2012

2018-02-14

Jaipur

Jaipur in the state of Rajasthan 25 January, Thursday Narda slept most of the way from Agra to Jaipur. We had first class sleepers which were comfortable. I sat up the whole way (six hours) and played with some Photoshop stuff. We got to Jaipur after eleven pm and took the first tuk tuk driver Continue reading

2012, 2018 travel, 2018 travel, India, retirement world tour

Anaraag Villa, Clifton Park, Delhi Belly, Hawa Mahal, Jaipur, Jal Mahal, Maharaja Jai Singh II, Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh, Mansagar Lake, New York, Pink City, Rajasthan, Rajput family, The Good Fight, tuk tuk drivers
2013-01-01

Cat Cat, Sa Pa Vietnam

Cat Cat, Sa Pa Vietnam 30 December 2012 The first rainy day or actually all night previous but not to worry the rain did clear on Sunday morning with just a mist over Sapa and the one place we had not been to yet was the nearest village to Sapa, Cat Cat. Yes, that is Continue reading

2012, Dalian American International School, Hanoi, Vietnam

campus village, Cat Cat, Dalian American International School, H’Mong ethnic group, Hanoi Tourist train, Ho Chi Minh’s Mausoleum, Sa Pa Vietnam, Sapa, Sapa Tourist train, tribal folks
2012-12-31

Lao Chai and Ta Van Village, Sa Pa, Vietnam

Trek-outside of Sa Pa Day 2 Sunday, December 30, 2012 We said we wanted an easier walk today from yesterday’s trek up and down the local hills (mountains to my legs) through the rice paddies of Lao Chai and Ta Van Village. We hiked with the Henderson, from Liverpool, who we met and trekked with yesterday, Continue reading

2012, Hanoi

Bangkok’s Patpong, Black Hmong people, Flower Hmong, H’mong, Hoang Lien Mountains, Kinh, Lao Chai and Ta Van Village, Love Market, people, Red Dao, Sa Pa, Siem Reap, Ta Phin village, Vivvie
2012-12-28

Lao Chai Village, Sa Pa, Vietnam

Friday, December 28, 2012 Sa Pa, Vietnam We trekked to two villages today. The first was Lao Chai village, 6 km from the centre town, where the H’mong people are living. The trek was through rice fields and quite steep. The most difficult part was walking and balancing on the edge of the terraced rice paddies. Continue reading

2012, Vietnam

Binh Sapa Hotel, H’mong people, Lao Chai village, Muong Hoa valley, Ta Van Village
2012-12-27

Sa Pa, Vietnam

Thursday, December 27, 2012 Sapa The train did not look anything like the photos but rather a world-war II vintage of a China train (just my opinion). We got the first class soft sleepers though the translation in Vietnamese of the word soft is a hard one inch mat on a metal frame. Four of Continue reading

2012, Hanoi, Vietnam

Neuage, Sa Pa, The North Face, Vietnnam
2012-12-25

Christmas Day Hanoi

25 December 2012 Christmas Day Hanoi As I forgot to add this URL the last blog I scribbled out whilst dashing to a plane in Hoi An here it is http://blog.travelpod.com/members/3bybike We met this couple and their about ten-year old daughter at our hotel. They left Denmark last June and rode through Europe, Thailand, Cambodia Continue reading

2012, Hanoi, Hoi An

Hanoi, Ho Tay, Shantaram, Terrell Neuage, Truc Bach Lake, West Lake
2012-12-22

Hoi An, Vietnam

Friday, December 21, 2012 So quickly to find our life is not as adventuresome as the next person to pass by. Everywhere we travel their life is so unique and interesting but we no complain. Getting on our bikes this morning to look at local house rentals; we had heard a house goes for about Continue reading

2012, Hanoi, Vietnam

000 dongs, 100, Armageddon, Bruce Willis, ca phe chon, campus village, cham dance, Cham: Urang Campa, Dalian, Dalian American International School, Hanoi, Hellboys, Hoi An, Mayan Calendar, my son committing suicide, người Chăm or người Chàm, Orchard Garden Homestay, Southeast Asia, Standards Based Testing, utrabooks, Vietnam, Vietnamese coffee, Water Buffalo, Weasel Coffee
2012-11-11

