Pics Hey I love your pics, I have just been thinking of the time i was there in 2000, rode from hanoi to saigon on my push bike arrived in saigon new years 2001, your photos just brought the memories flooding back. Many thanks!
Thailand Hi,
You have some great pictures from Bangkok, I have recently been there and its a beautiful place. Uploaded my pics on facebook, if you would be intrested. Not as great as your pics (taken from my cellphone). Where do you plan to travel next? Anyplans to visit India?
Regards,
Unmesh Raut,
Mumbai, India!
Fun! I'm leaving for Vietnam in the morning and was googling around for blogs. I love your descriptions and your easy, fun, down-to-earth style. I can't wait to see the traffic, drink the beer and experience a new culture. Thanks, girl.
Great Job The writing in this one is so intriguing! I mean, what's happening in 3.4 years? And what a photo, she looks like quite a specimen to work with.
BURMA? Where is Burma, is is somewhere between Bangaldesh India,China and Thailand, never been to Burma, been to Myanmar. Well thats what my Visa reads.
Are we discriminating, I mean some travel to Mumbai, not Bombay, some travel to Beijing, not Peking. Research tells me the name Burma, only represets one group of people in Myanmar and by being devisive and disrespectful to Myanmar, maybe we are encouraging a South East Asian 'Yugoslavia'.
excellent advice Hey
I just found your blog. Thx so much for all the good info. Im planning on going to south korea in april to start teaching and im so excited. I love reading all the stories on here and the endless opportunities to travel. Do you have any other advice for those teaching english abroad for the 1st time?
thx again elisha
Don't dis on hippies... ...at least they care about the wider world, which is more than you can say about most people.
i'm going to vang vieng! forget about the tubing, the view, or watching Friends. Serve me up some happy pancakes washed down with some opium tea!!!!!!!!!!
A gifted teacher. Being myself a foreigner (meaning not english mother-tongue apart from not korean) I always saw the EFL business from the other side and, believe me, the first quality I used to look for in a teacher was sense of humour, not technical perfection. The teaching school you have enroled in will probably improve your skills but the raw material seems to be already excepcionally good. I somehow loved this entry. Ah, by the way, would I chose a language school employing young and attractive blond girls rather than one where teachers look like mummies?
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YES, I would :-)
i'm coming with you next time best entry evverr. seriously, i am. sold. i'll give you a ring around christmas time if you're around. have a good semester...
Hi Melanie PoC = people of color= non-white person. I got a little sloppy on my abbreviations. And yeah you might have to fight a little bit to get work over here but that K-belief that only white people can speak English has got to go. If you can speak fluent Korean that would be a plus, you do see quite a few ads for Gyopos. Canadians get a 6 months tourist visa free btw ^_^
Aww! I AM SO JEALOUS, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS! I'm really not keen on the whole sojourning out on my own in a foreign country where I don't speak the language aspect of ti though.
What's a PoC? Really entertaining blog entry. I'm a Korean-Chinese-Canadian (my mom's from Seoul) and I definitely want to visit sometime soon! I too think it's atrocious that many Asian countries prefer/only hire Caucasian looking people... For someone who's interested in teaching English, but is partially Asian, this is incredibly frustrating!
Another Great Blog!!!! Kate, nice to hear from you and what an interesting blog. The best I ever heard on Korea. What does TMI mean. You lost me there.
I leave for Vietnam Nov. 4, 07 for six months.
Say hello to your great family.
Warm Regards,
Kent
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Hey I love your pics, I have just been thinking of the time i was there in 2000, rode from hanoi to saigon on my push bike arrived in saigon new years 2001, your photos just brought the memories flooding back. Many thanks!