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) …
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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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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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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 …
Foto Friday – Along the tracks in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has become a bit of a theme in the last couple of weeks. Here in Kandy, just by my guesthouse, people walk home after shopping along the railway. Railways are the life and soul of the sub-continent. You wouldn't see this in Australia!
Train Journeys – Kolkata to Varanasi
Taking a train in India is an unforgettable and without a doubt, cultural, experience. The stations are bustling places full of life, and you know what? So are the trains themselves. Whilst taking the train in India, I have usually taken second class sleeper where overnight journeys have been concerned. And that has been most …
A Night Out in Northcote
Last week it was time to hit the town and head out into Melbourne for dinner and a show. Nothing’s better than dinner and a show, right? I was lucky enough to have won two tickets to see ‘Behind the Seams’ at the Wesley Ann in Northcote, featuring two musical acts interspersed with some improvisation. …
Missing Backpacker Concern
Hi all just a brief post today, I am quite under the weather at the moment 😦 I wanted to share a link with you to another blog post from a blog called 'My Wanderlist' I recently discovered. Brad writes some great stuff, but this blog post of a couple of days ago was worrying. …
Andy Roams 