Firstly I wish to apologise for my lack of activity on the blog front...you know you haven't been on here for a while when you have to flick through all your emails to find your username and password! I could give you a list of lame excuses as to why I haven't been updating you all on my new and exciting life out here in Beijing but it will surely only bore you. Right what have I been up to? Work, work, work.... it seems to massively comsume my life! That is w...

Monday 27th August - Arrival in Beijing! We made it, extremely tired but we made it. There were no problems at all with border control, and my passport was christened with its first stamp wooohooo! It all went pretty smoothly, two taxis were there to pick us up although they obviously weren't expecting the large bags that we had brought with us, so we waiting a while for them to sort out the logistics. I then experienced for the first time Chinese driving - Im ...

Sorry it has taken a while to get this blog up to date - the 'great chinese firewall' seems to have a problem with blogs! I have been in China 5 days now and there is much to update you on, so I guess it is best to start at the beginning... Sunday 27th August - Departure day (...arghhhh SCARY!). I met up with the crew; Emily, Ally, Freddy, Victoria and Gideon, at Gatwick airport in the evening and after a few nervous moments whilst the weight of my enormous bag ...