The last leg of our Chinese New Year vacation was in Cambodia. We spent a few days using Siem Reap as a base from which to explore the temples of Angkor, and then took a bus down to Phnom Penh, where we flew home from.
Category: Travel
The Dreaded Travel Day: Bangkok to Siem Reap Overland
This was the big day of the trip, and the one I was most worried about going wrong. There are so many accounts of other travellers having a tough time with this leg of the typical Southeast Asian tour, and I was determined not to have any trouble if it could be helped. In the […]
Chinese New Year Vacation Part Two: Thailand
On February 7, we left Malaysia and hopped onto a flight over to the island of Koh Samui, our first of two destinations during our week in Thailand.
Chinese New Year Vacation Part One: Singapore and Malaysia
With the arrival of Chinese New Year and a 2 week vacation, Mike and I set out for a whirlwind tour of parts of Southeast Asia. The plan: to fly to Singapore and make our way mostly by surface travel to Phnom Penh, Cambodia over 2.5 weeks. We spent the first week with my dad’s […]
Cycling Weekend: Neiwan
With good weather forecast for the weekend and no hot water at home, we decided now was the time to go on our first overnight bike trip here in Taiwan. There’s something really satisfying about travelling away from home under your own power. We chose to head over to the relatively nearby mountain town of […]
Buying a Bike in Taiwan
One of the things we wanted to do in Taiwan was explore it by bicycle. We decided, being in the land of Giant and Merida, that we would buy some bikes to ride for the year (and potentially take back to Canada). We always like to pop into local bike stores when we travel, and […]
Looking forward to 2013
Well, we are firmly into 2013 now, and after quite some thought, I have decided to record some aspirations for the new year. I say aspirations because I would like to set some weekly goals, however I know already that these goals will at times not be met (for example, during our travels at Chinese […]
Happy New Year!
新年快樂 (Xīn Nián Kuài Lè)! Happy New Year! I had gotten myself into quite a bind about how to spend New Year’s Eve here in Taiwan. Part of me wanted to go to Taipei to see the fireworks at Taipei101. The pictures and videos I have seen in years past have been amazing, and to […]
2012: A Retrospective
With just a few hours left, it is time to look back at the year that was!
Games for EFL Classes
My awesome co-teacher Erica shared a new game with me. Games are a great way to reinforce learning in a fun way. The new addition to the arsenal is The Pizza Game. Draw a big circle and then another just around the outside (to mark the crust). Divide the pizza into wedges, one for each […]