Well it's another massively hot and sticky morning here in Jinan! It's not even 10am and people are sweating all over the place. Mark (my South African flatmate) and I are down in the school a bit earlier than normal to try and sort out the problems i've been having with getting internet for my laptop. My normal laptop broke just before coming out here so we bought a cheap old one for me to bring, but now that's come back to bite me in the behind - as it's so ol...

Hello there! Welcome to my travel diary :) Sorry it's taking me so long to set up, but it takes quite a few days to settle down after a monster travel over thousands of miles! I've made it to Jinan, and have settled myself in ok. Visited the shcool that I'll be teaching at, and met some of the kids who are great! Living with a South African guy called Mark who's been here for 10 months, and he's one of the teachrs here at OE (Optimum English - the name of the s...