Started my holidays with 2 days in Disneyland and to complete the Disney expereience stayed at the Disney Hollywood Hotel. I arrived in the early evening and had to wait several hours before the family joined me from Australia.......the place was a buzz from the moment I entered the hotel. It was like entering a giant room where all the kids were on speed!!!! Disney Hollywood Hotel is the complete clique of everything Disney but why not enjoy the whole experienc...

Have to say I'm rather enjoying the beginning of this holiday break. Shanghai last week and now Tongli this week. From the gigantic to the miniscule. I'm getting used to buying tickets and catching the fast trains in China now. Still ponder over how the trains can be either traveling at 100 - 300 Km/hour but it doesn't feel any different inside not does it affect your view out the window. I'm sure there is a perfectly good scientific explanation but it still make...

Just returned from a quick trip to Shanghai. Finished all my classes last week and with many tears and hugs said a final farewell to my Y2 Nursing students.All exams have been marked, all students graded so I am FREE......Had the annual Dragon Boat Festival last Friday....only had a quick look as it was a steaming hot day and it was so crowded. Ended up going off to get pampered with a manicure....and somehow managed to buy 4 new pairs of shoes?!?! With no more ...

Well its been so long since I wrote anything that i've been getting emails checking my "live" status!! Just letting you all know that I am alive and well.... Nanjing is living up to its reputation as one of the "furnaces" of China and we are getting 30+ degrees everyday now....too hot for exploring even if I had the time!! Been busy with both my jobs and also took on the task of judging the CCTV Outlook English Talent Competition for the Jiangsu Province. I was...

While this entry in not strictly from China I have left it in my China travel blog as it was a mere blink of an eye that I was out of the country!! The May Day holdiays and my teaching schedule worked out rather well and gave me a 6 day holiiday. With my sister visiting Bangkok from Australia what a perfect opportunity to drop over and spend some "girlie" time catching up with her. And didn't we have a ball....... Massages - tick, manicures - tick, pedicure - ti...