Hello everyone!Well, I've made it to Singapore, and therefore the end of my SE Asian adventure :-(I fly out to South Africa tomorrow morning where I'll be spending a month at a conservation and horseback safari centre on the edge of Kruger national park.As well as going out on rides to try and spot some wildlife, I'll be helping out with their various projects and learning all about the bush!The centre doesn't have any internet access (it doesn't even have main...

Hello! I've had a very exciting past few days - I am now a licensed open water diver! Over the past 3 days I've completed the PADI open water diving course which allows me to dive anywhere in the world :-D. We did 4 confined water dives (diving in shallow water near the beach) and 4 open water dives. Not only is it an awesome feeling being able to breathe underwater, we saw some beautiful fish (including clown anemone fish - otherwise known as Nemo fish...), sea ...

Hello everyone! There seems to have been a problem with the blog - I've emailed them to try and sort it but no-one seems quite sure what's causing the delay. So, I made it back from the rainforest! We had a great time, although it took ages to get there (and back) - 2 1/2hrs by coach and then 3hrs by boat...but it was worth it. We started the first night with a jungle walk, and saw several beautiful spiders, a tree snake, several varieties of stick insects ...

Hello again! Well I've now made it to Malaysia and, despite all the worries about it being the rainy season here, the weather hasn't been too bad! It seems to absolutely pour down for 15mins or so, then be fine the rest of the time. Although, I am of into the rainforest this morning, so it could get considerably wetter... After my last entry I spent a few more days at that homestay, and managed to cause quite a stir in the village! I decided that I'd go for ...

Happy New Year! Goodness, I haven't written a blog entry since last year.... I realised in my last entry I forgot to mention my train journey up from Bangkok to Chiang Mai - for me it sums up the friendliness of the Thai people! Firstly, the conductor made several attempts to start a conversation - despite the fact he spoke very little English. After covering the basics (family, home country etc) he explained that he wanted to improve his English but had no E...