Hi Dean,
Not nosey at all..... and I would love one day to be able to write it all down in a humorous autobiography (that maybe only my dear ol' mum would buy!) because there have been literally hundreds of "off the wall" experiences and crazy jobs that have filled my 54 years (bloody hell, I started as a wet-behind-the-ears teenager at Windsor, all those years ago!).
I lived in Singapore as a kid (early 60's) and adored it... my next time to SE Asia was in 1988 when Aspinall sent me to the WWF & Asian Elephant Specialist Group meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand...... and as soon as I stepped onto the tarmac I knew I was "home"....... I was hooked, all over again!
Cutting a long story short I moved to Thailand in 1990..... unfortunately it meant the end of my zoo career..... lived in Bangkok & Pattaya for 2 years working voluntarily at the original Pattaya Elephant Village...... then returned to Blighty and settled in London, working for Garrard the Crown Jewellers as Events Coordinator, then Premises & Facilities Manager.
I then found another excuse to return to Thailand in 1998..... and haven't been back to England since! I had a guesthouse and a cafe/bar for a number of years in Pattaya but when the World economy doo doo hit the fan a few years ago I sold everything, got a job offshore and moved up to Chiang Mai.
I now work as a Remote Sites Offshore Campboss (similar to a hotel manager, but on a working oil rig or ship) anywhere my firm sends me to..... and in my downtime I enjoy living in one of the nicest areas in the world!
Cheers!
