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Seeing as it seems people actually read this, I should make an effort to update more regularly.  I often think of things that I should write about and then get lazy.  I will try to change that!!

The weekend of the 1st of May was a long weekend in China.  Of course, they don't refer to it as a long weekend, but as a 'holiday'.  Seeing as it was a holiday, it meant that most of the country was on the move!  It was also the opening of the Shanghai World Expo!!!  Once we found out about the long weekend, Matt and I had dreams of getting out of town for the weekend and heading to Hangzhou.  In typical Chinese fashion, we were left totally ill informed until the last minute as to whether weekend classes would be canceled and exactly what time we would have free to do our own thing.  This meant that we were unable to book anything until a couple of days prior to the weekend and as it was such a busy peak period, this spelt trouble!  It is so frustrating, but it's China, and I wonder if any other company would be different? We managed to get a room at a decent hostel (at holiday prices!) and get bus tickets (not without hassles!).

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