Contrary to what followers of my blog might be led to believe considering what I have been posting for years, I have actually been to the American Continent. And so I will be shining the spotlight over in that direction today and maybe next week too. When it comes to Canada, and to Quebec (Province) …
Month: June 2014
The Interac Experience Part Four – Lesson Planning
Second and third weeks of my first year teaching at a Japanese High School, and it was time to get real. As easy as it was to create an introductory lesson, once it’s time to get down to teaching grammar, vocab and topics, suddenly BANG you are in a different world. In Georgia I had …
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Foto Friday – Petra, Jordan
Enough said I think. Truly one of the most amazing places on Earth.
Gateway Countries – Jordan (Middle East)
Welcome to the Middle East! Land of fairy tales and deserts, castles, history, the birth place of a bunch of religions and more. You want to taste the Middle East, but you’re not sure where to start. Egypt seems to be in chaos most of the time these days, Iran can be tricky with visas, …
Train Journeys – The Ghan (Darwin to Alice Springs)
Let me tell you folks, there are some amazing train journeys in the world today, but right here in Australia we have a few that rate up there with the best of them. Today I’m talking ‘The Ghan’, a train that runs down the middle of Australia from Darwin to Adelaide. I took it …
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Australian Citizenship Ceremony
Being back in Australia, I finally get to catch up with so many friends I’ve missed over the last 2-3 years since my travelling began followed by life in Japan. And, one of my closest friends, Susy, just received her Australian citizenship, and being back in the country I was able to attend. Firstly – …
Ruminations on Travel Blogging
‘Write a travel blog’ they said! ‘Share your experiences with loads of people’ they said. Actually, I started travel blogging back in 2005, right at the very end of the year before I left in early 2006 on my trip. Actually, nobody told me to, I just thought it would be a way to keep …
Sunday Spotlight – St Petersburg
Dear people, readers, welcome again to another Sunday Spotlight. Last week I took you to a hot and dusty place, Lahore, so this week it’s time to contrast that with a place a bit more chilly, a bit more romantic, and a bit more, well, grand. If you haven’t been to Russia, well, you should! …
The Interac Experience Part Three- School Begins!
After all was set up for life in Ichinoseki, I had to get ready for school. Except, as I said, there were nearly three weeks before I started, and three weeks before I’d be earning regular money. Coupled with the fact that Interac pays the end of the following month (i.e. march pay comes on …
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Gateway Countries – Sri Lanka
Welcome to a new series of Friday articles which will tide us over for the next four or five weeks until the podcast resumes called ‘Gateway Countries’. People often talk about ‘gateway cities’, a good place to start if you’re going to a new country, one with plenty of transport in and out etc, but …
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