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Ashley Halse
Alex and I are just about to finish our teaching contract here in Thailand. We have been teaching for the last 4 months and have really enjoyed ourselves. There were moments of pure frustration where we asked ourselves "why are we here?", but then there were many moments that we wouldn't trade for the world. It is unbelievable how much of an effect these children can have on you. You could go into a classroom so tired and exhausted, but then the children are so full of energy and so happy that it just rubs onto you. Overall, teaching here has been an unforgettable experience that we will take with us for the rest of our lives. Ash and Alex
We are just about to embark on our next adventure.... NEPAL. We are going to be travelling to Everest Base Camp. It is going to be quite a change from the 40 degree weather here in Thailand, but we both cannot wait. We are really going to try to keep up with this travel blog and post when internet is available.
Travel Blog Posts
April 26th 2012
So, it’s been a while since we’ve blogged last, we’ve just been so busy travelling! A lot is new, so I’ll try to make it brief (starting from after the trek): Not much happened for the next two weeks after the trek, due to a terrible stomach bug that hit us both at the same time. Ashley had it worse, though, resulting in a visit to the travel clinic and 4 liters of IV fluids. Being stuck inside the hotel for about a week, we had no choice but to improve our resumes and sit on the rooftop garden of our guesthouse. Ash could only leave for a few hours until she felt dizzy and sick again. By Monday, when we were at the verge of reaching full health, it was too late to explore other ... read more
March 26th 2012
It took us about 3 hours to get from Pheriche to Dukhla which should have only taken an hour an a half, but due to the increase in elevation every step up the hill was a struggle. It is amazing how much of an effect the altitude has on your body. You can walk for as long as you like, but you are only able to go up in elevation 300-400m per day. Due to this restriction we stopped in Dukhla to get acclimatized and were nearly traumatized by the washroom (if you would even call it that)! We had been in Thailand for roughly 5 months and I thought I saw the worst of the worst toilets. However, Dukhla took it to a whole new level. The “washroom” was about 50m down a hill outside ... read more
March 15th 2012
The plane ride into Lukla from Kathmandu was anything but your typical flight. We got onto the smallest plane I have ever been on that held maybe 12 people. Alex and I were the first ones on the flight and were lucky to get the left side of the plane. The left side means you are able to have a bird’s eye view of the Himalayas for the entire flight! It was pretty unbelievable. The mountains were higher than the plane and the clouds lingered a few hundred meters from the mountain’s peaks. However, the most unbelievable thing was the landing strip. We were flying and slowly getting closer and closer to the ground, nearly hitting the trees and there was still no landing strip in sight! It wasn’t until we felt the plane hit the ... read more
March 12th 2012
From the moment we stepped off the plane in Kathmandu we knew we had entered an entirely different world. The airport looked as though it was a rundown warehouse that had not been renovated in at least 30 years. Our Visa was processed by an assembly line of three men with a paper and pen. There were no computers that we could see, let alone any digital screens indicating which direction you should go. There were properly a hundred taxi drivers waiting outside the airport for us yelling, "Taxi, taxi, where you go? I take you, very cheap," everywhere! We were very thankful we had booked a hotel that provided airport pickup. However, I don’t know exactly what you would call what we were picked up in. It looked like a car that was from the ... read more
March 4th 2012
We are just about to finish our teaching contract here in Thailand. We have been teaching for the last 4 months and have really enjoyed ourselves. There were moments of pure frustration where we asked ourselves "why are we here?", but then there were many moments that we wouldn't trade for the world. It is unbelievable how much of an effect these children can have on you. You could go into a classroom so tired and exhausted, but then the children are so full of energy and so happy that it just rubs onto you. Overall, teaching here has been an unforgettable experience that we will take with us for the rest of our lives. We've just packed up all of our things and are ready to leave our new home behind. You could say that ... read more
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