Been a busy few weeks so haven't had much of a chance to blog. Today is my last day with the Mirror Foundation volunteering. Spent my second week here staying in one of the local villages building the water system. Was good to be out there but the work was hard. Turned out we were carrying sand, rocks and some concrete cylinders to be made into a water tank up a pretty big hill. Spent my birthday digging a trench back down the hill to lay the pipe in! Birthday w...

Up in northern Thailand volunteering now. In the last few days I've taught in a special needs school, and some other schools. Had some quite rough experiences, turns out that kids need a lot to do to last an hour. One class ended with a few of us looking at each other mouthing the word "Ideas?" The cold bucket showers and the very thin mattress on concrete take some getting used to but starting to get there now. Next week is our homestay where we go up...