Monday, September 26

Bumble in the Jungle

Sara's school has a second campus set in the beautiful Khao Yai National Park, and everybody headed up there this weekend for an open day. I make a star appearance for the Bangkok Staff football team, dazzling everyone with my silky skills. On the Sunday, we go for an all-day trek into the park, kitted out in natty leech socks, which don't protect everyone from the blood-suckers. It's a nice place; you'll have seen bits of it if you've seen The Beach. We stumble into elephants, gibbons, crocs and a nasty looking scorpion. I'm assured that if it's on the top of your arm, it's body mechanics mean that it can't sting you. I survive the experience.