Well its been a lovely week in Beijing. Lots to see and do as well as a stay in a hutong courtyard. Popped to the Temple of Heaven at 7am in the morning to see the locals in action on the exercise equipment, perform some dancing, throw some diablos, fly some kites and just generally be chinese. The wild part of the Great Wall was an amazing experience, trudging through the under growth and thistles as well as just roughing across the small amounts of wall that h...

So I have been back in Beijing for about 2 weeks now and have started my new job with some success I think. Head of PE involves alot of paperwork and chasing people around, I mean really any need. Haven't really done anything exciting as of yet just popped to the art district for a sunday stroll and thats it really. Time to start planning some more trips I feel as time is short and need to visit somewhere soon. Christmas in Palawan is a good call though, swim w...

So had a swift visit to Nanjing as thought it would be good to see some other big city other than the one that I live in. It is in fact very similar to that of beijing but with less pollution and the wall surrounds the city and doesn't run through the mountains. Plenty of temples, places and gardens to see in the city as well as the mighty river that be the Yangzhe that flows through this place on the way to the ocean. Popped out to the countryside today to visi...

So finally FOBISSEA has come to an end and what an eventful 3 days of sport that was for year 4-6. The kids have been totally amazing throughout the whole tournament and all the training and hard work paid off. Extremely proud of each and every one of them. Year 4's managed to win something everyday including 3 trophies for soccer and t-ball. On the first day each of them won a gold medal = 12 of those as there are 12 in a team in athletics but I would say that t...

So spent my last day in Lijiang out in the sticks once again on a bicycle. The cycle was going quite well until I noticed that possibly the road I wanted to use may be closed so thought I would follow some lorries as they appeared to know of another route. Big Big mistake 30km on a gradual incline later and I reach the top of a rather large hill/mountain and take a little look over the side and notice that my initial first choice road was in fact open and led to ...