Getting TEFL / TESOL Certified
When trying to find a job teaching English as a foreign language teacher, there are several important factors that will help you in your quest to find a job. In my experience - and this
By Jamie| 2016-09-22T08:23:29+00:00 September 22nd, 2016|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
When trying to find a job teaching English as a foreign language teacher, there are several important factors that will help you in your quest to find a job. In my experience - and this
By Jamie| 2016-10-04T02:26:03+00:00 September 19th, 2016|Donkey Van Conversion, Video|
The first thing I had to do with this van conversion was to clean then van - thoroughly. After being a working van for nearly a decade, there was dirt everywhere, and what I began with
By Jamie| 2017-01-09T05:07:58+00:00 September 5th, 2016|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
The Benefits of TEFL / TESOL Certification for Job Hunting Finding a job is about proving your value in the eyes of your potential employer. You want them to look at you (or your application
By Jamie| 2016-10-04T02:26:13+00:00 August 30th, 2016|Donkey Van Conversion, Video|
I am converting a van to a camper van. And I now have a van to work on. Meet 'The Donkey', affectionately named because it has been a work horse for the past decade, carting
By Jamie| 2016-08-24T16:21:18+00:00 August 22nd, 2016|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
I never saw myself as a teacher whilst I was at school. In fact, after seeing the way that students treat teachers in England, I said to myself that I absolutely, definitely, would never ever
By Jamie| 2016-08-17T18:23:45+00:00 August 17th, 2016|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
To create is to bring (something) into existence. A song, a story, a piece of furniture... an idea. It is a fundamental basic of human existence that we shall always be creating things - some more
By Jamie| 2016-11-21T17:57:30+00:00 July 31st, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Twenty-nine years ago, my biological being came into existence and I was issued with a birth certificate - my first official piece of paper to say that I existed. I became a British citizen by
By Jamie| 2016-11-07T21:42:11+00:00 July 26th, 2016|Advice, Stories, Video|
How much does it cost to travel Europe? As much as you have. It is possible to go on a week long holiday, stay in a nice hotel, take taxis, and visit attractions, spending hundreds a day. But if
By Jamie| 2016-07-18T17:00:17+00:00 July 18th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
After multiple years of travelling around the globe and living in various places, I find myself being asked the same question again and again: "What is your favourite country in the world?" This is an
By Jamie| 2016-07-17T22:23:40+00:00 July 17th, 2016|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
Europe is a breeze to get around, not just for its size, but because of all the budget carriers that allow you to fly from one country to another without breaking the bank. In fact, at
By Jamie| 2016-07-03T23:58:44+00:00 July 3rd, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
For six years, I haven't lived in a single building for more than six months, and I have moved through many countries. Because of these explorations, I have lost count of the amount of times
By Jamie| 2016-06-25T10:26:34+00:00 June 25th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Definition of brexit: - to take the action of leaving somewhere or something, often to prove a point, even though the result of that leaving may be largely detrimental to one's own situation. Example 1:
By Jamie| 2016-06-24T06:51:36+00:00 June 24th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Today, 24th June 2016, it has been confirmed that the UK has voted to leave the EU by way of referendum. The following views are expressed as my response to this decision. In recent weeks
By Jamie| 2016-06-15T20:37:31+00:00 June 15th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Over the past few years I have spent many nights free camping across various parts of the world. Armed with little more than a sleeping bag and a tent or a hammock, I have found
By Jamie| 2016-06-05T23:03:36+00:00 June 5th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
After a year of teaching English in South Korea, walking out of the classroom for the very last time felt pretty damn awesome. It wasn't that I hadn't enjoyed my time teaching - it had been
By Jamie| 2016-05-18T02:59:37+00:00 May 10th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I returned to the UK last Monday. I generally find customs a fairly uninspiring place full of workers who are trying to catch you out (which is their job). I've never done anything wrong when entering
By Jamie| 2016-05-12T09:54:46+00:00 May 9th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
The first flight I ever took between the UK and USA was when I was eighteen years old - a decade ago. It was part of an around the world flight ticket in which I took ten flights for
By Jamie| 2017-01-09T04:46:25+00:00 April 20th, 2016|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
If you wish to be an English teacher, the benefits of doing a TEFL course are numerous. However, there are innumerable TEFL courses available on the market today and sometimes the wealth of information bombarded at you
By Jamie| 2017-01-02T18:28:17+00:00 April 20th, 2016|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
If you are looking for a job as an English teacher, getting certified with a TEFL / TESOL certification is a great first step to help aid you in your search for employment, regardless of
By Jamie| 2016-04-18T06:28:13+00:00 April 18th, 2016|Stories, Video|
I was so very, very excited to go to New Zealand and cycle for a month. Unfortunately, things did not go to plan, largely because of the weather. After five days we stopped cycling New
By Jamie| 2016-04-14T15:51:49+00:00 April 14th, 2016|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration|
I lived in Istanbul for six months, working as an English teacher. In general, I didn't have a great time, largely due to my landlord, but I chose to live in Istanbul because during my first
By Jamie| 2016-04-11T16:55:16+00:00 April 11th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I went to a casino in Detroit a few days ago. In my mind I pictured a casino as a place full of lavish tables, fashionably dressed individuals, and most of all, money. And lots
By Jamie| 2016-04-07T00:23:54+00:00 April 7th, 2016|One Week and £100, Thoughts and Inspiration|
I have a new idea that encompasses multiple ideas, but not enough ideas to fill that bigger idea, thus I need your help for more ideas - bit of a mouthful, eh? Allow me to elaborate. The
By Jamie| 2016-04-05T17:37:38+00:00 April 5th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Painting pictures, playing instruments, writing books... whatever it may be, it seems that everybody has creative pursuits that they wish to pursue. Except that most of them will never be pursued. People promise themselves to make
By Jamie| 2016-03-30T04:07:37+00:00 March 30th, 2016|Stories|
It's hard not to like a van painted like a cow, especially when it is so lovingly referred to as Mootilda, the Moo Moo Van. Even with seven of you living in it (and only
By Jamie| 2016-03-30T02:53:50+00:00 March 30th, 2016|Stories, Video|
To celebrate Leah's birthday, I had her thrown off a cliff. Being a gentleman, I too was thrown off the cliff. More specifically, it was the Shotover Canyon Swing in Queenstown, New Zealand - a 109m
By Jamie| 2016-03-04T02:09:26+00:00 March 4th, 2016|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration|
I see two main purposes for undertaking a long distance bicycle ride: To prove that you can do it To have a good time A journey can be for either or both of these reasons. When I
By Jamie| 2016-03-04T02:10:02+00:00 February 26th, 2016|Stories|
We had a go. A little bit of a go, at least. We bought bicycles and panniers, and we cycled a couple of hundred kilometres through rain and wind. That is our experience of cycling