When I moved to Southeast Asia in late 2012 to teach overseas, one of the requirements of my training program, LanguageCorps, was to learn the local language. I decided to base myself out of [...]
Living abroad is a wonderful and unique experience. The first time was during my semester study abroad in Quito, Ecuador where I studied at a local university and hung out with the wildest [...]
I miss Ho Chi Minh City. It has been over a year and a half since I left Vietnam but I still think about it all the time. There is no doubt that the time I spent in Southeast Asia will always [...]
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam will always be one of my homes. I’ve had over a thousand meals there so you’re asking the impossible to give a curated list of recommendations. But if I must, I’ve [...]
In early 2014, I completed an interview with Go Overseas about my experience with LanguageCorps and what living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam was like. They are a platform that provides resources [...]
This was originally drafted and to be published in late 2014. Life intervened and I never got around to completing it. However, I tweaked the article with edits and finally in 2016, it’s ready to [...]