Two great years thanks to Buckland

In 2011 following my husband's retirement ,we felt the need to reach out for an exciting new experience and teaching in China came to our mind.

After many hours spent researching job possibilities we came across the Buckland group.Right from the start I was impressed by the clear answers to the many questions I sent them.Within a few days they were able to confirm a possible job and I was soon ready to make the application and start visa procedures.All of this was smooth and easy;

As for our arrival in Yangshuo,this two went very well with an interesting week of orientation.We were delighted with our school assignment:a senior middle school near Xi'an,very close to the Terracotta Warrior site.This was just what we wanted.As my husband was not teaching,it was important for us to be near places of interest.

Our year went well.As we are used to travelling we felt no culture shock and enjoyed China from the start.I loved my students even if at times the big classes were a real challenge;Our housing conditions were not ideal but being in such a great location compensated this.

At the end of the year we decided to go home as we had lots of things to do.We didn't really plan to come back , but after some months we started to miss our exciting life in China so we recontacted Buckland to see if another year would be possible.

So we are now since September 2013 in a very nice school in Hanzhong,Shaanxi province,teaching in a junior high school.Hanzhong is a pleasant town with much less polution than Xi'an. Our appartment is large and very comfortable.Its a very good school and my students,this time younger, are great and have a good level of English.So we feel set to enjoy one more great year here .

We can think of no negative things about the Buckland organisation.They have always gone out of their way to help us.Our salary and travel expenses were always paid exactly on time.

We would just like to mention that we have been a little diappointed by the contacts with the FAO of each school.Whenever we had problems of course they did their best to help us but otherwise we were never taken anywhere or shown around or even invited to activities in the school.This is due to their heavy work schedule.We got by as I speak Chinese and we are a couple.

So we take the opportunity to thank Buckland for these two wonderful years spent in this incredible country.