It has been pretty rainy since we arrived back in Yangon.  Much rainier than we remember it being last year.  A few times now I have had to wade through water that has overrun the road on my walk home from school. Continue reading “Colonial Yangon” →

We’ve been back to school now for two and a half weeks.  This year is my 20th year working in a school-where has the time gone?  That’s us on the first day up there-it was raining which was a shame, but no one made us wear matching grey t-shirts (that showed every drop of sweat) this year! Continue reading “Back to the Routine” →

In my last post, I alluded to some airport turmoil we experienced this summer.  I have to preface this by saying all’s well that ends well, and in the end nothing was really traumatic (see the happy family photo above???) but I am happy not to have to go to an airport any time soon. Continue reading “Travel Travails” →

Today marks one year since we stuffed 4 suitcases into a cab and made our way to Heathrow to fly to Bangkok.  It seems impossibly that a year has passed so quickly, but here we are.  The photo above was us as we pulled out of our street in Kilburn. Continue reading “One Year” →

We are down to two weeks of work left before summer vacation!  All kinds of things are finishing up for the year.  For me, the biggest relief is that I am now officially done coaching swimming. Continue reading “Wrapping things up” →

We are down to our last four weeks of school and things are very busy!  Right now Gavin is away up north in the Shan state, previewing the spot where our school is going to be building a village school in a partnership with a charity that puts schools in communities that have not previously had access to education.  Continue reading “Weddings, spiders and mangoes” →

We are back from our dive trip!  We had a good time and saw some of the beautiful deserted beaches of the Mergui Archipelago.  Continue reading “Spring Break” →

We are finally on our version of Spring Break!  Yesterday was the last day of school and today is the beginning of one of the most important Myanmar holidays-Thingyan.  It is the Burmese New Year and is celebrated by throwing water on any and everything.  Continue reading “Thingyan” →

Time seems to be flying at the moment, and we are definitely on the slippery slope to summer vacation.  Last night we had our big school gala in a hotel downtown, but I will let Gav tell you all about that as he was one of the main organisers! Continue reading “Slippery Slope” →