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Teaching Young Monks, Enchey Monastery Gangtok, Sikkim Tibetan Monasteries

Important Requirements for Teaching and Learning English Abroad

As the top global language of business and with approximately 1.5 billion English speakers worldwide, learning English is a priority for many non-native speakers, and English teachers are consequently in high demand. However, before either a teacher or a student can get started some requirements must be fulfilled first. From getting qualified to reading up […]

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Langkawi Sunset Cruise, Resorts World Langkawi in Malaysia

Our Short Lived Career in Media Trips

Allan & Fanfan

The past few months have been set in somewhat of a limbo, as we planned to be in the U.K. in April, and then again in July, but now in September we are still twiddling our thumbs in Thailand. And this is to do with an ongoing long-term Visa saga, which we ironically applied for

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Fanfan Wilson, JR Japan Rail Pass Travel in Winter February Snow

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Allan & Fanfan

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Summer is Coming in Bangor Northern Ireland

Allan & Fanfan

This morning I woke to frost on the ground and left the house with 3’c temperatures outside. It’s hardly t-shirt weather here and I was wearing an arctic expedition jacket, as I’m still reacclimatised to the weather here. But it was sunny, which means summer is coming and the usual grey skies and misery of

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North Down Independent News, Northern Ireland Assembly Election 2016

The Family Business: Politics in Northern Ireland

Allan & Fanfan

I’ve never really mentioned on this blog my life before Asia, but now, with our recent move to Bangor Northern Ireland, there is no better time than now to share. I have been here now since late December, with Fanfan for most of it, but for reasons, I have been a bit hush-hush on why. For

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Jenny Watts Treasure Hunt

Allan & Fanfan

For the first weeks of this month, I was organizing a community treasure hunt in my hometown of Bangor Northern Ireland, while travelling almost 10,000 km away in all parts of Japan. What else would I have been doing? I am now in the sticks of Thailand, not far from the Cambodian borders and roughly

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Conflict in Couples Travel?

Allan & Fanfan

One of the most common questions asked to us as a travelling couple is “who makes the decisions in travel?” In all, I would say we both make the decisions, but this has swayed more recently towards Fanfan. While in earlier travels, I would almost always take control of the decision making, this no longer

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Rathlin Island Birdwatching, Top 10 Northern Ireland Attractions NI

New Year 2015

Allan & Fanfan

Looking back at 2014 we can only compare it to the year before in 2013 where we travelled through Europe, got engaged in Wicklow Ireland, married in Bali and ticked off a handful of dream destinations. So 2013 was our best year to date but I would say 2014 isn’t far behind. On paper though it does

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Allan Wilson, My Travel Inspiration Backpacking Parents

My Backpacking Parents

Allan & Fanfan

One of the most common questions asked to a travel blogger is “what inspired you to travel” and for me it is a question which always draws a blank. I don’t really follow things; movies or TV, magazines, blogs or people… I just travel because I always have. It’s like being asked what inspired you

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Our Perfect Wedding in Ubud Bali Indonesia. First Year of Marriage in Bangkok

Our First Year of Marriage

Allan & Fanfan

If ‘the first year of marriage is always the hardest’ then I can say our marriage is definite for the long run. Since our wedding in April last year we have enjoyed a yearlong honeymoon, or at least that’s how it has felt. After travels in Europe, our engagement in the Wicklow Mountains, and our

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