Thailand. What an adventure it's been so far, with it's exhilarating highs and super scary lows. I arrived in Bangkok airport on 6th June with six hours to kill waiting for Alex's flight to land. I made the most of the post office in the airport and shed a few kilos from my backpack, spent a small fortune in an internet cafe, and generally milled around until finally her flight landed. It was so exciting standing at arrivals eagerly anticipating the familiar blon...

I was surprised at how much I like Hanoi. I had thought it would be just another city, but it's actually really nice to walk around in - there's a big lake in the middle and lots going on. I arrived after 12 hours on a sleeper bus, which actually wasn't that bad this time, and booked myself straight onto a city tour. When the tour bus arrived I discovered that everyone on the bus was at least twice my age, which was a bit of a shame! But the tour itself was act...

I had such a good last week in Ho Chi Minh City and was sad to leave. I had to opportunity to join another AIESEC project, Hope For Children, and visit an orphanage in Saigon. It was small and housed only boys, 16 in total, aged from 8 to 17. It was my first trip to an orphanage and I was a little surprised as it wasn't amazingly clean and the guy looking after the boys didn't look much older than me really. But it was a roof over their heads and they all seemed ...

So it's been rather a long time since I've added anything to my blog. This is due to a combination of being super busy and my laptop deciding to die, thus leaving me without easy internet access and destroying the document I had where I was keeping an account of what I've been doing. I think it's been about 4 weeks since the last entry - I can't believe how quickly time has gone! In that time the first round of interns: Safir, Frankie and myself, had a great...

I realised today that I've stopped craving coffee, which is completely alien to me. I can't remember a time in my life before now that I've gone this long without it. It's too hot here, and iced coffee just isn't the same. Actually, now I'm writing about it I want it again, nevermind! The past week has been a little less eventful than the first, though I've still managed to see more of Saigon and we've progressed a lot with the project. On Wednesday I got up ear...