Operation: European Husband A new last name and a European passport. I gots GOALS I tell ya...

Sorry, I know this has been the blog that wasn’t. I’ve been without access to the internet since Friday so haven’t had a chance to update this – I will though, very soon there’ll be heart-racing stories, tantalizing descriptions, maybe even photos. For now though I’m nestled in the hills in the north of Thailand with a dial-up internet connection and my usual lack of patience with slow internet. I will tell you though that I’ve been blessed by a Buddhist monk, slapped around with scalding hot balls of thai herbs, photographed and stared at by locals (I’m bringing pasty back) and teased relentlessly by our driver who thinks my affliction for cheap fisherman pants and market stalls is possibly the greatest evidence yet of the weakness of the human condition. My god, there are fisherman pants, and I don’t care what any of you say. I’ll be bringing back enough to convert you all I’m sure. Stories soon – stories about peeing beside the Mekong river, stories about horse and carriage rides and tea plantations and a lot of rabbiting on about mountain ranges and street food stalls. Hope you’re all well. xx