…. I’M IN A GLASS CAGE OF EMOTION!!! That’s it, all done at travelers, one more night then off to Thailand. Don’t think I’ve ever been this nervous about anything, actually feel quite sick … but I doubt you wanted to know that. Just said goodbye to Samie, she’s off home and now I’m on my tod … well possibly, Sophie might be at the house tonight, but still I’m absolutely gutted that it’s all over...

Hello once again ladies & gents, boys and girls. As I sit writing this, watching rangers score a last minute winner over Cardiff (had to get that in! It was on TV too so everyone could see it, HA!) … I am once again back in Ja Ela, having arrived back in Sri Lanka yesterday and spending last night in Colombo. Right so India is all done and dusted, after throwing my toys out of the pram in the first week, I eventually made it through five weeks ther...

Six weeks are up, off to India on Sunday.   Pretty much ready to leave, think 6 weeks was about right.  Dunno if I’ll stick out 6 weeks in India though, might try to get to Thailand a week or so earlier than originally planned.  Suppose that’s a bit naïve, India could be awesome.  So carrying on from last Thursday, football was indeed called off in the evening, just for a change.  Went into Columbo for a bit, few dri...

Hi, Five weeks today I?ve been away now. Strange how this time it seems to have gone so much quicker than last year in SA. So carrying on from last Thursday, in the evening I went to coach at the men?s club. I didn?t exactly do a lot of coaching, more watching of the other coach who had already set out a session. I did however get to meet the former sri lankan national coach which was cool. His English was very good and he was quite knowledgeable of the English g...

As I write this I am in a great deal of pain having been gang raped ? bitten, by a monstrous group of mozzies! My back currently looks like an unfinished dot to dot. I?ve told the local police but they said they can do very little as the gang have very few distinguishable features and left no evidence ? b******s!Right, so carrying on from last week ? Thursday. Last Thursday I had the school football tourno to attend with Ekala. This was an awesome day. To start w...