Robbie Hey everybody!! This journal was set up to keep everyone up to date with my travels through China and Vietnam. I will be volunteering in China up in the north west part of the country in a city called Urumqi for 13 weeks, helping out (hopefully) with teaching english. I will then have some time in Beijing to explore the sights. I then move on to Vietnam to meet up with my mum for a few days in Ho Chi Minh then fly up to Hanoi to volunteer with a local volunteer agency SJ Vietnam for 10 weeks. Then I fly home just in time for my 21st birthday. This journal will keep you up to date with all my volunteering adventures!!

China

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The Great Wall experience!!

Sunday, 29 Jul 2007 | Views [3856]

Hey everybody. Sorry about my last post, I should have put a language warning with the page. I was caught up in the moment, being very angry with what had happened in Shanghai and some less than desirable words slipped out on to the page, so my apologies.... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Getting Shanghai'd in Shanghai!!

Saturday, 21 Jul 2007 | Views [1395] | Comments [2]

Hey everyone, hope you are all well. So Shanghai, what can I say... First let me say, I do NOT like Shanghai. I had heard mixed stories about it, people both liking it and people disliking it. I had heard about being ripped off and to watch out for ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

Xi'an and the Warriors!

Friday, 13 Jul 2007 | Views [1231] | Comments [2]

Hey everyone back home, hope you are all well. Only 3 weeks till Vietnam. Hey Meg sorry I let slip couldn't help it, I'm still laughing about it!! So from Chengdu it was a short but bumpy ride. Xi'an is another big Chinese city, but very ordered ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Chengdu and the pandas!!

Monday, 9 Jul 2007 | Views [2445] | Comments [3]

Hi everyone!! Hope you are all well, not long to Vietnam now. So I have packed my bags and left Urumqi. I am now in Chengdu, having lots of fun and making new friends. Yes thats right I am talking about Chengdus famous pandas. Now if I bought one ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Farewell to Urumqi.

Sunday, 24 Jun 2007 | Views [4736] | Comments [1]

Hi everyone back home hope you are all well and its not getting to chilly. So I now only have one week left in Urumqi and I finished teaching at the primary school last Friday. It was a great last week and it was sad to walk out of the gate on Friday.... Read more >

Tags: People

Turpan excursion!!

Thursday, 7 Jun 2007 | Views [1700] | Comments [3]

Hi everybody back home!! Hope everyone is well and for those lucky ones coming to Vietnam only 7 weeks to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been having fun teaching, lots of games and excitment, pissing more teachers of with my loud classes (only ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Back in Urumqi.

Tuesday, 22 May 2007 | Views [1047] | Comments [1]

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't updated in a while. I hope you are all well. Not a lot has happened, I go to work and come home like everyone else. I love it at the primary school both the teachers and the students are so much fun, I really enjoy going ... Read more >

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health

The Kashgar experience..

Tuesday, 8 May 2007 | Views [5045] | Comments [7]

Hello everyone. Thankyou for all the comforting words and all the news from home. I am missing everyone, but I'm also having the best time, with some amazing experiences. Wow, so its been a while since I last updated, sorry.. A lot has happened in ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

As time flys by!!!!

Sunday, 22 Apr 2007 | Views [1166] | Comments [3]

Hi everyone!!! Wow, time is really moving quickly. I have now been away for 1 month and I have been teaching for 3 weeks. So I am now getting an idea of where everything is and it is now easy to catch the bus (well the ones i know). School is going ... Read more >

Tags: People

Life in Urumqi....

Saturday, 14 Apr 2007 | Views [1028] | Comments [2]

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a nice easter and ate lots of chocolate!!! So life in Urumqi is very busy. Now that my phone is working in my apartment I have recieved some very strange phone calls. Everyone wants to practice their English and so ... Read more >

Tags: People

Teaching english in Urumqi!!

Wednesday, 4 Apr 2007 | Views [5561] | Comments [9]

Hi everybody :-) First I have been told that my grammer is terrible, so let me apologise now for all future articles. Lucky I am teaching young kids so its mainly spoken english and they don't have to pick up my bad mistakes. So the flight from ... Read more >

Tags: Work

Getting lost in Beijing!!

Sunday, 1 Apr 2007 | Views [1144] | Comments [2]

2 nights in Beijing. The flight from Ho Chi Minh city to Beijing was uneventful. We had a quick stop and equipment change in Hanoi before rebourding the plane to Beijing. By now I am getting used to being the minority, you see other westerners, but ... Read more >

Tags: Lost!