well i think its been a very long time since i last blogged! i finished teaching around the end of january, and according to my original intinery, i should have left china and be in new zealand about now, but i have decided to stay for a bit longer in china cause its so much fun! i have rented out a 2 bedroom apartment with a friend called mel and its only costing 65quid each for a month. for the last two weeks i have been in wanling(my boyfriends hometown) with ...

hey! have started teaching properly now. i have lesson at 10:20am every morning. i get to the kindergarten at 9ish and help out at a lesson first, then its the kids morning exercises where you sing and stuff. i teach for 20 minutes so its not bad at all! the kids that i am teaching are 3-4 years old and theres 25 of them. theres going to be a christmas show on at the school on the 21st dec so will be teaching them christmas sing and i think im going to dress them...

hey! been very busy in last few weeks so have not updated...on friday 16th i went over to hong kong to see my family and go to my nan's 80th. was kool to see my parents, did alot of shopping and eating. :) came back to haikou tuesday 20th. these 2 weeks have just been going to teaching and mandarin lesson everyday. its the last week before we're going to start teaching so feeling quite nervous now as i don't feel ready at all. the last 3 weeks have gone so quick...

hey have started training to teach english and am learning mandarin everyday now... its quite an early start everyday though, gota get up at 8am. i've been shopping and just exploring hainan, communicating with the locals is definitely easier here than thailand as i can speak abit of mandarin. not really that much has happened, just settling into things at the moment. will update soon. hope all is well amy xxx

stayed a night in hong kong last night as our transfer flight from hong kong to hainan was delayed. got up at 6am today and made our way to the airport. everything went smoothly (for once) and was met by our co-ordinator at the airport. we were took to a flat like building and showed our accommodation and met other volunteers. i have a room to myself as there are only 3 girls :) martin (the co-ordinator) showed us around and now im at internet cafe. this cafe is...