This had been designated as a bit of a rest day. We slept in for a bit and then had a bit of a think about what we were going to do. We planned to go to the gym, collect some food to cook up for breakfast and lunch and to meet up with the…
The journey to Taichung Christine and I woke up early we showered and got organised, wrote in our journals and then did our Duolingo. The others had not risen, so we headed out to have some breakfast at, Gan Mai Alley, the restaurant from yesterday morning. We ate some dumplings, omelet and another steamed bread…
We got up at 4:45 and started getting ready. We managed to set off an alarm on the front door as we were leaving.Thankfully after leaving it for a bit we were able to re enter the code and silence the alarm before the national guard turned up to arrest us. We walked to Nezu…
We got up relatively early and Luke and I went for an 8km run down to the town we had seen last night and back again. We ran along a path that took us along the beach towards the Isabela beach resort. After our run we made some breakfast with the left over taco mixture…
We got up a little later after yesterday’s festivities. Juan prepared a delicious breakfast of bacon, eggs, empanadas and fruit with yogurt. We then got organised, and Luke, Juan, Sarah, Christine and I made our way into the centre of Bogota so that we could do some exploring. The first stop on our journey was…
The Gym We got up early and decided that we had enough time to hit the gym for a workout before our flight. We changed into our running gear and made our way to a gym that Luke had found. It was the same gym chain that he head used in Mexico. We jogged the…
Flight to Costa Rica We got up relatively early had some breakfast and then made our way to the airport. This was when we discovered that the airport was no where near San Salvador. It was actually closer to La Libertad. It turns out that we had taken the long way around when getting from…
Waves before breakfast We got up reasonably early and headed down for surf. I took the first shift and caught a few waves close in from the point. Once again there were a lot of people in the water, so I hung in close and caught the crumbs. Having said that they were still a…
I went back to teaching TESOL for a brief period during the holidays at end of 2017 and into early 2018. I wanted to compile a list of some of the best aspects of teaching English as a second language, and here it is. 1. The People By far the greatest part of teaching English…
If you are looking for a rewarding experience where you get to meet interesting people, hear stories of traveling adventures, and of what it is like to live and grow up in foreign countries, then I can highly recommend spending some time as a TESOL teacher. It was coming to the end of 2016, and…
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