Well ive been back inengland almost 3 weeks now - its gone so quickly but im not totally settled just yet. i never thought about having to come home and the reality of waking up back home with no more places to go and no plane tickets in my hand, came as a massive reality shock and a hard thud down to earth!! i am so undecided about where to go and what to do now but i have plenty of choices. for that i know i am lucky - i just need to make the solid decision abo...

well it has happened...i am back in bognor regis!! never saw myself actually being back home and now that i am it is so surreal!! not quite sure how to be dealing with this and i guess the first day is always going to be the weirdest!! had a fab last few days in south africa. went out for lunch in sandton city again and the last day we went to bass lake - an old mining quarry that flooded out and has now become a popular diving place. braaied with friends and swa...

Hello from sunny south africa!! having an amazing time as always in this part of the world!! been catching up with the worlds best extended family...watched plenty of storms by night - they have the most amazing electric storms out here! - and had plenty of sundowners...watching the sun go down whilst drinking a savanna (cider) mmm!! i have seen mum and dad since i last wrote on here...crazy stuff!! didnt even recognise mum as she came through the airport gates!!...

Hello from my favourite place of all...south africa!!! this place feels like mhome to me and it always has done, ever since the first time i visited 6 years ago! i left the hustle and noisy bangkok exactly a week ago and have been non stop since!! ive finally got on here to update my journal and can now stop confusing everyone with where in the world i am!! had mad flights last week...took over and hour to get through the crazy traffic of bangkok but finally made...

well hey!!! i didnt expect to be writing another journal entry on here from bangkok but ive got a couple of hours to kill and also today is pretty influential...me and maz go on our separate trips from today!! she heads into cambodia and i fly to south africa. cannot believe we are this stage already - it really has flown by and it feels very surreal to be at this bit!! for a start i cant believe its half way through december...im looking out the windown right no...