Vietnam Ch 3 The little things are a challenge Mr Jerry was clothed in his Shelton work attire, and was perched on a stool, which looked too small to take his weight. His bronze, perfectly shaved head gleamed in the light from the kitchen window, on a bright Sunday afternoon. “Good Morning Giles, how are you […]
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Vietnam Ch 2: My first few days in Ha Long Bay VIP English Teacher Selfie So there I was… laid back in a comfy, brown leather chair, with VIP printed on the headrest, all my backpacker belongings stored both in the boot and by my side, being chauffeured in a huge hummer style vehicle, from
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How I became an English Teacher in Vietnam Teacher Selfie Following my Short Story: A Hustler and a Hotpot in Ho Chi Minh City, I had experienced my first taste of the culture and way of life in a Vietnamese city. [To sum up what happened: On my first day in Vietnam I had been hustled for
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Moments of Inspiration Reunion in Hanoi It’s late morning in Hanoi, Vietnam and I found myself on the roof of the hostel that I stayed at the night before. I hadn’t had a mad night out drinking and woken up there, that’s another story. On this occasion I had just left my dorm bed with
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Me & My Sydney Sugar Daddy I’d been living in my car in Sydney for almost 2weeks. My car was a Holden Commodore named Big Birtha, and true to her name, she was a big girl. A wide estate car with a big boot, enough space in the back for a double bed when the seats were
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A Random Rock Climb in Australia (with two strangers) While living in a hostel in Melbourne, I was sitting at the kitchen table over breakfast one morning, when Jasper and Esme walked in… “Hellooooooo!! Good morning!!!! they shouted, making their usual dramatic entrance, bursting into the kitchen, full of energy and enthusiasm. They quickly exclaimed, to
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No More Painful Periods… Period. I have met some truly remarkable human beings in my ‘Short’ life time, but one man comes to mind as another level of extraordinary and you’re about to hear exactly why… Once upon a time, there was a very unremarkable looking, middle aged man who lived in a hostel in Port Douglas, Australia. This
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60 Second Stories Sunset from our Garden in Maketu, near Tauranga, NZ A Magic Moment in Maketu I was living with my girlfriend in a shared house in a tiny village called Maketu, near Tauranga, (New Zealand). Shane was the owner of the property, and lived there too, however, we only occasionally crossed paths, as he worked
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Vietnam Ch 4 Christine After an uneventful rest of the day on Monday, taking it easy after all the activity from the morning, I woke the next day feeling the pressure of how much work I had in front of me. I lay there thinking about lesson planning, my meeting with Christine, my online course
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Lions, Highlanders & Rainbow Trout Sandwiches I captured this scene on a hike near Tongariro… a regular hike, not a hitchhike Sitting behind the reception desk in the newly built Sports Centre in Wanaka, it was Sunday afternoon and there were a total of 4 people in the whole building. There was me, my co-worker
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