Hello

Well, I got here on Friday at about 19:00. The plane was a bit late and there were huge queues at passport control. Thankfully I wasn't standing next to the couple I had to sit next to on the plane, who were the two grumpiest people I've ever met! They complained about every aspect of the flight from the length of time the air host was taking to serve the food to the length of time it took for the plane to taxi to the runway! God help whoever is looking after those 2 while they are on holiday! Anyway, it was a case of eye-mask on and ear-plugs in - I could still bloody hear them but I did manage to get a bit of sleep.

I felt a little bit tired when I got in but no more than any other time I've travelled - to be honest I haven't suffered from jet lag at all: That cycle logical crap must have paid off!

It's amazing how much stuff has happened since I've got here - I could tell you everything now but I guess people wouldn't read it all so I'll ration it out over the next few posts. Suffice it to say - things have gone really well so far - the accommodation is good and the people are cool. It's a little bit hotter than the UK(!), the coolest it's been in my room is 28.5 degrees at about 3:30 in the morning - yes I was awake surprisingly! I don't know what temperature it is outside (it's a lot higher)...apparently there are 3 seasons in Thailand: hot, hotter and hottest - this is just hot at the moment - so I've got the others to look forward to...

Just to let anyone know who's interested...you can still contact me by SMSing my UK mobile number which will just cost you your usual UK text message amount. I can then reply to you using Thai mobile so that will cost me less.

I'll hopefully post again in the week to tell you about other stuff that's happened and to tell you how things go at work (and I'll see if I can get some pictures on too).