Congratulations to Amber, she successfully completed the SEE TEFL program on Friday! Her TEFL certificate is accepted in 162 countries around the world, so that gives us a lot of travel options for the future! Here is a photo from the graduation ceremony. To celebrate her accomplishment, Amber and I went to a traditional Khantoke [...]
For everyone that was holding their breath and checking our blog hourly, I have good news – The river never flooded! We’ve had a streak of hot, sunny days since my last post, so the high waters of the river have flowed south to Bangkok, and Chiang Mai has quickly returned to business as usual. [...]
Any tourist or traveler that visits Southeast Asia during the rainy season should expect to get wet. We knew it was the rainy season before we came, and we’re used to a lot of rain in Florida. However, the daily downpours are starting to get on our nerves! We can’t enjoy a casual stroll through [...]
During the week, we settle into a fairly predictable routine. We get up around 7am, and Amber gets ready for class or student teaching. On Monday, she taught 6th graders how to tell time using the words “past” and “to” – such as “fifteen minutes past four o’clock”. Tuesday and Wednesday were class days and [...]
On Saturday the 11th, we took a half-day tour to Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep, which sits high up on a mountain overlooking the city of Chiang Mai. This temple is very sacred to the Buddhist people, who make regular pilgrimages up the mountain to visit it. It is also a very popular tourist destination [...]
Special note: On Saturday, Amber and I took an organized tour into the rural areas north of Chiang Mai. I apologize in advance that this post is long, but our day was an unforgettable adventure, filled with elephant riding, hiking, whitewater rafting, etc. I hope you enjoy reading about it as much as we enjoyed [...]
On Friday, the SEE TEFL class had a Cultural Day exploring different cultural sites around the city, and I tagged along. The first stop was the “Farang Cemetery,” where various Westerners have been buried since the late 1800′s. The graves include missionaries, explorers, World War II soldiers and POW’s, recent expats, etc. Next, we went [...]