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5 Reasons to Teach English in China (Now With Bonus Reason)
1. A Comfortable Lifestyle You’re never going to get rich teaching English in China (the exchange rate will make sure of that) but you can live a very comfortable life. If you negotiate your salary well, and stay away from daily doses of western food and bars, you can make your money go pretty far. … Continue reading
The Ancient Water City of Xitang China
When you think of ancient China, cobbled narrow street, hanging red lanterns and kung-fu masters walking down the street appreciating a ray of sunlight or an opening bud, you probably think of a city a lot like Xitang (well, minus the kung-fu masters that is). Xitang is not very far away from Shanghai, yet a … Continue reading
Rolf Potts Traveled the World. What Did You Do?
What seems like just a few weeks ago, I was reading about Rolf Pott’s decision to travel for a long time no luggage. He was preparing to travel the world, the entire world, for 6 weeks with not a stitch of luggage. No backpack, fanny pack or even a plastic bag. He had a fancy … Continue reading
A Hike up Sacred Tai Shan (Mount Tai)
Got your hiking boots on? Good, you may want to make sure your laces are tied tight because we have quite a ways to go. There are over 6000 steps from the bottom to the top. Why are you looking so pale? Don’t worry, we’ll take the bus to the halfway point. It’s already 4:00 … Continue reading
And We’re Off!
Originally our plan was to go back to the US for three weeks this summer. We had everything planned and organized except for one teeny-weeny little detail: the plane tickets. I kept my eyes on them for months, but the prices were outrageous. I tried every trick I know and everything was exorbitant. Over $1700 … Continue reading
And we’re off!
This website will be pretty quiet for the next month as we are packing up and heading out while we are on holiday break from school. We’re traveling “old school†style which means that we won’t have a laptop so I don’t expect I’ll be able to do much updating here until we get back. … Continue reading
How to Pack for a Year Abroad
Organization is my middle name. And when it comes to packing I don’t like to leave things for the last minute. (You’ve probably figured that out since I’ve had my toiletries bag packed for over a month now.) We are each bringing two bags with us; One big backpack for all our clothes and stuff, … Continue reading
One Month and 14 Days
As of today we have one month and 14 days till our plane takes off. On one hand this summer is flying by (I have so much to do!) on the other hand, it’s a slow, painful crawl. Last month I got laid off from my job, but I was able to go back to … Continue reading
Clearing the Clutter
“I’m looking forward to living in a small space and not having so much stuff to worry about.†My husband Ryan said this to me the other night at dinner and I agreed. Saying goodbye to our stuff won’t be sad. It will be a relief. It’s not like we live a huge expensive lifestyle. … Continue reading