history and so many things to do.

First off there is the Big Buddha. In my own opinion, it should be called MAHOOSIVE Buddha because it really is massive. It's on the top of a mountain (of course) and even at the bottom of the mountain, you can still see the Buddha and I was really in awe of it. It was one of those moments where I just stopped and had to take a few seconds to process it. It was such a sight. There's also a tranquility walk on the mountain that you can take and it is so peaceful and you can feel the serenity, it was nice to give ourselves that half hour of quiet after taking in the Big Buddha scenes. Participants be ware though because there are very large spiders dangling down from trees on the walk so keep your eye peeled.

We then opted for a change of scenery and moved into a quiet area in Hong Kong on the island of Lantau. This place is so confusing because the whole time it was as if we were in Spain on a sun holiday and the area we were staying in closed no later than 9pm. It was a great place to relax after the hustle and bustle of the city and before heading over to Cambodia.

Another fun thing to do while in Hong Kong would be to go to the theme park called Ocean Park. The park itself is magnificent and looks amazing but the rides. WOW! They have a virtual reality roller coaster there, you basically are on a roller coaster as normal but they put a VR headset on to you so that you're in this alternate universe as you ride the ride and it is definitely up there in my top 10 favourite experiences.

Cambodia is a funny place because they have signs up all over the airport informing people that Cambodian children are NOT tourist attractions. That whole thing baffled me but apparently, the children are supposed to be the cutest children in the world. Also, the natives use their children to scam tourists by getting them to sell postcards etc to tourists and because they are so cute tourists tend to buy off of them. So I suppose the signs make sense in hindsight.

Anyway, we stayed in the most exquisite house with a pool and a hot tub and everything but right outside the gate of our house, there were people living on the streets and it was a really poverty stricken area so that was really sad.

We visited the Angkor Wat temple and in all honesty, we visited a lot of temples in China but this was by far the best temple I have seen to date. It's construction is astounding and because of the way it was built, it faces the sunset which is definitely a sight for sore eyes. There are also some fun pictures to be taken as Tomb Raider was filmed there.

Thailand was a spontaneous decision for us on this trip. Our plan was to go straight from Cambodia to Singapore, however, I woke up on the last day in Cambodia to my best friend Luca asking how I would feel about changing route and doing two days in Thailand... How could I resist? So off we went with no idea on how to get there. We ended up driving to the boarder and asking some man to get us in.

We stayed in a national park for the two days and the man who helped us get into Thailand had a brother who owned the resort and let us rent out three rooms for our stay. We went on a day out into the jungle with the hopes of seeing some wild animals (elephants.. all I wanted was to see wild elephants) but unfortunately we only saw snakes and terrifying spiders. The hike through the jungle, despite us coming up short on the wild animal front, was still an amazing experience but I'm not ashamed to say that I never want to be in a jungle again. The amount of things we saw that probably could have killed us, is something I never want or need to experience again.

After the jungle, we spent the rest of our time cycling/driving/hitch hiking around the area and just taking in our surroundings. There was a natural waterfall that we were not allowed to swim in and a man made waterfall that we lounged in. Although we didn't do extravagent things in Thailand, I would probably still say it was one of my favourite places from this trip.

Our last stop in Asia was Singapore. We didn't have a lot of time here due to our spontaneous trip to Thailand but I think what we spent there was the perfect amount of time. Especially because it was our last stop and we were running out of money and Singapore is quite expensive.

Gardens By The Bay something you've probably heard of because David Attenborough gave it a shout out in Planet Earth. I can't truly explain just how amazing this garden is. The plants there are things I have genuinely never seen before or even anything like them. We also went on the National Singapore day and the Garden put on a special edition of their light show especially for it and it was a fantastic way to end our trip.

Whilst in Singapore, we also took a trip to Little India and it was insane. It was lovely to see all the Indian shops and wall paint filling this little village up with such character.

On a final note, the world's cheapest Michelin star restaurant abodes in Singapore and obviously we had to hit it up. Not only was it dirt cheap- which it was- but it was beyond delicious. We ate the most popular dish, the dish that pretty much got them the award, and I have not one single regret about it. If you're going to Singapore, you may as well hit this place up. You'd be mad not to.