We made it to Saigon and finished our 3 month motorbike tour of Southeast Asia. We need to sell the bikes now and head back home to the US and then to Honduras to begin our Divemaster Training. We are relaxing and enjoying the Chinese New Year called Tet. There is always something to do […]
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 […]
We had a great time in Saigon after our 3 month motorbike tour around Southeast Asia and are ready to begin our diving career in Roatan, Honduras. We sold our motorbikes (for less than we had hoped for) and we were set to leave Vietnam. Our flight left at about midnight and we were told […]
We left Siem Reap for the town of Kampong Cham. The ride on our motorcycles was good one as we headed down the main highway which was much less busy than the roads to Phnom Penh. It was incredibly hot yet, as long as we kept moving it was tolerable. We made it to a […]
We woke early from our stay at Quan Son, showered and packed up. Only about 20 minutes now to pack things up, we are getting better at attaching our bags and racks to our bikes. We decided to get breakfast at the little place next to the guesthouse for some noodle soup and headed out […]