Hello everyone  This is just a quick, and probably unexpected, message regarding something that happened to us last night. Firstly, we want you to know that we are safe and please don't worry more than necessary: the whole incident is over and we just want to draw a line under it. We were debating whether it would be a good idea to do this blog entry or whether we should keep it to ourselves. However, I personally want to avoid having to go over the events ...

Hi, I'm finally writing my (Chris'!) first entry from China! China is so much different than India, in some ways easier & in others much harder. Generally it is much cleaner than India (the lack of cows in the street are probably responsible for that!), but the pollution in the sky is terrible. Both in Shanghai & where we are now-Nanjing, there is a kind of hazey mist which hangs over the city constantly. The language we are struggling with loads, especi...