Dalian Harbour View Hotel

Best Western Premier, Dalian Harbour View Hotel Sunday, November 11, 2012 home Blog Index next blog previous blog Youtube video at http://youtu.be/mfIh5gvLq9A and at http://neuage.us/BLOGS/25-Dalian-Harbour-View-Hotel.html Friday morning 6 AM waking up saying to Narda maybe we should stay in Dalian for the weekend; get away from school and campus village – take a break, stay Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China

2 Gangwan Street, Best Western Premier, broadcast journalism students, campus village, Canyon H.S. School in Bhopal, Chinese restaurant, Clifton Park, Dalian American International School, Dalian Harbour View Hotel, Dalian Passenger Terminal, Dalian Port, India, ISA plan through the British Council Schools team, Longshan, New York, World Class, Zhonshan District
2012-11-04

Jinshitan Storming

Jinshitan Storming Sunday, November 04, 2012 blogs 2012 We had our storm. Nothing like Sandy visiting the East Coast of the US but the earth had its moments of spitting and farting then the electricity went off. I was doing non-significant stuff at 6:15 am on a Sunday morning; writing up my lesson plans for Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian American International School, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu

Bhopal, campus village, Canyon School, Dalian American International School, Green Mango Hotel, Hanoi, HoiAn, India, Jackson Square, Jinshitan Storming, Kaifaqu, New Orleans, Viet Nam
2012-10-28

rambling weekends

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 More at http://dalian.neuage.us/videos/Boee_Brilliant_Villas_.Hill.html photo album for this is at http://neuage.us/BLOGS/photos/ Last Sunday we changed our day around – I suppose if it was my classroom we could say it was the flipped classroom model but I am not going to equate a day of leisure with an academic day. Not that every Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu, Uncategorized

Bhopal, Boee Brilliant Villas Hill, British Council International School Awards, Canyon H.S. School, Dalian City, India, Xiaoyaowan
2012-10-15

Home as a tourist destination

Home as a tourist destination I was born this This way Everything else I make up As I go (July 1995 Hackham, South Australia) I do not really have a home. I have a tourist destination. I am a tourist at home. Places I refer to as home are not homes but stops on the Continue reading

2012

Clifton Park, Ferrara Italy, Goa, Guatemala, Hackham, India, Lake Atitlan, New York, San Pedro La Laguna, Saratoga County, Shenendehowa Central School, South Australia, upstate New York
2012-10-06

Ferry from Yantai to Dalian

Ferry from Yantai to Dalian Youtube clip at http://youtu.be/gcx5Ll4V0iY Yantai is a coastal city on the Bohai Sea in Shandong province. It’s located in the northeast of China near Qingdao and Dalian. Total population is about 6.5 million people. Yantai port is located in Zhifu Bay overlooking Liaodong Peninsula across the sea. The Yantai Port Continue reading

2012, China

210 Yuan, Bohai Sea, Dalian, Dalian International Passenger Terminal, Ferry from Yantai to Dalia, Golden Gulf Hotel, Liaodong Peninsula, No.155 Beima Road, Shandong province, Yantai Ferry Terminal, Yantai port, Yantai Port Passenger Transport Station, Zhifu Bay
2012-10-01

to Yantai China on OK Airlines

Monday, October 01, 2012 Dalian Airport I am not sure whether it is our airlines; OK Airlines, or the sign over the gate we are departing from that causes concern. Not that I am concerned, this is China, what could possibly go wrong? I am sure these local flights are up to export standards. Like Continue reading

2012, China

Abnormal Flights, campus village, China, Dalian, Dalian International Airport, Elnora, Fall, Five-Star, Golden Gulf Hotel, golden pebble, Hutong, Lake George, mooncake Festival holiday, New York, OK Airlines, outlet store, Shenendehowa Central School, Tang Dynasty International Hot Spring Resort, Yantai
2012-09-29

Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節)

Saturday, September 29, 2012 How are some weekends different from other weekends? When there seems to be no end to the particular one being experienced is my favourite way; for example, this weekend syncs with next weekend in that the days between are part of the holiday of the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節) and no I Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu

British Council Schools team, Charles Gregory, Collaborative Broadcast Journalism, International School Services, Kazakhstan, Mid-Autumn Festival, Mooncake Festival, Raphael Raphael, Ross Global Academy, Weihai, World Class, Yantai, Zhongqiu Festival, 中秋節
2012-09-16

