Look out there's an elephant behind you! January 22nd 2007 I had such good intentions to keep up to date with my blog, but now the email has been down for the last few days. On Sunday night we watched the united-arsenal game in a bar. Wish I hadn't as they lost! This meant that I didn't get to bed until 1am and had to be up at 6.30 - not enough sleep for me! Before the game we went to the local night market. We were very proud of ourselves as for the fir ... read more
Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Pattaya A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more
After years of dreaming about it, and months of talking about it, I finally made the decision to travel. In 2006 I gave up my job and set off on an adventure to South East Asia.........and I'm still here! Last year I traveled to Sri Lanka, India and Thailand and had an amazing time, completely falling in love with the places, the people and the lifestyle - not to mention the weather. This year I returned intending to get a job, probably teaching in Bangkok I thought. When I returned I decided to revisit friends that I had made at my last port of call in 2006 where I had volunteered at an eleph... full info