Yongzhou, China

... ; Well, what an experience that has been!  All Buckland teachers in Hunan Province were invited to a Christmas celebration in Yongzhou organized by the Buckland teachers who work there... all we could eat Brazilian buffet (local beer included) at the ...

I was picked up from Yangshuo by representatives from the school at which I am teaching, followed by a car trip of approximately 2.5 hours through small towns and countryside with the landscape becoming less and less wondrous as ...

... from Senior 2. The competition was held at Yongzhou #8 Middle School, and was for all the Buckland schools in the Yongzhou region.  All participating schools were represented by their foreign teachers, and ten of us were asked to be the judges.& ...

... was unable to get a bus to Jianghua as the road was closed and the busses weren't running.  She was able to get to Yongzhou, where she spent two days with other teacher friends of ours (thanks Carrie and Jesse!) waiting to get on a bus.  But on ...