Hello everyone! Sorry I haven't updated in absolutely agggeees. Every time I've wanted to write a big update the power has been down or the power has been on and the internet has been down! Deary me, island life eh?! And unfortunately this is only a quick message to let you all know that I am alive and well and still loving my time here in Thailand. A big thank you to everyone for your lovely messages and birthday e-mails - really appreciated it. Had a g...

Hey everyone, Sorry I haven't updated for a while, have just been settling into life and teaching here in Chaloklam which is in the North of Koh Phangan. It is going great and really nice to be settled somewhere. Our accomodation is pretty decent (although we had to upgrade cos the other rooms where so ridiculously tiny that you couldn't even swing a gecko) and they have a big double bed and nice bathroom and a great verandah where I have hung (well Greg di...

Hey all, Well I said I would keep you all up-to-date with my Full Moon Party antics so here we go....! After we finished training yesterday at about 12pm (after spending the morning playing games - to use with the children!) Greg, Dorette, Steph and I headed for a resort called Milky Bay which has a great swimming pool etc etc, have written about it before. We stayed all afternoon and then went back to the rooms for a sleep before going out to the BBQ and...

Hey All! Been here a week or so now and the training is in full swing. Getting up at 7.30 am has been a bit of a shock to the system and then doing some work... !?!?! Don't think my body quite knows what's going on! It's good though. We have had lessons in the morning about how to teach and lesson plans etc etc (there's actually more to learn than you would think!) and then in the afternoon we teach, with a partner, a lesson that we planned the day before, t...

Dude... Sweet!! Ahh yes I've missed you guys saying those words as well... arrrghhhh!!! Oh and let's not forget Nygaeeee (from the amusing tour guide in Wat Pho in Bangkok!) Anyway to everyone else who probably now thinks I'm going insane out here (!) I'm now in Koh Phangan! It's all very exciting and great to be here at last. All 14 of us teachers are here now and we started our first day of training today after a few days of relaxation. Yesterday we spent ...