HI all, Just a quick update today. I'm in hua hin today having a day off. This place is actually quite nice in the day time - except for the overweight german men in small trunks! Hope you are all well. Laura smithers XXX

Hi there, I hear it is still hot in the land of scotland. It's been really hot here today but we have had some rain now and again. One of the guys that just arrived the other day used to live in tillicoultry when he was a student in stirling in the 80's - its mad talking to someone who knows about the hillfoots never mind stirling!! Today I have been doing the feeding which was quite good. In the afternoons a thai lady called mama ooo helps us pre...

Hi guys, It's been a weird day today. Woke up and we had beautiful weather and then went for a nap at 1pm, had a nightmare about a storm and woke and we were having a crazy storm! the monkeys were going crazy! Today I have been doing the baby bears again. managed to get help from the thai workers to round them all up. The thai workers scream and ping stones at them with sling shots - scary biscuits. I also showed some dutch tourists round the...

Hi all, How are you all? It's my day off so I have finally got round to uploading some snazzy photies. I've already given you my bad photographer disclaimer so you know what to expect. Went for pizza last night which was yummy. Had cheese for the first time in 3 weeks. Then we went to a few bars and had drinks before saying goodbye to some of the volunteers. Everyone is leaving! I've not been up to much else, just working on the bear enclosu...

Hi guys, another day of wetness and mud - boohoo. I've only just realised I can get emails on this site so sorry that I haven't replied up until now. If you have any 'secrets' this is the place to share them with me!! We have been tidying and cleaning like crazy today as we have some V.I.P's coming tomorrow. I was working with oompoom the bear today and 3 other bears. I had to scream at the top of my lungs to get them to move so that we could clean ...