3 nights in Bangkok became 7 very quickly. I met David on the first day and the rest of it can be summarised very briefly by alcohol, early morning trips back to the hostel and more alcohol. Of my 7 nights 3 were spent on Khao San when the earliest we got home was 4.30, the latest 7.30 - or for David 12.30 in the afternoon. Dingy clubs, street parties, 6am Macdonalds, a long bus journey home and a magnitude of new Facebook friends I can't quite recall. Khao San...

Thursday saw my last day at the school. I can't say I'm overly sad at the thought of not having to wake up at 7am again to teach classrooms 40 strong of loud, excitable children. But it was a great experience, the kids actually turned out to be very sweet, and they were all very sad that I was leaving so soon. My favourite were 4F who for some reason in the last two days only had about 10 kids, which was beautiful. Then 5A whom on my last day were given a study l...

Sri Lanka is hot. Consistently at 30 degrees and feeling 40. It's unbearable and makes doing anything completely unappealing. Let alone running around after children for a few hours everyday. I've been in Sri Lanka just over a week now and I love it. I'm out here with Plan My Gap Year, volunteering in a government school in the mornings and then an orphanage in the afternoon. The kids are tiring and loud but sweet and so cute when they want to be. The kids that...

5.30 am. One of the great things about leaving work to do this trip was that I would no longer be setting alarms at 5.30. Yet there I was today, 5.30 stumbling around in the dark trying to get ready without waking up the rest of my dorm. Having changed my plans from an overnight trip to Agra to just a day. Myself, and Aussie dorm mates Alex and Will headed out at 5.45 to catch a Tuk Tuk to our bus stop. One slight problem, there were no Tuk Tuks, for once the ro...

3 days after leaving the country and I'm sick. Blocked nose, cough, sore throat. The lot. I got into the hostel yesterday early afternoon and after a quick, unsuccessful nap, I ran into a group of guys also from the uk, both of us on our way out to have a look around. Joining up with them, we went for lunch and then grabbed a Tuk Tuk to Qutab Minar, a cool tower thing that was built ages ago. From there we went by Tuk Tuk to Hauz Khas village had a wonder up ...