I thought I'd shock a few people (i.e. my mum) and not leave it 3 weeks until I updated this blog again. I left Sri Lanka on Saturday morning and have to say it was very hard leaving there, after 3 months the place had started to feel like my second home and I've made some good friends there, so will definitely be going back to visit. Saturday was wiped out with a whole lot of travelling with my day starting at 3am, I went through 2 time zones and got on 2 fligh...

I haven't become a resident yet, but after 3 months here, Sri Lanka has definitely started to feel like my second home. I will leave here on Saturday and head to Hong Kong but will be leaving Bentota tomorrow and heading back to Colombo to be near the airport for my early morning flight on Saturday. I am nursing a rather large hangover today after a small leaving party turned into a rather long night last night, but was a night I don't think I will forget in a ...

Well I've finished my three weeks at the Community Volunteer project, mucking out turtle tanks and getting drenched with a fire hose of sea water (one of those been there got a very mucky tshirt, wont be doing again experiences), taught my little 'cheeky boys' some English and helped some lovely local women weave baskets and bracelets from sedge. They interrogated me as to why at 24, I wasnt already married and I said in England its far too young to get married, ...

Okay, I'm really sorry but I've been rather busy keeping 32 young girls entertained that I've forgotten to update my blog for the last 3 weeks. It's been an eventful three weeks, keeping 32 girls busy from the early hours of the morning until late into the evening has taken a lot of effort but I have to say I've enjoyed every second. I arrived at Sparkes Home three weeks ago to be greeted by 32 girls who all seemed to want attention, hugs and to know my name and...

My first week in Sri Lanka has been interesting, I definitely had a bit of a culture shock when I arrived and my first impressions were 'What the hell have I come to?'. The drive from Colombo Airport to the house I was staying in near the Elephant orphanage, really opened my eyes. The way people live here is quite unbelievable. I admire them though, they have very little but all look very happy. I've had an interesting week, some of the highlights were bottle fe...