Three weeks in and I've more than settled into the way of life here. The days are just slipping through my fingers, and in 6 days I'm to leave to embark on my travels! It feels such a shame to be leaving after one short month, as I am only just now feeling that the kids here are letting their barriers down (understandably) and I'm getting into the swing of teaching them. On Tuesday I taught an art class, a challenge in itself for me - art isn't a strong point!, b...

I'm completely and utterly in love with Thailand. All it took was one week and one night market and I feel my heart may just be lost forever. On Saturday night (after a rather slow day at the office - we are looking after teenagers, who mostly like to be left to their own devices!) myself and three other volunteers ventured out onto the streets of Chiang Rai in a bid for freedom and in search of some good Thai food (finally!). I know many of you reading this (if...

Whether or not a 7 week adventure warrants a blog I guess is debatable, and I apologise if this is slightly self indulgent. I always love nosing around other people's travel endeavours and so for the curious out there, here are some (hopefully interesting) snippets of mine. It wasn't really until I was sitting in the departures lounge at Heathrow, last minute sunscreen and DEET bought, that it hit me I was actually going solo across South East Asia for the nex...