So, I'm now at the Lucky Family Hostel in Beijing. The taxi ride from the airport was actually incredibly normal, especially when you consider Chinese driving (though I did get ripped off), but when he pulled off into a very small, very unpleasant back lane I started to panic. Surely my hostel couldn't be down here?!? Then you can imagine my dismay when after 10 minutes of driving down the lane he stopped outside a small entrance door. But what else was there for...

I had no idea where to start for this trip. I didn't know any details of the school at this point, so I took a safe bet and decided to fly into Beijing, via Moscow with Aeroflot. I travelled from London on a Monday which turned out to be a god send as the plane was virtually empty; I had 3 rows all to myself. I was living in a land of luxury and leg room, bliss. The flight was surprisingly short (only 3 hours) so it seemed like no time at all and I was disembark...

So, here goes; My path into the unknown that will lead me across continents. Let me introduce myself; My name is Millie, I am 17 and in 6th form in Wales, GB. I’m setting out from Britain to teach English in China for 6 weeks, but as of yet I have little idea where I am teaching. I know the school is near Yueyang (Hunan Province) but I do not know who I’m teaching, nor of what age groups. What I do know is that I am teaching with a guy named Josh who studie...