Asia
We’ve spent over 3 years in total travelling around Asia and we consider it to be our favourite continent on Earth (so far). The people here are friendly, you almost always feel safe and the landscapes offer everything from grasslands and beaches to mountains and waterfalls. Asia is everything you hoped for and more.
Chinese New Year: The Year Of The Snake
Spring Festival (aka Chinese New Year) is fast approaching! This year, New Year’s Eve is on February 9th and the festival will continue for a week after that. Our school is decking the halls with snakes, the colour red, decorations and information about the festival. To the Chinese, this is their Christmas holiday. It’s the ...
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Why We Love Living In China
Deciding to put our backpacking lifestyle on hold for a year and move to China to teach English was a tough decision at first, but one that we will never regret! It was hard to say goodbye to our backpacks and hello to an apartment. However, we had been backpacking for a year and a ...
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Backpacking Thailand: The Ultimate Travel Guide
In this guide to backpacking Thailand, you will learn everything you need to know about travelling this beautiful country on a budget, including things that you’ll never find in your Guide Book. *This post has been updated February, 2018* Jump To: Must-see Places | Must-Have Experiences | Off The Beaten Path | Pros | Cons ...
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Celebrating Christmas in Yangzhou, China
Like most of you back home in North America, we were off for the Christmas holidays…well, 2 days of it! The Chinese don’t celebrate Christmas so we were glad to actually have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off. In all honestly, I don’t think we would have had those 2 days as holidays had they not ...
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Backpacking India: The Ultimate Budget Guide
Backpacking India is the ultimate experience. The flavours, the culture, the people, the colours, the history, the sites, the beaches, the wonder and the chaos all combine and explode in the face of visitors to the sub-continent. There is just something about Backpacking in India. It’s so wonderfully different that you will have all of ...
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Lost In Translation: Menus Of China
While travelling around China and now living here for the past 5 months, we’ve seen some strange things on the menu. Sometimes they make us laugh, sometimes they make us worry, but they’re always entertaining. If a Chinese restaurant owner decides to try to create an English menu, it makes for a very funny read. ...
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