So last time I updated my blog I was leaving for a flight to Guangzhou, which Matt and I arrived safely with none of the hassel that we had previously experienced in Sanya. First impressions of Guangzhou was that it was more western than most of the other cities that we had been in China. The place is also known as Canton and is where apparently most of our Chinese food from the West comes from. After a long lie in Matt and I decided to explore the city, we went...

Sanya . . . oh Matt and I had a lot to learn about traveling and it would appear that Sanya is the place for us to learn it. We were in a random town waiting the arrival of our train, we had a good few hours to wait, so as you may recall I was in an internet cafe, just passing the time. We then took a lesuirely strole, grabbed some lunch and then picked up our luggage that we had securely left at the train station. Now I read other peoples blogs, one of which is ...

I packed my trunk, and said goodbye to the circus!!! A few more fairwells have been said since my last blog, and Matt and I were on our way to Guilin. Sunday was complete waste of the day, we spent it traveling, and by the time we arrived in our destination we were to tired and headed straight to bed for a busy day next day. Scott arrived early on the Monday morning and we set off for Elephant Trunk hill. First impressions of Guilin was that it was much more tou...

Teaching is over!!!! I'm sitting in a near empty apartment, with most of my stuff packed around me, except of course my trusty laptop, that has been one of the most useful tools in my teaching experience, but also for keeping you all updated. This will soon enough be packed too, and i'll be on my way to Guilin with Matt and Scott. My teaching is over, as is my time in Changsha. Was it hard to say goodbye? not really, they are kids who although you have your fav...

Happy New Year!!! My new year was probably just like everyone elses, drank too much, kicked out of club, chased by security, buying more beer at 6.30 in the morning, getting locked out of flat, jumping out of three different decades and jumping into three different new years (bloody time zones) and having a merry time, from what I can remember. Did lose both my scarf and one of my panda hats (sympathy please) along the way. Hope everyone had a good time back hom...