04.12 So, it’s been nearly six weeks. Here are a few things I have finally succeeded in accomplishing… First driving a motorbike! “Make sure you keep your hand on the brake…” Ph, the owner of the motorbike, reminded me frequently… Not on roads yet, but I have now tried an automatic motorbike and I […]
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Two Days in the Mekong Delta
So, earlier this week I ventured out of the Ho Chi Minh City area, towards The Mekong Delta!! It was me and three of my Saigon friends, and we went with a tour company called TNK tours, it was brilliant. A busload of about forty people from a variety of countries – I spoke French with […]
Chicken feet, cockroaches and plane-spotting
19.11.2014 Xin chao! Long time no write, I seem to have phases. But now I MUST write it’s been a while… So, what’s happened since I last wrote. Well, I’ve settled more into BH life, and I really do enjoy teaching and lesson planning, and our group of BH teachers are a great bunch. We’ve gone for […]
The Bus Number 5
I will now tell you the story of my experiences on The Bus Number 5, the bus that goes between Bien Hoa and Ho Chi Minh City. 45 minutes at its best, x minutes at its worst. (Two hours is probably a reasonable maximum.) 20 miles/35km. My bus ride to HCMC was pretty smooth, about […]
Touristing it in Saigon
8.11.2014 Xin chao! Hello from Bien Hoa Food Village once again, the time is tam gieu nam moui sau (with a few accents missing) as I learnt in the awesome Vietnamese lesson I attended on Wednesday. So, spent most of last week back in my beloved HCMC, Saigon, ah I love you. <3 And this […]
First impressions of Bien Hoa
01.11.2014 evening Hello from the Food Village from floor 4 out of like 21 at the Pegasus Plaza-building, highest in Bien Hoa. Just survived my first teaching lesson with seventeen over-excited 6-11-year-olds. They basically didn’t understand anything I said, but most of them seemed to have fun and each spoke at least a little […]
Further impressions of Vietnam: Five firsts
Hallo! Today was a day of firsts. Or, if you’re a romantic Vietnamese plastic bag, firts.First pho. Pho is the number one food in Vietnam, noodle soup. No, doesn’t sound like the most exciting culinary experience, but it was very nice! My new friend T (also a new teacher with my company, very […]
Impressions of Vietnam: First five hours
26.10.2014 klo NOON So, I have been just under five hours in Ho Chi Minh City. In Vietnam. In Asia. !!!!!! And I feel I could write ten blog posts. I am sat in the lobby of my hotel, I’m allowed to check in in 45 minutes. My original plan had been to, after […]
TEFL in Vietnam: The Pre-Thoughts
HELLO MY LOVELIES, First things first: This is the 50th blog post of nectarinetravels! Do have a celebratory drink/biscuit/stuffing sandwich in honour of it. 🙂 Second things second: In one week I will be moving to Vietnam.This next section of my travel blog will therefore handily be about Asia-travels. 😀 Graduating from university + […]
France vs. UK: Foody edition!
Bonsoir tout le monde! France and Britain, two of my favourite countries ever. Neighbouring countries yet so very different, so one day I decided to compile a list of their differences. But where to start? Let’s say, the best thing in life, the most photographed thing in life, ie., FOOD. (&drink) Some examples […]