Goats On The Road Posts
Working a 9-5: How I Barely Escaped With My Life
Looking back on my life now, I see the working world as evil temptations that nearly kept me from living the lifestyle I do now. I worked for a plastic packaging plant in Calgary, Canada. I was making a comfortable living and I was able to buy things that I wanted. I moved in with Dariece ...
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Counting Down The Days Until Departure!
We have only a few weeks left here in China! I don’t know how this is even possible. It feels like we just celebrated Christmas. In 26 days (but who’s counting?!) we will be hoisting our backpacks over our backs and heading back out where we belong: on the road. We have absolutely loved our ...
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What Is A Backpacker?
We often claim to be “backpackers” on this site, but people may have many different ideas of what a backpacker is. Wikipedia says backpacking is: “A form of low-cost, independent international travel. It includes the use of a backpack or other luggage that is easily carried for long distances or long periods of time.” We agree with ...
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Living In China: Quirks Of The Culture
Living abroad is totally different from just travelling through a country. We’ve been able to really get to know about the Chinese way of life, customs and culture. It’s amazing how much we’ve learned from living here, apparently, we didn’t know anything when we travelled here for a month! We thought it was time to ...
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Dumpling Making Party in China!
A couple of weeks ago, we decided to show our Chinese friends the western ways of BBQ’ing and picnics, a foreign concept here in China. They had a great time and wanted to show us something special from their culture. So, they invited us, Jhonny, Rose and Colleen over to one of their houses to ...
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Teaching English In Front Of 400 People On Children’s Day
The other day I received a text message from my boss saying that I was going to have to go and do a promo at the exhibition center. Usually this involves simply handing out flyers and looking foreign… but this day was different. When I met the principal of the school outside the massive complex, ...
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