Today's the Day

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Well today's the day.

We have just over seven hours until we depart and begin our amazing adventure.
I hope you all have your bags packed and I will see you at the airport at 11.00am (don't forget I have your passports, flight tickets and money)

For those of you who are interested in what we are doing on this trip, the students and I will be completing a daily diary of everything we have done.  We arrive in Beijing late Monday night so we should be starting to add to the blog from Tuesday, depending on internet access.

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  1. Unknown10 July 2016 at 11:05

    Have an amazing time, try everything once, make memories to last a lifetime and come back and inspire many with your stories! Can't wait to follow your adventure!

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