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Well, I'm sure you all know my old journal by heart now, so I thought you might want something new to read... I'm going to Thailand! I am participating in a program called International Student Volunteers, who organise all kinds of volunteering-holidays in many different countries all over the world, and have a huge range of community-based and conservation-based volunteering programs to choose from. I was given a position in a community-based program. I will be living in a Thai fishing village called Ban Samchong, about 40mins south of Phuket. Ban Samchong was economically damaged in the tsunamis 5 years ago, and is slowly transitioning f

Well, this is my first journal entry. Something you’ve all been dreading (I am sure), but it was inevitable. Suck it up! I’ve been busy lately; I have spent a lot of money over this last week, and ended up with a brand new (and very good) Tamron SP Di 70-200mm F/2.8, a second hand (ebay) Tamron 200-400mm F/5.6, the best monopod + ball head my camera shop could sell me, UV filters to suit the lenses plus an 8GB card. I also had my sensor cleaned, much to the dismay of the assistant who soon realised that it was no ordinary dust! Good ol’ Jarrahdale dust! The best you can get; and if you live here you don’t even have to pay