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...

Happy Christmas! The BBC tells me that it's raining in England - so no white Christmas. Needless to say it's roasting hot here (despite all the Thai people here claiming it's cold.) I've got a spare 1/2hr or so before our Christmas party so I thought I'd update you all on what I've been up to. I didn't stay in Bangkok too long, the elections were looming and as it was the first one since the coup I was advised to leave the capital "just in case". At...

Hello everyone! Just a quick message to say that I've arrived safely in Bangkok - despite the plane being delayed for 6hrs from Auckland.... When I came on to re-do the Auckland entry it seemed to have miraculously appeared! Must have got lost in the system somewhere. Hopefully there'll be no more problems! Lots of love xxx