So it's confirmed, my next destination is going to be Thailand! 
I have accepted a job teaching English at a high school. I had to jump through a few hoops to get all the documents, certification etc that I needed for the work permit but have finally managed to get my shit sorted! I will be flying out on 7th May. The school is in a rural town about 5 hours from Bangkok and I'll be living in the same building as the 3 other English teachers so it should be nice and sociable outside of teaching hours too. I'm really excited, I have always wanted to go to Thailand and this will be a great chance for me to experience an authentic Thai lifestyle well away from the main tourist trail. I'm also exceptionally nervous about it as it's my first actual teaching job - the stuff I did in Poland was more of a conversation assistant / mentorship role but this will be proper full-on school teaching and I'll have a lot of new stuff to learn, especially in the first few weeks. But I have always been one for pushing comfort zones so I'll give it my best shot! Also, it's a one-semester contract so fits in perfectly with my plan to go back to New Zealand in October
In other news, Annie went off to a new loan home this week. The lady is a dedicated happy hacker with loads of off-road riding on her doorstep and also boxes to different places at least once a week, her pony is getting on a bit and not really up for the longer rides so someone else will be stepping up to the mark and I think Annie is the perfect candidate. She will love it! When I visited and rode her in February she seemed so happy to be out and about again after so long just bumming around in a field. I've spent ages looking through the lady's hacking photos and she goes to some seriously nice places!
I have accepted a job teaching English at a high school. I had to jump through a few hoops to get all the documents, certification etc that I needed for the work permit but have finally managed to get my shit sorted! I will be flying out on 7th May. The school is in a rural town about 5 hours from Bangkok and I'll be living in the same building as the 3 other English teachers so it should be nice and sociable outside of teaching hours too. I'm really excited, I have always wanted to go to Thailand and this will be a great chance for me to experience an authentic Thai lifestyle well away from the main tourist trail. I'm also exceptionally nervous about it as it's my first actual teaching job - the stuff I did in Poland was more of a conversation assistant / mentorship role but this will be proper full-on school teaching and I'll have a lot of new stuff to learn, especially in the first few weeks. But I have always been one for pushing comfort zones so I'll give it my best shot! Also, it's a one-semester contract so fits in perfectly with my plan to go back to New Zealand in October In other news, Annie went off to a new loan home this week. The lady is a dedicated happy hacker with loads of off-road riding on her doorstep and also boxes to different places at least once a week, her pony is getting on a bit and not really up for the longer rides so someone else will be stepping up to the mark and I think Annie is the perfect candidate. She will love it! When I visited and rode her in February she seemed so happy to be out and about again after so long just bumming around in a field. I've spent ages looking through the lady's hacking photos and she goes to some seriously nice places!
