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”
Right – Rattlesnakes! Why the fever over rattlesnakes you may ask? You may have also noticed other comments about snakes in past posts. You probably know that I am a birder so why the sudden interest in snakes. Continue reading “Retirement Practice (part 3)”
Why Retirement Practice? This is my first school summer holiday as a school employee. For years I have had to put up with comments from Lindsey’s colleagues like ‘have a good summer’ and ‘what are your plans for the summer’ etc when my answer has usually been ‘well, more of the same’ as I had a normal job. Continue reading “Retirement Practice (part 2)”
It’s been a while which for my part has been because we went to Vietnam and I wanted to start that post with a brief history of the Vietnam war. The problem with that plan is that I know embarrassingly little about the Vietnam war (or rather wars as it turns out). Continue reading “Retirement Practice (part 1)”
One week to go and even less for Lindsey as her official last day is Thursday whereas mine is Friday. Considering that I have never worked in a school before and also considering that the library set up was a bit mad when we started I think we have both done a great job in our first year. Continue reading “Worthwhile Things”
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”
