Greetings from Thailand! At the moment I am in Koh Samui which is a lovely island south of Bangkok. I have found the nicest internet cafe yet, with leather seats, air conditioning and drinks served at your computer! Luxury! I arrived into Bangkok on Friday 6th. The airport is amazing and we were very excited by the sight of a Starbucks, among other western restaurants! We got a taxi to the backpacker area of Bangkok, Khao San road and found a hostel to stay in...

This is just a quick entry to say this is my last day in India. I leave for Bangkok tomorrow at 5.30am, I can’t believe how quickly the past 12 weeks have gone. I am currently in Mumbai which is a great city. It feels much more like the capital, as there are huge commerical centres, shopping malls and amazing bazars. We are staying in a hostel in Colaba which is a great location and there are lots of backpackers here. The weather is about 38 degrees so very...

What a week! I have been going non-stop, trying to finish off my teaching, saying farewell to all the boys and making the most of my last days in Dehradun. It has sadly come to an end, and yesterday marked my departure from northern India; a departure which came far too soon. It was very sad to leave behind all the boys and Isaac’s family, whom we have all become very close to. We have lived with them like a family and spent everyday together for the past ...

I have been so busy I have not had time to keep as up-to-date on the blog as I would have liked to. I’ll rewind to last week first: I had to spend the week wearing glasses which many of you know I hate! I managed to lose one of my contact lenses in my eye and when it came out it had snapped so I had to go to the opticians to check it wasn’t in my eye. Thankfully it wasn’t but I had scratched my eye looking for it so was banned from contacts for...

This week has been fascinating. I have got to know the boys (I call them boys but they are really young men) so well and I learn as much from them as they do from me. I have taken the lead in teaching them English grammar from some exercise books we found in the house. So far I, along with Amy and Craig have taught them the past and present tense and orders and requests. My immaculately prepared German lessons from school have stayed with me and I’m using a...