Boy.. I have to admit that plan A for this online travel journal was a frequently-updated, eloquent and insightful account of my time over here! Plan B (for now) will be a manic attempt to sum up the last 2 weeks before you lose interest!! I've been ice-cycling, doing Tai-Chi, and learning how to teach (along with a little mandarin) like a maniac. It's not uncommon to see people on this course staring out into open space; sleep deprevation is a curse.. (carr...

Thought it'd be appropriate to start the blog home in Pembury, giving an epic feel to the crossover between my current habitat and the next (Beijing!). Really looking forward to this adventure, an anticipation naturally mixed with apprehension. I am after famed for losing/spilling things... The more hairy the ride, the better in many respects! I embarked on the gap year partly as a result of bad 'luck' with University offers but also as a desire for somethin...