Hi all! Well I've made it safely to Tibet and as I said on the last blog the train journey was AMAZING. My first night in Lhasa was spent wandering (SLOWLY!) around the old town and searching for food. Because of the proximity to Nepal and India, Lhasa has lots of cuisine to choose from and I was very excited to see some paneer (Which actually turned out to be bad cheese but never mind!) Lhasa itself is very beautiful but I found the military presence a littl...

Hi all! Having a bit of a nightmare on this computer today so will make this short and sweet! Chengdu=AWESOME. Firstly, it was SOOO good to on the road again after working for a few months, was starting to go a little stir crazy in Hicksville, however I found it REALLY funny that I was taken out for my "Welcome Dinner" with the Principal and various other school bigwigs on the night I was leaving...anyway... 36 hours on a train and I arrive in Chengdu...

Hi all, Before I tell you all about Beijing the most important, exciting part of my year must be blogged first.....I FOUND CHEESE!!!! In a foreign food store in Beijing, there it was, LOADS of it! So I'm fully stocked up and VERY happy! Anyway, on with the news.... We found out (With a day's notice...) that we had a whole week off work so with great excitment headed to Beijing for bars, western food, people who didn't stare and the hopes of getting a visa for I...

Hi All, It's been a while since my last blog so I though I'd better catch up on my homework! Things have changed quite a bit, after my little PR exercise in Heng Yang I went back to Yangshuo and got stuck in to the volunteering which was great fun. Spent a few great days cycling through the countryside,along the Li River and chilling out in the multitude of bars and restaurants in Yangshuo! After a couple of weeks I got offered a paid job teaching Secondary scho...

Hi All, As I said in the last blog I spent a bizarre few days in Heng Yang in the Hunan province as part of a PR exercise for Owen College (Where we get our bed and board)! Mr Owen asked me to go to meet another college dude, Daniel (Mr Xian) and work with him in a local primary school where he teaches English a couple of times a week. According to Laurie I'd be treated like a queen (Nice) and wouldn't be left alone for a second (Not so nice!). Anyway, the offic...