Having a real problem with jet lag - couldn't sleep last night then didn't want to wake up! We all throw ourselves into the team building this morning - playing games and singing songs until lunch time. This afternoon we had our first meeting with some Chinese children when we went to try out our new games and songs on a local summer school kindergarden. It must have been quite daunting for them to suddenly see 70 European people heading towards them and they all...

Saw blue sky for the first time today - however, it was accompanied by a lot of rain! Toast for breakfast which was very unexpected - didn't think we wouold get bread here. We all headed to town for the morning and wandered around the market and local shops before heading back for lunch - rice and vegetables (they split them out from the meat today). The other guys on the programme seem really nice although I am one of the oldest. There's only 4 people over 30 an...

Breakfast in the hotel this morning then sat by the pool for the morning. Repacked my rucksack discarding anything I possibly could (as I knew I was going to be carrying it for some time today) then checked out and headed over to the airport to meet the Teach and Travel China reps. There was one other student there when I arrived so they put us on a bus to Dongguan where another rep meet us and took us to our accomodation. Being an 'mature' student I got a room t...