I mean – come on! There’s no place like it in the world. It’s simply a place you HAVE to go. I’ve been twice. It’s so bloody BIG! Seriously. It just goes up and up and it’s really long (Manhattan Island for you!) What can I say? I first visited NYC in 1999 and although …
As the first year rolled on, things got a lot easier. I got into a rhythm and I developed better lesson plans and better understanding of what I needed to do. As you’d expect, right? Also I got to know the students a lot better, know them by name, which really helped. Not all of …
Continue reading The Interac Experience Part Five – Training & Observation
Yes, the Friday series is back with another ‘gateway country’. This week we head on down to South East Asia, and just to shock and awe and confound you, I’m not calling ‘Thailand’ on the region, rather I am going with Vietnam as the best gateway to the region. In a region which boasts Thailand, …
It's leafy, it's beautiful, it's Hoi An on the Vietnamese coast.
Howdy all. Yes, today I am taking you along with me on the dustiest ride I have ever known, from Lahore in the east of Pakistan to Quetta, in the west (ish). Now I’ve done some research, keeping in mind it was a decade ago I did this journey, and the train times (24 hours) …
Continue reading Train Journeys: Lahore to Quetta (Pakistan)
Howdy all! Work has started to kick in, very busy workwise this week so will do my best to keep a-blogging but it won't be so easy. Today's blog is about travelling songs. I have a dedicated 'genre' on my ipod for travel, and I wanted to share with you my top five from that …
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) …
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 …
Continue reading The Interac Experience Part Four – Lesson Planning
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, …
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 …
Continue reading Train Journeys – The Ghan (Darwin to Alice Springs)
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
Andy's World Journeys 