Dalian Bingyu National Geopark

The youtube video for this is at http://youtu.be/nKQkC-qTqaM a slideshow with heaps of photos is at http://neuage.us/BLOGS/weekend/index.html We needed the weekend off – something different, calming, invigorating and maybe even fun. There were about 30 of us from our school, teachers and the like – well actually teachers. There was another bus, parents and children Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian American International School

Backbone Sward (rock pillar), Binguanzhuanyong, Bingyu Culture, Buddha’s Hand Stone, characterized by quartz rock peaks, Dalian Bingyu National Geopark, Dalian International Club, Dove Stone (rock pillar, Grand Iron wall (steep cliff and other formations), Hongzhenying, Moonlight Sward (rock pillar), palaeo glacier trace, River Yingna, Shanghan ice ridge, Twin Dragons (rock columns), Zhuanghe of Dalian City
2012-09-14

Parent Teacher conference

We had the first of two-days of parent teacher’s conference at our school today. I have done this at schools before, nothing new, but I did get to thinking about life in general and the turns and twists one takes on the journey. Sitting there with parents I remembered my days as the parent with Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian American International School, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu

Bingyu Valley, Christies Beach High School, Dalian American International School, Meadows, Mt. Compass, Parent Teacher conference, Pt. Elliot, Victor Harbor, Wirreanda High School, 冰峪沟!
2012-09-08

Just call me 牛腾然

Saturday, September 08, 2012 Just call me 牛腾然（niu teng ran) I have had a few names in my life… Started off with the most boring name of Terry Miller – How could I go through life like that? So I got myself adopted by the time I was three by some Christians in upstate New Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu

1918, 1960s in Greenwich Village, 1984, Adelaide, Brother Arthur Adsit, Chinese expert visa, Clifton Park, 牛腾然, Dalian American International School, Eugene, Holy Order of MANS, Mavourneen Elizabeth Bellinger, Neuage, New York, niu teng ran, Oregon, picture poems, selling, South Australia, Terry Miller, The Adsit farm, Wichita Kansas
2012-09-02

What we did on the weekend

What we did on the weekend Because the weekends disappear on us and we forget what we did I am going to track each weekend this year to see what we do with all that time. Date What we did September 16 Our Itinerary for this weekend. I will add to it when we get Continue reading

2012, China

Bingyu Valley, Broadcast Journalism, Dandong, Google+, Longhua Mountains, North Korea, Typhoon Bolaven, Yinggua River, 冰峪沟!
2012-09-01

morning walks

Saturday, September 01, 2012 Morning walks before school are what creates our day in many ways. We have been doing morning walks before school for years; ever since living and working in New York City. We tried to walk every morning from the World Trade Centre subway stop to Narda’s school in the west Village, Continue reading

2012, China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu, Uncategorized

bush walking, Dalian American International School, Dalian Golden Pebble Beach National Resort, Kaifaqu, Narda’s school in the west Village, St. Luke’s, World Trade Centre subway stop
2012-08-12

We’re Back

We are back at school from a summer of travel to the States and Australia which I have gone on about in previous blogs. We have about 18 new staff and at least ten who have left after last school year to teach in schools in India, Istanbul, Brazil, the Middle East, and many other Continue reading

2012, China, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu

campus village, Jinshitan, Kaifaqu, Ross Global Academy, Swimming Pool at Dalian American International School, Terrell Neuage
2012-08-05

BOO

Another chance time to re-event me you them past not reflected past not shadowed past someone else’s NOW no longer in the future Continue reading

2012, Australia, China, Dalian China, Jinshitan, kai Fa Qu
2012-07-30

the past in the present

embedding the present moments in Australia and the USA by re-experiencing the past decades Continue reading

2012, Australia

“Life behind the Lobby: Indian American Motel Owners and the American Dream”, Bellbrae Country Club, Bells Beach, Bourbon Street, China, Crossville, Dalian, Jackson Square, Little Big Horns, Lutherville-Timonium, Maryland, Melbourne, micro-brewery, Saturn conjunct Pluto in Leo, Selma, Sydney Airport, Tennessee, Tullamarine Airport