The 6 a.m. Monk Procession At 6 a.m. the Novice Monks have a procession through the town where locals offer food to them, mainly being Sticky Rice and Chicken wrapped in leaves. It is quite a lovely sight to see these young men silently walking down the road and modestly taking the offerings of food. Don't make the mistake that I did, believing there were only a few monks: there is a whole procession that eventually make it to the offering. To this day one of the strangest things that i have done: believing I had missed the last offering and [View Full Entry]

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For the last four weeks I have been on the island of Ko Phi Phi, off the Thailand Andaman Coast, the island is building a memorial garden for the victims of the tsunami and the project needs to be finished in time for the one year anniversary. I went along with the intention to volunteer for a couple of days during my time on the island, which was orignially only meant to be a week but really enjoyed the work that the garden was doing and wanted to try and help in any small way I could. So I ended up [View Full Entry]

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Arrived safe and sound and met up with my friends Jo and Tess (who I am travelling with for the first three weeks of my 12 month adventure) at the immigration queue in Bangkok which was a rather surreal experience, made even more so by 20 hours of travelling!! We only stayed one night in Bangkok (just like the song!) and then flew to Ho Chi Minh on Wednesday, although most of the locals still refer to it as Saigon and will correct you if you call it HCM. It is an amazing place, however the first time you come into [View Full Entry]

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Less than 48 hours to go and instead of creating a 'YES, NO and MAYBE' Pile, I am creating myself a hangover! Lovely lovely family party before I go, I am very close to all my family as shown here, and I think that is going to be the hardest thing about the next twelve months...including my gorgeous dogs:Bess and Megan... [View Full Entry]

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