Day 6 (Part 4): Chinese Lesson

We take part in a Chinese lesson being given to international students at the school who are new to the country...and it's difficult!!

Day 6 (Part 3): Lunch with Chinese Students

Our team meet their hosts and then tell us of their unique experiences when they return from lunch at the Chinese students' homes...

Day 6 (Part 2): Tour of Lu He School

A number of different lessons are observed - including ICT, Art and Music - before our team take part in volleyball practice...

Day 6 (Part 1): Arrive at Lu He School

We spend the day at one of Beijing's top schools and, first off, witness 5000 students all dressed in different coloured tracksuits doing their daily morning exercise routine...

Day 5: Beijing 101 School Concert

A superb orchestral performance of western classical music, delivered to the attendees of the iNet conference, including Elizabeth Reid - Chief Executive of the SSAT - seen talking to our team at the end...

Day 4 (Part 2): Tian'anmen Square

The biggest public square in the world...

Day 4 (Part 1): The Forbidden City

The private palace of the Chinese Emperor for five centuries but now open to the people...we really start feeling the jet lag, and Jourdan is shocked to discover some of the grizzly details of a later, more recent leader - the notoriously brutal Chairman Mao who took the country into Communism...

Day 3 (Part 2): Another Night Out

Amongst the highlights...a trip to the official store selling merchandise for the 2008 Beijing Olympics (just over three hundred days to go!)...

Day 3 (Part 1): The Great Wall

A leisurely morning spent at the Great Wall at Mutianyu (90km north of Beijing) along a section first constructed in 1368!! Ms Williams makes a special guest appearance - speaking Chinese - and Nav teaches us how to use chopsticks...

Day 2: Arrive In Beijing

Twenty four hours after first setting out we reach our five star hotel...at the China World Trade Center, before exploring some night-time sights in the city...

Day 1: The Road To China

Here's the first video...from Greenford to Heathrow to Dubai and onwards to Beijing...

We've Arrived Safely

More to follow...watch this space!

Under 18 hours to go

Hey this is Alex from the team going to china. I'm really exciting about and can't wait to get there. And it is going to be great.
Bye for now

One Day To Go...

Under a week to go!

Yes indeed...