Table of contents : 1. Ecuador: the fear of returning -- 2. The secrets of teaching -- 3. The buzz of teaching overrules -- 4. The highs and lows of being a teacher -- 5. Feliz Navidad, ano nuevo, y adios -- 6. Peru: tension on the way to Machu Picchu -- 7. Bolivia: a mere one night stand -- 8. Brazil: Rio de Janeiro - from high to low -- 9. Salvador: the hectic build up to carnival -- 10. The carnival in Bahia -- 11. Settling in -- 12. Falling in love with teaching and Salvador -- 13. USA: Greyhound weirdoes -- 14. Australia: get me out of here -- 15. Thailand: meet the sister -- 16. Christmas plans with Uncle Gary -- 17. Teaching English was superior than the sister -- 18. Trying to learn Thai -- 19. The harsh truth and the end of Miss Lucy -- 20. How the sister saved my life -- 21. A full moon party lights the way -- 22. Bye bye Bangkok -- 23. Laos: drifting and dodgy shakes -- 24. Cambodia: Angkor Wat and a nasty surprise -- 25. Vietnam: from South to North -- 26. China: adventures with a g-string obsessed Swede -- 27. Trans-Mongolian: don't be afraid to the big bad babushkas -- 28. Russia: The last stint.