I sit writing this in one of the many offices in the first teaching building waiting to teach my next class. We have been in Jiujiang for almost 3 weeks now, though it feels like 3 months. It's been a rollercoaster of a time however the train journey here felt more like one of those disappointing fair ground rides that make you wonder if you'll die on it. To get from Beijing to our projects, all of the volunteers had to take the train. Our train was shorter than...

After our days of being tourists were over, we travelled to a lovely hotel in a different part of Beijing in preparation for our 2 weeks teaching at a English Summer Camp. The hotel had actual beds and everything you could possibly need; toothbrushes, bottles of water, gas masks and torches in case of a fire - you know, the essentials. Getting into our room proved quite a challenge. After Emily (The volunteer I was sharing a room with) and I struggled up to our ...

The first few days have certainly been...interesting. I have been putting off writing this blog for ages as it seemed like an impossible task, how do I summarise some of the most amazing days of my life into a easy-read blog? Well, I'll finally attempt to give it a try. The journey started off with 6 of us being upgraded to Emarites business class from Dubai to Beijing and I was fortune enough to be one of them! As the 6 of us who had been upgraded jumped up and...

"And I took the road less travelled by" - Robert Frost. This line ended our 4 days of intense lessons, planning and forming friendships that Project Trust like to call 'Training'. This message hit home hard for me, I had finally finished training and only a year after I was originally supposed to. This time last year I was at my lowest point of this journey, I was watching all those I went on selection with finishing their training and starting their adventures ...