Hello all! This is going to have to be a quickkie (first computer we've found to use- sitting in a hotel office - where we are not staying - and have managed to get them to use their computer for the internet!)\ Well, we left Wenchang on Firday last week - we were driven to Haikou by our friends and felloe teachers in the headmaster's car and from there we began our mammoth trip... A sleeper bus and ferry to Guangzhou... a 24hr sleeper train to Guiyang... anoth...

Last Saturday: T'was the night before Longlou, And all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, Not even a... cricket, cat-sized rat, stray dog barking, mosquito whining... So we headed to Longlou on Sunday - one more visit to Caca's family for our final farewell and the possibility of never seeing them again... It was another amazing day [despite another 5am start] which was spent by first visiting our neighbours' home ( the family who live upstairs ...

Hello my lovely people... Welcome back to the land of the Xing Xing Explorer!A couple of weeks have flown by since the last entry and here I am now well into my last 3 weeks in Wenchang, and on this island...School life is very hectic as there is a large English competition being held over 3 days coming up just before we leave (taking place in the evenings, of course school will continue during the day times...) which involves all of the juniors, and the whole of...

Heyall。。。 So just over four weeks left teaching :( - But I am very excited at the propect of travelling on!! And time is absolutely flying by - Sarah and I are literally jammed packed for the next 2weeks with things going on at evenings and weekends... It's bizarre to actually think how many friends we have made here - which of course will make it all the more difficult to leave...Over the past couple of weeks I have been on and off not feeling so good -...

Ok - I am doing well on the not leaving it so long this time since last entry!! I hear the weather is picking up in England? - Hope that's Summer's finally on it's merry way to you! - The Olympic Torch is on the island today and passes through Haikou! One of our friends was interviewed on the news - unfortunately we miss this event due to our teaching commitments in Wenchang! Hey ho... Facebook is now accessible so I will try catch up over the next week or so wit...