David goes to China

I can't remember the last time I was ill.

Now, with impeccable timing, I've had a throat infection for the last few days - the very few days in which I was planning to really learn Mandarin. Now I'll have to do it on the plane - good job it's a long flight.

Now I think about about a similar thing happened when I intended to learn Spanish on the Santander ferry; despite mirror-flat seas (I'm not a good sailor) I was ill from an infection all the way across. Thankfully the Spanish medics spoke English...