4 years ago when Beth and mark suggested being a kitchen rep at uni, I didn't expect to get much but a CV boost out of it, it turned out to be one of the many best parts of uni leading to so many great things. Apparently the skills are universal too, last night I cracked out the familiar feelings of making sure everyone it to where they wanted to be including buying a drink from 7-eleven so Nick didn't have to down his before we went to the most hippy/backpacker ...

Dad always said my room was a mess in England. If he saw this hotel room he would be eating his words. I guess it could be loosely described as 'unpacking from trekking and finding clean clothes to go out in'. Oh dear. Moving on, the trek proceeded to improve with only one minor ankle trip (apart from the beds - bamboo with a solid futon and pillow - very little sleep was had but I had a massage yesterday which made me feel better than my visage of Valium). We p...

Just had a shower in this here waterfall. I've been in colder but the power in the middle of this one felt like ripping my head off! We've been walking about 2 hours and have 1 more to do today, it's not tough trekking and I expected more but it's enjoyable and relaxing so that's what I'm taking it for. The jungle (or forest? We're not sure on the difference...) is gorgeous, we saw a huge but beautiful spider earlier. Everybody else here is pretty buff, and it w...

Most efficient haircut ever. The language barrier made today's trim so simple... "This one or this one?" (Lady looks in catalogue hen at my he's then back at my head and points at the American on the left) "Cool"(Sits in chair) Bzzzzzzzzzt bzzzzzt bzzzzt slice snip snip. (International 'how's that?' Shrug) "Cut here" (points) "And here" (points, repeats) "Brilliant!!!" "150 Baht" (£3) "Cheers, cya" And now I'm sat in Doo Dee's bar waiting on some Thai chicken c...

Yes, I made it and I'm not lost! Look at the map, it shows exactly where the United Kingdom is... Hmmm. This blog will probably become boring for a while if you have done Thailand, feel free to skip a few. Walking into a park in most cities is pretty standard I imagine. It is hard to find a spot where you can't actually see buildings and hear cars/tuktuks/other motorised vehicles but rarely do you have a double take because you saw some kind of croc in the fake ...