Articles Tagged ‘tropics’
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
I returned from Thailand(via Singapore) on Friday night.
Flew back from Singapore on ValuAir. Good service and landed safe, if a little late.
I was traveling alone, and it’s always difficult being away from family.
I was in Thailand with TEFL International. We were training teachers for their TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) Certificate. We were in the northern city of Chiangmai.
Chiangmai is an extremely green and beautiful city. The traffic is chaotic and never seems to let up.
The hotel was nice and the area around it had a number of good restaurants. I managed to try a number of ethnic dishes, as well as a wide-selection of international food.
I was surprised how good the Internet connection was in Thailand, and hope that the Indonesian system comes up to that level soon.
We’ve had our course in Surabaya running since 2008.
Some links for you
TEFL Indonesia
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Posted in Indonesia, Java, Kartini Day, Living the dream, overseas living, Surabaya, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Top Ten list, Travel, tropics, vacation | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 16th, 2007
Oooops
This is supposed to be a travel blog, and I haven't traveled anywhere for some time.
Last year we returned to Indonesia. I made two trips to China. I stayed in Hong Kong,Wenzhou,Xian and Zhuhai. What have I done for you ...
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
TEFL Indonesia
Where the world is your classroom
Presents TEFL Course & TESOL Course
Home| About Us ... [Continue reading this entry]
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
I'm afraid it looks grim for our hero ... the blender's on puree
I have a lead on a job here,but it's a fairly tenuous one. What the hey ... most of my life is tenuous
By chance I ran into ...
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Saturday, October 1st, 2005
Pandas and pedicabs
Pandas and pedicabs
We visited Chengdu last week
A holiday before the holiday
I took a few days so I could spend time with my wife and son and visit a friend
Steve, who taught with me in Jinzhou and Changsha, is ...
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Monday, February 28th, 2005
I still think of the old days occasionally. There were, thankfully, more good times than bad times. I realize that's almost an
Edie Brickell song.
The Old Days There have been a few changes ...
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Saturday, February 26th, 2005
After the Winter Course 2005
We'd just finished winter course and had some travel arranged ... we took off for Hainan. Hainan is in the south of China. Actually a tropical island. ... [Continue reading this entry] Posted in About Me, Alumni, At the office, Bali, Before the PRC, Certification, Changsha, China, customer service, ESL, Family, fitness, futility, gap-year, Hainan, Hunan, Indonesia, Java, Life outside of work, Living the dream, overseas living, tefl, tesol, Tesol certification, Top Ten list, Travel, tropics, vacation | 14 Comments »
Another Kartini Day has come and gone.
Teachers,staff and many of the children wore traditional clothes to commemorate Kartini day.
For most of them, and the teachers,
it’s a time to dress up in traditional clothes.
Wayne