Hey all, Well today is my last day in paradise. I can't believe that it is all finally over! I've had a great time over the last few days in Koh Phangan topping up my tan and saying goodbye to lots of people and places. And now my journey is ending... sniff! Tonight I catch a plane from Samui to Bangkok and then a later one from Bangkok to Frankfurt where I change to fly to Edinburgh! How I hope that the weather is even slightly sunny when I arrive as at ...

Hey everyone, Well I am now back from Koh Tao after being there for 5 days doing an Open Water PADI dive course which has been really great. The island itself is beautiful and a lot smaller than Koh Phangan but strangely in the area where we were staying there were lots of western restaurants and not many thai! I guess they are simply catering for the western divers that fill this island. The weather has been absolutely glorious over the last few days - not...

Hey everyone, Well today was our last day of teaching - can't believe it's all over! Greg and I have had a really great two final weeks with the children. For this last week we have mainly had parties with all of the classes which has gone really well - they loved it when I brought in my IPOD and greg brought his speakers and we played musical chairs and all sorts with them. At first we weren't so sure if the younger classes understood we are leaving which w...

Hey everyone, I hope you all are well. What a hectic few weeks I've had! Non - stop I tell you. For the past week all us teachers have had a week off as on monday the children were all practicing hard for the inter-school sports day on the tuesday and wednesday. Then on thursday and friday there has been a 2-day buddhist bank holiday - woohoo! So we've all had a nice week off. Tuesday was spent at sports day with all the kids. Greg and I were dragged into be...

Hey guys, Thank you all again for your lovely messages, an update of my travels is to follow shortly. I know i promised I would have photos on here by now but the computers in the internet cafe i usually use are being rubbish so I will endeavour to find a new one and get them on here as quickly as possible! Michael, my younger brother, is out here now seeing me which is great - I think he's just about getting used to the heat and all of the strange thai cust...