One week of pre-school teaching in the bag and I thought I’d post a little update. Our schedule goes something like this: 7:30: Other staff arrive 8:00: Kids start arriving 8:30 Most kids present and playing 9:00 Group language practice with songs and letters and days of the week …
We finally arrived in Bangkok with the intention to explore it last week. Over the next few days we saw the most beautiful temples we’ve seen, tasted amazing food, saw a very interesting cross section of Thai society and wandered into a really cool festival put on by the Tourism …
After watching the sunrise over the mist layer caused by humidity rising from the balmy Thai interior to the mountains of Chiang Mai province we headed up to the peak. Doi Inthanon reaches 2565.3341 meters, or 8416.45 feet. It was a grueling 50 meter walk on a paved/staired path full …
We landed in Bangkok and decided not to explore the city right away since we would be back later. Instead we hopped on a bus and headed up to Khao Yai National Park. First we stayed in a hotel near the park and rented a motorbike. This enabled us to …
You’ve probably seen pictures of Ha Long bay at some point, or at least of landscapes a lot like it. Turquoise waters with limestone karsts jutting dramatically out of the water. Often there’s a fishing or tourist boat cruising through the photo. Well we didn’t go there, we went to …
There are a lot of cool things about Hanoi, but I want to take a few minutes to tell you about one of the most interesting – the toilets. When you’re out for drinks and conversation it is inevitable that you’ll eventually need to visit the restroom. In many places …
Hey everyone! We are in Vietnam and so far it’s been great. We spent 3 days in Saigon (AKA Ho Chi Minh City), which was very interesting. We couchsurfed one night with a very nice guy who lived two buses away from city center. It was cool to see a …
We have now spent 2 weeks in Cambodia. First we went to Siem Reap where we experienced a local festival, the temples of Angkor, a floating village, a water buffalo cart ride, one of the many Khmer Rouge killing sites, fantastic local food (imagine Thai food but not spicy) and …
China has been an amazing experience. Never have we been anywhere so foreign. In Europe the alphabet was always recognizable and we could usually figure out words here and there or at least get close to pronouncing them. In China we only had hope of recognizing/pronouncing anything if they took …
We have reached the highest city of our trip, Lhasa (unless we go way off the plan)! At 3,490 m (11,450 ft) we’re enjoying the fresh mountain air after the big cities we’ve been in for the past week and a half. The next two days hold visits to the …