Heart organic farm - Nakhon Pathom

After months of tourist trails, exploring countries, cities and amazing places, I needed to do something that would immerse myself into local life, so I decided to volunteer for work for the lovely Nee.

The farm was about half an hour from Nakhon Pathom which is about an hour outside of Bangkok. It was in a beautiful location, so peaceful and lush.

The farm produces small scale crops of native fruit and vegetables and Nee and her sister, Noot, sell them at an organic farmers market every weekend. They also cook and sell food and products that they make. The salads Nee makes are a work of art and so tasty. From the time they arrive at the market, people are hovering, waiting to buy the sweet pork with sticky rice or salads.

The sisters start preparing for the market on Wednesday and work almost continually until Sunday evening. Nee is one of the hardest working people I have met so far on my travels. She's amazing and I had a great time with her.

As well as working hard, she found the time to feed me the most amazing food! We spoke different languages but we found a way of communicating, started with miming and ended in Google translate!

Did I mention my little clay hut I lived in? It was glorious, my natural waking time since travelling is 6am so opening the door at 6am and listening to the world wake up; frogs, crickets, ghekos, party man across the field! It was stunning.

And of course, I worked hard! The heat was tough, Nee did warn me and gave me a get out clause before I arrived but I managed it. I cleared leaves, I weeded, I filled holes and I made a door frame from clay! I loved every moment of it.

And most of all, I lived with a Thai family and experienced proper living in a different country, much like Nepal, the life is centered around work and socialising. I visited a temple, shared food with the monks and Buddhists, joined in with the ceremony and went to the local street food market. Nee included me in her family, I tagged along wherever she went. I've made a really lovely friend.

There were some challenges but I've learnt a lot about myself over the last 6 months and one thing I'll take from the farm visit, don't take things personally and don't dwell on the negatives.

And now to say goodbye to the farm, hello once again to Bangkok just for a few days then South Korea, very excited!Read more