Lists and Plans

Only just over a week to go and I still feel so unorganised! Training has gone to pot a bit, I've only been for one swim and a couple of walks this week, as I've been feeling under the weather so I'm just going to concentrate on big walks now pre-trek and maybe a gym visit or two next week to get some stepper work in when I'm better. I hope it clears up before I go whatever it is!
We have been trying to plan what to do post-trek and decided we should try and organise a few more things before we go so we have some plans in place. Lynsey has managed to source a great looking hostel in Hong Kong, which is where we fly home from, so we have decided to book that and enjoy our last couple of days there. I am looking into hostels in Shanghai and Xian now as well as transport options for getting around. The best option seems to be trains for long journeys. There are 4 different classes of seat varying by price quite significantly! The top price is for soft sleeper which is basically a bed in a 4 person cabin, this is quite expensive for China and almost the same as a flight! The next option is hard sleeper which is a bed in 20 person cabin in a three tiered bunk, this is about two thirds the price of soft sleeper. The third option is soft seat which is even cheaper and would only be good for short journeys and the fourth is hard seat which is about half the price of soft seat but is basically a padded three person bench, doesn't sound great! It looks like the best option would be the hard sleeper for overnight trains and most probably the soft seat for shorter journeys of a few hours or less. We are hoping to organise some tickets when we arrive in Beijing next Friday for after the trek as we have an English speaking travel desk at our hostel.
I have managed to actually tick a few things off my list this week though! I have all of my prescriptions and medication needed for the trip, a money belt and also currency on order from the travel agents. I have ordered 350 yuan, which is only about £43, but will actually cover a fair amount in China. Our hostel for instance is only 50 yuan per person, just under £5. I don't want to be carrying around a lot of money anyway and my discreet money belt would not be so well hidden under my clothes if it was bulging with cash :)
My list still has a lot to tick off but I am at least finding some more time in which to do things, result!