The Motorbike Diaries – Vol. 12
Start from the Beginning – Motorbike Diaries Vol. 1 Mirror Mirror on the motorbike, what is your purpose; are you just there for decoration? Unfortunately after…
A Little Rant About Traffic
Pecking Order One of the disadvantages of living a solo life is that when you have one of those experiences that you just want to…
Video of the Week – Commuting in Vietnam
You may want to pop a Dramamine before watching this video of my commute to work. I teach at a manufacturing plant outside of HCMC…
The Motorbike Diaries – Vol. 8
My motorbike license recently arrived, proving that bribing officials here actually works. See, you learn something new every day in Vietnam. Of course, the whole…
De-Worming
I was talking to my friend Jill the other day, she’s lived here as an expat for over a year, so she’s familiar with…
Driving in India
Up until now, I used to think that Vietnam was the craziest traffic I had ever seen in my life. Well…move over Vietnam…enter India. I…
ESL | India | Volunteering
Spice Diaries – Vol 4, Aug. 20
I learned today that there is a man that works in our colony (neighborhood) that simply is the ‘ironing man’. No – I’m not talking about…
Goodbye Vietnam
You can’t come to Vietnam and not recall Robin Williams’s famous words, “Goooodddd Moorrrnnninggggg Vietnammmmm!!!” I had spent one month in Vietnam – the longest…
Kenya Transportation – bring comfortable shoes and patience!
We’ve made it to Samburu National Park/Safari which is wonderful but half the fun was getting here from Nairobi. It was a 6 hour drive…