Got up early and went to the Vietnamese Embassy to pick up my Visa and then back to the hostel to re-pack and downsize once again! Went for lunch at the Curry House where we ordered far too much and had to leave most of it, then back to the hostel to say goodbye and for me to get a taxi to Beijing West Train Station. The traffic was awful and then the queues to get in even worse. I finally made it through and the train was already waiting so I boarded straight...

For the first time since we arrived Hannah actually had to wake me up this morning! It was a good job she did as I think I would have slept the whole day! Dragged myself out of bed with the biggest hangover ever and packed the last of my stuff whilst Hannah went to school to pick up the remainder of the money which was owed to us. Because of the amount of stuff we had we decided on a taxi to the youth hostel in Beijing where we were both staying the night. St...

Had lunch at Woman Love one final time and then did some shopping in Huairou. Popped into the school to check for anymore post which had arrived for us since we have been off, and then to the internet cafe. From here I decided to get my hair cut one more time before I set off on my travels and went back to the same place as I had been before. I gestured to the bloke that I wanted only a little off at the sides and more at the back. He nodded and I sat nervous...

Had a massively productive day preparing for my travels. Got up early and caught the bus to Beijing. First stop was TTC so that Hannah could drop of some stuff whe will be storing there for the vacation. We also struck lucky as they said they would pay us our transport fees and reclaim it from the school - this means we don't have to worry about whether or not we will get it before Friday. Unfortuately the internet was down at the time and so they couldn't ch...

Got up and went into school to see Miss Cao and pick up our wages. We mentioned the completion bonus again but she said the school know nothing about it. Then we went to collect out money and it was there waiting for us!! Mr Mung was there so I asked about the transport fee (showing him the contract which is translated into Chinese). We ended up getting Miss Cao on the phone to help with the language barrier and he agreed that we would get the money. Went fo...