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Jul 24, 2009

Beijing (14/06/09), China

Eight months, a huge amount of excitement, frustration and new experiences later, we are getting ready to leave our temporary home of Beijing. For the last few months we have been living in one of the dirtiest, most polluted yet interesting cities in the world. Our experiences teaching English here have certainly given us an insight to life…

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Florence Beckett
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Beijing (14/06/09), China

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Jul 24, 2009

Beijing (14/06/09), China

Eight months, a huge amount of excitement, frustration and new experiences later, we are getting ready to leave our temporary home of Beijing. For the last few months we have been living in on…

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Jul 15, 2009

Lijiang (24/06/09), China

The sense of excitment we had at leaving Beijing behind and exploring the unknown seems to have ebbed as we find iourselves in the heart of Yunnan surrounded by what seems to be half the popul…

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Jan 28, 2009

Beijing, China

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Oct 31, 2008

Ulan Bator, Mongolia

Mongolia

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Oct 25, 2008

Ulan Bator, Mongolia

MongoliaWe boarded the train in Irkutsk to be confronted with more foreigners than we'd seen in the last few weeks; we were obviously on the tourist carriage! When we reached the Russian borde…

cath As penguins are black and white iAs pandas are black and white As Zebras are black and white Why are'nt thir children chocolate coloured mum

Nov 27, 2008 on the message board

cant remember Are plablies related to pandas ? I only ask this because they look similar........

Nov 12, 2008 on the message board

grand chien Florrie, I know you're in your element out there in Россия, but I can imagine that unless Kit has regular access to many men (I hear that there are about 1/6th more women than there are men out there...) and frequent hot showers things could get ugly! I was under the misguided impression that you were going straight to China, when do you get there?Hope you're both well xx

Oct 2, 2008 on the message board

Ali Umm flopsy bunny and kit kat i have decided that u are not in russia at all as u do not appear in ANY of the photo's! Its just a cunning plan to avoid everyone while u elope together isnt it...? cant fool me, ha! xxxx

Sep 29, 2008 on the message board

Vics Hey Flo and Kit...loving this way of communicardos...keep the stories coming...thinking of you both Loads of love Vics xxx

Sep 26, 2008 on the message board

Laura MAsterman Hi Flozza Sounds like the adventure has got into full swing already. I am glad to hear you are there safely. Thanks for keeping us updated, i shall look forward to the next instalment. With love from me and charter xx

Sep 26, 2008 on the message board

blablie Hi bet you wont see many of me in Russia,............hey why did you leave me behind in this big cold old house ? Help your mummy is going to sell me ...! BLABLIE

Sep 23, 2008 on the message board

Ali Hello! I hope i am the first one to write a message! Hope you are having an AMAZING time! Lots of love xxx

Sep 22, 2008 on the message board

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Saint Petersburg, Russia 21-Sep-2008
Moscow, Russia 23-Sep-2008
Kazan, Russia 26-Sep-2008