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A Weekend in Khun Yuam
I have just returned from a weekend in Khun Yuam. It was just what I needed. Back at the beginning of January, before I had left for my village, I met an American who had married a Karen lady 30 … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, camp, Culture, English, Karen, Living in the mountains, Mountains, No amenities, teaching, TEFL, TESL, Thailand, Travel
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My home.
Nuan’s home, the house I live in, is on the edge of the village. The only building beyond it a small church, red in colour and used only once a week for a few hours on a Sunday. You would not … Continue reading
Posted in Southeast Asia, The Karen
Tagged Adventure, Culture, family, Hilltribes, home, Karen, life, Living in the mountains, Mountains, No amenities, remote, TEFL, TESL, Thailand, Travel
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A day in the life.
How can I explain my new life to you? The smell of roasted rat greeted my nostrils when I woke up this morning. Last night Lipo returned home armed with a plastic bag full of lean, charred rats. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching English, Thailand, The Karen
Tagged Culture, English, Hilltribes, Karen, living with Karen, Mountains, No amenities, teaching
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Family Life
I live with Nuan and her husband Lipo. Nuan is 47 years old. A sprightly, energetic lady full of laughter. She smiles all the time, and though she speaks about as much English as I do Thai, so not very … Continue reading
Posted in Southeast Asia, The Karen
Tagged Adventure, Culture, family, Karen, Language, life, living, Living in the mountains, Mountains, No amenities, simple living, Thai, Thailand, Travel
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A New Adventure.
It is hard to believe I am here. Somehow with a mixture of buses, trains and a few lifts, I actually made it from the UK to Thailand without flying. It feels a little surreal, and I cannot quite work … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Southeast Asia, Teaching English, Thailand, The Karen
Tagged Adventure, bus journeys, challenge, Culture, English, Hilltribes, journey, Karen, Living in the mountains, Mountains, No amenities, simple living, Southeast Asia, subculture, teaching, Thailand, Travel
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Leaving Mongolia
Yesterday I boarded the final stage of the Trans-Mongolian railway from Ulaanbaatar, and arrived in Beijing this morning. It was a beautiful train ride with good company in the form of a bunch of other travellers. The scenery changed dramatically … Continue reading
Visiting the Tsaatan
The Tsaatan, literally “Reindeer People”, are an indigenous community who live in the heart of the Darkhan Depression, a mountainous region in the north of Mongolia. It is a vast area covered in larch woodland and scattered with small … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Best of the Blog, Living with Locals, Mongolia, The Tsaatan
Tagged Adventure, Culture, herders, horseback, journey, Living in the mountains, Mongolia, Mountains, No amenities, Nomad life, reindeer, Self-sufficiency, Travel, Tsaatan, wild
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Living with Kazakh Eagle Hunters in Mongolia
Wow. How can I put the last ten days into a single blog post? We, Jordi and I, have been living with a Kazakh Eagle Hunter, Ardack, and his family, in the heart of the Western Mongolian mountains. Their house, … Continue reading
Wanderlust for Wild Places 