I spent an hour and a half sitting in the back of a taxi Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t by choice. The entire trip should have taken 30 minutes. I found myself mired a mile from home, watching the meter click over every three minutes, adding more jiao to my fare. Why? Three lanes of traffic…
Tag: Travel
Teaching English in China: Classroom broken-hearted
My China ESL student broke my heart. Teaching English Overseas is sometimes very difficult.
ESL in China: First days – Looking down
I don’t remember much about that Sunday, looking back after three years. It was cold, I recall, much colder than I thought it should be in a sub-tropical area. I huddled in my apartment, on the thin-padded wooden sofa.
Looking back after 3 years as an ESL Teacher in China
I sat outside the Shenzhen ferry terminal, Guangdong Province, the People’s Republic of China – ready to teach ESL to Chinese school kids.
Shopping in Thailand: Books, books, and more books
Thailand has one the largest selections of English-language books in South East Asia. New, used, mint, or nearly destroyed, The Kingdom of Thailand has them all, ready to be read by the literature-starved, China-based expatriate.
Cute Chinese Girl: Between two beers
Portrait of cut Chinese girl in Bangkok.
Thai Photo: Let sleeping dogs lie
A sleeping dog at Wat Jetawan, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Chinese New Year: Bye-bye pig, Hello rat
As the Year of the Golden Pig draws to a close I thought some photos of the celebrations that kicked off the year would be in order.
Guangzhou: City of rams
Guangzhou is nicknamed Wuyangcheng (City of Five Rams) and Yangcheng (City of Rams). A sculpture of the legendary five rams was erected in Yuexiu Park
following the follower
Maybe that’s my attraction to China, and China Travel. Temples, tombs, and houses that hold the energy of the generations…