30th December I arrived in Changsha station very early. I'd never been before and it was not very nice compared to stations in other big cities, it looked like Yiyang! Lisa sorted me out with a taxi back to Yiyang <3 I put on a wash as soon as I arrived home then spent the rest of the day messing on the Internet or sitting in bed with my book because it was freezing! 31st December I woke up late and was still feeling cold and lazy. I eventually got moving i...

Ok the following is a catch up of my first week. It's pretty long, but I have been writing it on my laptop until I had internet access. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MON 18 AUG 2008 Well I made it :) After a day or two of travel and a lot of flying stress! I left home with my mum, dad and sister at about 10am on Monday morning (18th). After a super speedy check in and some sad goodbyes I disappeared up the escalator o...