The theimpracticalnomad.com/ stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Thanks to everyone who has shared my adventures, made comments and will hopefully keep following in 2012! x
Here’s an excerpt:
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 43 trips to carry that many people.
[slideshow] Cambodia has become a trendy, almost cliché, destination for gap yahs and travellers – but don’t let that put you off – as it’s as grateful for the tourist dollar as you can get and it is certainly an experience you will never forget. Films like “The Killing Fields” and books including’ “First they…
[slideshow]It shouldn’t have worked…a Lawyer and a Fishmonger from London, a special needs Teacher from Bristol, a trainee Solicitor from Newcastle, a Scottish Care worker and Oil rig assistant from Aberdeen, a Hospitality Manager from Melbourne and a PR Exec from Nottingham…but as it turned out, I couldn’t have asked for a better bunch of…
[slideshow] For some reason Shanghai was like my own personal Mecca. Arrival signified that I had made it overland across China and could do this traveling lark after all! It was a welcome (albeit brief) reunion of fellow Vodkatrainers, lost to individual itineraries for a few weeks. It also signified my first real taste of solo…
[slideshow] Tianjin Economic Development Area (TEDA) is not in Tianjin, nor is it 29 minutes by bullet train from Beijing as I was told when I accepted the job (whilst standing outside Hong Kong Botanical gardens in the pouring rain!). TEDA is an hour Chingway ride to Tianjin and half an hour from Tanggu (rough…
I was woken up at 8am on my day off by my teaching assistant banging impatiently on my apartment door (anyone who knows how much I like my sleep, will know that this is starting badly!). “We need to leave urgently, you have to go to Son Yuan to get a new visa. Today!”. So…
[slideshow]I LOVED Hong Kong. Despite a traumatic arrival, it was a place where acquaintances became life-long friends, I was re-energised to tackle the world and, above all, I had a really, really great time. After being put in touch with an old school mate through a mutual friend (Facebook does have some benefits), a suggested…
Happy New Year Little Sis
Happy New Year to you too! Can’t believe it’s nearly a year gone already! Hope 2012 is as exciting as 2011 x x x