Homesick Check In: Six Months

Homesick Check In: Six Months

I was sat on a pallet drinking a beer in a hostel in Chengdu, China, when the news came through last week. I’d been waiting days, weeks for it and now it was finally here it was completely overwhelming. An explosion of emotions erupted inside me. My sister had...
Baby, it’s HOT outside!

Baby, it’s HOT outside!

I’m not sure exactly what I expected Christmas to be like being away from home in a hot country but it has been everything that I hoped it would be. The commercial aspects of Christmas over here are much lower key and the Christmas card sending sensation doesn’t exist...