Ní hăo! With only a few days left in Beijing as a group, we made the most of our time together. Our mornings were taken up with more Mandarin lessons, but in the afternoons we had different activities that Mike and Iris would take us to. On Wednesday afternoon we headed to the British Council building and were given talks by 3 very interesting people (all members of the British Council) who are currently working in China. One of the things we were told about ...

Ní hăo! I can' believe I am in China!! In Beijing to be exact. After spending the night at the hostel, Mike picked us up, and laid out the plans for the day. The majority of the group cycled to our first meeting, but 4 of us used the subway. This was actually a really clean and effiecient method of transport. Our first stop was to visit a previous volunteer called Patrick who volunteered in China in 89/90 ( so 25 years ago!!). He told us loads about China an...

Hey guys, So we have made it to Beijing!! My day on Wednesday started early as the last bus from my hotel to the airport was at 10.30am. *Note: Being at the airport 6 hours before your flight is waaaayyyy too early. Eventually the other China vols started to arrive and we got checked in. All...except one. I shall not name this individual, but they did not make it onto the flight to Beijing. We learnt that their flight from Scotland had been delayed and so they ...