Part 1: The Journey Begins PART 2: The Philippines (2002-2004) For two years, Baguio City, the Philippines was my home. I lived and worked at an international school in the ‘City of Pines’ in the mountainous Cordillera region of northern Luzon. It was the beginning of my international teaching experience. It also represented an extension […]
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How It All Begins Part 1: Getting started I began my blog in early 2023. It’s still 2023 when writing this post and I’ve already written around 30 Footloose Teacher blog posts and started a completely new second blog about personal finance. That’s quite a thing for a guy who’s never written anything before. I
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What Is A Sabbatical? Have you ever wondered what a sabbatical was? Do you know people who have taken sabbaticals? What exactly is the point? Well, I’ve actually decided to take a sabbatical myself. And I’ve even set a start date. June 2026. I know …. that’s a long way away. But I imagine that
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Living The Dream? International travel, adventure, cultural experiences and multinational friends. Living a varied and rewarding life traversing the globe at your pace and on your terms. Sounds great right? And it is. Most of the time. But living outside your country of origin, away from family, away from childhood friends and away from
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When It’s Time To Go Home …. Or Maybe It’s Not I can remember it quite clearly. It was sometime in September 2016. We moved to the Gold Coast, Australia in June 2015 after 4 years in Hong Kong and I’d lived in Asia for 13 consecutive years. I turned to my wife and said
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Big Decisions It’s obvious that some decisions that we make in our lives can have huge impacts and lead to completely different outcomes. Living overseas is one such decision. Sliding door moments can alter our paths and we may reflect and think ‘What if …?’. A few people thought I was crazy to leave a
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[tp_widget][/tp_widget]Part 2: A Slow Boat And A Beautiful Town The first part of our Northern Thailand-Laos journey had ended and the next part began when we arrived at the Thai-Laos border By around 3 pm we had reached the border. This is a very low-key border crossing. I’m pretty sure we were the only people
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Part 1: Bangkok to Chiang Mai This summer (July) I decided to do some things differently For the past 20-odd years the wonderful month of July has been my holiday month. As an international school teacher, I have been in the fortunate position of having a mid-year break of 6-7 weeks from mid-late June. This
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I’m inspired by the work of so many people that I have come across in my life. Many of these are colleagues who live a life true to their life mission to make the world a better place. My previous school was chock a block full of them. I could name them but they would
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Songkran, also known as the Thai New Year, is a festival celebrated throughout Thailand in mid-April every year. Having lived in countries that celebrate the Lunar New Year, I’m used to the extra New Year celebration. But those have mostly been around February. This was mid-April. It is a time for family reunions, religious ceremonies,
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