Living in Vietnam, we experienced the country like few get to experience. We taught English in Hanoi for 9 months. Shelly taught 2nd Grade and I taught 4th at an International School. We had been to Hanoi before, but only for a short time and this time we got to really integrate ourselves with the culture […]
Our trip from Hanoi was a good one albeit long and arduous. We decided to take the train called the Reunification Express, which cost nearly the same as flights, yet more costly after you factor in hotels and food. The train was a 4 berth sleeper train with sleeping pads reminiscent of my days in jail […]
We passed our one year on-the-road mark in November. A lot has happened while teaching in Hanoi, and we are plugging along, meeting our goals, and generally enjoying life. School is a stressful atmosphere. Some days we love teaching. Some days we do not. It’s a roller-coaster career with ups and downs just like any job I suppose. […]
I remember the 4th grade Vietnam is a strange place sometimes, however Shelly and I were determined to make teaching English in Hanoi, Vietnam work. My most memorable year in early childhood schooling, was the 4th grade. My teacher was Mrs. VanTine. She was a hottie from what I can remember. Although I really wasn’t “into […]
We made it from Thailand where we finished our TEFL/TESOL course and now it’s time to become an ESL Teacher in Vietnam. We had to take two different flights. Sometimes when taking a dog, certain airlines will not allow you to take it inflight. So to save some money, I took a cheaper flight from […]
We have completed our TEFL program in Thailand and week 4 of teaching is over. We also took our final exam this week. Shelly beat me again with a 98 percent. I only had a mere 94 percent. Both good scores and we are really happy to have passed our TEFL/TESOL course with UniTEFL. They have […]
Today begins The Great SE Asia Motorbike Tour. We wanted to spend the next 2-3 months traveling all over asia in 100cc motorbikes. We are told from many that this is crazy and even impossible. We had some custom racks made to hold our bags from a local bike shop and feel that all of […]
Tomorrow morning we leave for our motorbike tour of Southeast Asia. We hear great things from just about everyone who has done it, or wished they had. We have procured our Laotian visas and are packed and ready to go. We spent much longer in Hanoi that originally planned with no regrets. We have said […]
We decided to get out of Hanoi for a while and go to Cat Ba Island in the Gulf of Tonkin, in the South China Sea and take a tour of Halong Bay. Cat Ba is largest island of the Ha Long Bay islands. One of 1600+. We took a bus ride from the bus […]
Language Barrier #1 Our first full day in Hanoi. Remember that hotel I found for around 50 dollars? Well.. that would be the first language-barrier SNAFU that robbed me of my American dollars. As we woke up, we went down to the lobby to find we needed to pay the night’s rent. Well you see, I […]