I have not been very good at updating this blog regularly. I am leaving Kanchanaburi to return to Bangkok before making my way to Penang in Malaysia. Kanchanaburi is famous for its bridge over the river Kwai, which killed over 100,000 people to build, from POW or forced labourers dragged from Japanese invaded countries. I travelled from Bangkok by taxi with Belinda, a 3h ride with heavy traffic. Belinda founded the Elephant Conservation Network (ECN) many years...

I left Jakarta to fly to Phuket on Friday 1st June with Air Asia. Nick was arriving the next day, but no flight was available for me on the Sat. I checked in a hotel near the airport, at the Nai Yang Beach Resort for the night. The beach is home to a few kiteboard schools, which seemed popular. Apart from that, it's pretty quiet, with a small strip of bars, restaurants and tailors. The resort is across the road from the beach, with nice spacious rooms and good s...

Day 0 Left LHR at noon with Malaysian airlines. We are 2 hrs from Kuala Lumpur somewhere over the ocean and just had my first breakfast of rice and sembal. Quite a turbulent flight, and of course my VOD does not work. Have therefore started to watch the Good Wife on ipad thanks to Val. I had a couple of meetings with ZSL before I left to get more understanding of the work and what I will do. It's really interesting and causes that I can relate to, so am excited...