Well the lady boy show was .... interesting haha :P it was done as a cabaret show and some of it was good especially lady boy Beyoncé (yes she/he exists!). They're all really pretty though, it's hard to believe they were once guys, but it definitely doesn't help with your self-esteem being stood next to them :P So today has just been a nice, chilled day, stayed in bed for a bit reading on my kindle (finished two books already and it's only day 3, I'm going to n...

The homesickness has definitely kicked up a notch now .... Every time I think about home life I get a lump in my throat and start feeling emotional, don't think the humid heat is helping either :/ so currently trying not to think about it too much right now and hopefully will feel much better soon (fingers crossed). Thailand is pretty interesting! There's so much to see and all the different smells as well - some are good, some not so good - it's crazy! Today we...

Survived my first day in Thailand! Only 364 days till I get to see my family again :) can you tell the homesickness has started to kick in? Haha nah I think it's just lack of sleep causing all these emotions :P It's so humid here! Even though it was cloudy today, it was still over 30 degrees. And tomorrow we have to wear long trousers and long sleeve tops to visit the temples .... I'm definitely going to die from the heat! :P So I met the rest of my group toda...

And so the adventure begins .... Currently 38951 ft in the air with only 4 hours to go now until I touch down in Singapore and it still hasn't hit me that I'm going to be travelling for a year! But so far so good, coped with going through security by myself (who knew a hairband could set off a metal detector?! Won't be making that mistake again!), found the right gate number, eventually found the right seat on the plane (for those of you who have not been on a pl...