Things to love about Chiang Mai: Black Cannon Coffee House Porn Ping Tower (just the name, its quite a dive!!) Wawee Coffee House Cool Markets Rendevous at the Art Cafe Jewelery Shops Food. Pad Thai, Kao Soi, mango and sticky rice!!

Hello All! Well I made it through the CELTA course! I can now make a bold claim to be able to teach, hmm! There were a couple of wobbly moments and I took up smoking for a few days to beat the stress, but those days over, time for alcohol!!   Bizarrely enough my sister gave up smoking on exactly the same day I succumed to it and burnt my eyelashes trying to get my first nicotine fix!!   Luckily it was only witnessed by the catfish, but I'm sure I saw...

Hello all! I've made it to Thailand! We had one day in Bangkok where we managed to squeeze in the Grand Palace, leaning Budda and some kareoke!! The holiday vibe is over now we're in Chaing Mai and have started the teaching course!  Today i taught my first class of 18 Thai adults, it was pretty nerve-racking but great fun. I was teaching family names and used the Royal Family and The Beckhams as examples!!  Luckily they knew who they were. The training c...