I finally made it!!! For the next year, I will be teaching a variety of English classes at Souphanouvong University (SU) in Luang Prabang. I will be working for both the Faculty of Languages and the Faculty of Engineering, potentially even the Faculty of Agriculture! Who better for that job than an Iowa girl, right?! … Continue reading Let the Teaching Begin!

Yes, you read that correctly. The Luang Prabang Library has a library book boat. It's this amazing, beautiful, wooden riverboat that is perhaps 50 feet long and 8 feet wide. Actually... who knows, it could be half that or double that, I'm a terrible guesser! You can judge for yourself from the pictures. Point is, … Continue reading The Library Book Boat

The exhausting, 5-week orientation in Vientiane has now come and gone. I've now been living abroad just short of two months, and it still feels like a complete dream. We received cultural training, ESL teacher training, and were given our official placements for the next year, during our time in Vientiane. I will be placed … Continue reading Luang Prabang at Last!