As always just when I think I have experienced everything and wonder what else could possibly happen, new situations arise and I find myself back in territory unknown and wondering what will come next. Having said that, 2013 has definitely brought with it a feeling of Sri Lanka definitely being what I term as home (for the time being). Teaching seems a lot more familiar and far less of a struggle than when we first arrived back in September. I...

Strong healthy and reinvigorated, Haley and I have had a surge of energy since the disturbingly potent antibiotics for which Haley and I suffered just about every side effect there was. Nevertheless, we pushed on through to the end and are now completely better. I had forgotten how it felt to not feel sick after a meal and suddenly energy which had been in such short supply was coming out my ears. The hospital trip was a new experience in itsel...

I have now been in Sri Lanka for two months and it seems safe to say I have settled in. I never thought it would take so long, you feel a lot more settled once you can understand how to successfully get on and off a bus at the right stop, but it is only this month really that I have started to feel like I'm at home and not making do in a youth hostel for a year. I have stopped noticing the heat as much and even felt chilly one morning as I reluctantly stepped i...

Many things have happened in the past two weeks to change both my views of Sri Lanka and the way in which I approach teaching and what this year is essentially going to be about. I have fully realised the extent to which I will be exhausted this year and also to just how fast it is going to go. Today is a Thursday and my whole body feels like it is about to mush into jelly. I do also however feel that I have broken some sort of barrier when it comes to teaching...

Time has absolutely flown since I last wrote. I cannot believe I have been living in Sri Lanka for a month now and just how many experiences I have had, both good and bad. Haley and I did wonder whether we were about to crack under the strain of constant cooking and cleaning when our oil disappeared and we of course jumped to the conclusion that we had been robbed. After finding it in the cleaning cupboard however we realised that it made no logical sense for ...