The most exciting thing that has happened recently was that we had two weeks off for a little bit of traveling. In China every May there is a Labour Day holiday, which usually happens on the 1st of May. We were told by the school around Christmas that we would have at least a week off so we decided that we would spend it in Chengdu, Sichuan. Our friends in another part of China had already been there in February because they had more time off during the New Year ...

We arrived in Qingdao that evening at about 11 and found 3 taxis to take us to the hostel. We got in ours assuming that the meter was on as we knew it would be about 30 each. Half way through the journey we realised that the meter had actually been turned off. We questioned the driver and he told us that our friends had already agreed on a price of 150 which was outrageous as it should cost between 90 and 120. We argued with him for a bit and then tried to ring t...

On the way to Shanghai we had decided to all meet up at our friends Ella and Nicole's massive house in Jiujiang, a couple of hours north of Chongren. When we arrived we were met by our friends from Gansu, bang in the middle of China, who had been traveling for about 4 weeks longer than we had. We had a lovely welcome from them when we arrived as we had not seen them in person since October! We sat down that night over drinks and chatted about all the stuff we had...

Ok guys. I will be the first to admit that my blogging skills haven't been very consistent over the past month (sorry Henry, I promise I will be better) as I aimed to write at least an a4 page a day but that plan has completely failed. Therefore, I propose to write an epically long blog post detailing the highlights of the past three weeks at my project and what life is like in Chongren, Jiangxi. First I would like to mention what it is like to be a foreigner...

Hey Guys, There are a number of other Project Trust China volunteers nearby who are keeping blogs on off exploring and I thought that you might want to check them out too. Beth Garlinge, my parnter's blog is Ni Hao from China Dan Schofield, one of the boys from Yi Huang, blog is called Dan in China and Ella Simpson, a fellow Jiangxi vol, is The China Gap Year Watch this space for a new blog update later on this week!