hey everyone! i've got some very chinese things to tell you all today. things that i love about being in china, but make me miss the normality of home! yesterday i walked down my street to meet jimmy to go and get a phone card. i saw: -a family playing cards in the back of a pick-up truck -a man holding a baby over a gutter so it could have a wee (they dont have nappies here) -a man having his feet picked by another man in a shop -a woman set...

heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy everyone! 2 posts in 2 days! i'm doin well eh?! just thought id say hi, n let u all know that teaching 60 kids red lorry yellow lorry is possibly the most fun you can have in china! (after kareoke of course!) They are so up for it (mainly when you let them know you are offering lollies as a reward!) The random 'i think you very beautiful' has started to slow down, but i still get more boys volunteering than girls. lessons are over now...

Rite guys, firstly, im sorry most of the pictures dont work, i dunno wat thats about, but im working on it. also, sorry i havent been in touch that much, but have had major phone problems (china mobile is practically our 2nd home!) So Simao.... we are definately settling in. Its beautiful here, the school is pretty, the kids are so cute ( the other day one stood up in class and said 'i dont like turtle' (we were doing i dont like...)), and everyone is friend...

Wow first journal entry!!!!!! China is amazing, but such hard work... seriously i'm suprised u cant smell the toilets from england! They are communal!!!!!!!! Beijing was great, maybe I'll tell you more when we're home. But, we gathered crowds (i'll put photos up soon!), and had our photos taken with so many random chinese! We were as much a tourist attraction as the forbidden city! Then after a really hard day of travelling we arrived in Simao (after ou...