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Big Backpack - Little World (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Donna Morang (Autore), Cuauhitil Rivera Ramos (Illustratore), Nadia Galindo Aldape (Illustratore) Formato: Formato Kindle
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In 2000 Donna Morang sold all her earthly possessions and left the United States to teach ESL (English as a second language). Join her as she travels to three continents, and twelve countries.
Step into her classroom and teach English in Mexico, Nicaragua, Colombia, and Vietnam, or vacation with her in Spain, Thailand, and Cambodia.
Fall in love with her students learning English, the special street kids, some crazy bartenders, and fellow backpackers. Meet new friends and hear their stories, or laugh with a romantic man or two from around the world.
Venture into the countryside to dance with local people, drink moonshine, explore caves, fish for marlin, catch buckets of squid, or squirm as she eats strange bugs and worms.
Hold her hand as she explores new city streets and countries-- often lost, once robbed, or tremble when guns are pointed at her, as she crosses one more border.
Donna Morang, teacher and traveler has done this and more with a smile and a gusto for life. She definitely knows how to experience life as a true adventurer.
This book is NOT about a woman going in search of herself, or looking for a better life. She already knows that life is beautiful, and she lives it to the fullest
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007TL2EE8
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 2082 KB
  • Utilizzo simultaneo di dispositivi ‏ : ‎ illimitato
  • Da testo a voce ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supportato
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 211 pagine
  • Numeri di pagina fonte ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1461146674
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5,0 su 5 stelle A superb read!
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 10 novembre 2017
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As a fellow writer, I cannot commend this book enough. It's an inspirational read, such that you feel you are beside Donna throughout her remarkable journey in the cause of bringing the English language to the masses. I was unable to put the book down for very long before reaching for it again enthusiastically. A terrific read.
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5,0 su 5 stelle What a lovely, courageous and inspiring lady!
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 6 gennaio 2012
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If I ever meet Donna, I am going to give her the biggest bear hug I can - what an amazing, lovely lady.

At the age of fifty-something, dear Donna had that `eureka' moment. That moment when that something you know you want to do, but can't quite put your finger on what it is, suddenly becomes clear. Donna realised she wanted to go and teach English as a second language in......well, everywhere or anywhere in the world. So an exam later and after acceptance into the ESL (English as a Second Language) program, she packed her backpack, grabbed her passport, credit cards and plane ticket, said an emotional goodbye to her daughters and off she went. Mrs Indiana Jones in search of excitement.

Donna got more than excitement. Her first teaching consignment was in Mexico and in the few years that followed she visited and taught in Cambodia, Panama, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Spain, Thailand and Vietnam. Each country provided her with unforgettable experiences. She was awed by the beauty of each nation, she had the privilege of participating in unique traditional ceremonies, such as weddings, she tasted weird and wonderful local cooking and unusual food. She gained friends in fellow teachers, students she taught, the owners of bars, hotels, and people she bumped into on the beaches. In 11 years, Donna experienced probably more than a good many of us in a lifetime.

As you read this chatty account of her travels, it's not hard to understand why and how Donna got 110 per cent out of her travels: because she gives 110 per cent of herself to everything she does and to those around her. Donna was sometimes obliged to stay in unsavoury hotels/hostels, and her journeys were sometimes hard, even hair-raising, but she never once complained - it was all part of the experience. The older one gets, the more one misses creature comforts, but not this lady. She made friends with everyone she met, whether they were 6 or 60 - she is a people magnet. It's easy to see her attractive personality and to understand what made her such a successful teacher - she understood her students. She was a mother, a sister, a grandmother, a hairdresser, a teacher, a confidante - she was anything that anyone needed her to be, wherever she found herself.

Donna is 11 years older than when she first started her adventures and she hasn't finished yet. There are favourite countries she wants to revisit and more new places to see. Donna is a unique traveller - she falls into each culture's customs and way of life effortlessly. If I was going to embark on a travelling adventure, she is the person I would chose to do it with. I know that if I ever see a blonde lady with a kind face, a backpack and a cigarette (if she hasn't yet kicked the habit!), it will be Donna Morang.

Donna wanted to share her experiences with us, the readers, hence the book. At the end of it, I felt privileged to have done just that.
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RaniB
4,0 su 5 stelle Travels broaden your mind
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 5 giugno 2016
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I love travelling and that's why I thought it would be a good read. Donna is in my age range, a little bit older and she was amazing, fearless and adventurous. A must read for anyone wishing to take time out to travel.
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4,0 su 5 stelle The intrepid traveling ESL granny
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 4 novembre 2011
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Ever wonder how there are always some people in the most remote corners of the globe that speak English when the news crews show up for some disaster or uprising? Think Good Morning Vietnam only replace the amorous Robin Williams with an intrepid traveling granny who loves helping people have a chance at a better life by teaching ESL (English as a Second Language). English that helps child street vendors sell to American tourists to be able to survive, that helps local wait staff get better tips from those tourists to support their families, that enables future Vietnamese Airline pilots learn the required language to fly commercial planes to airports worldwide.

The snow was on the ground at her little house in Montana when Donna Morang's daughter sent her information on ESL. She was ready for sunshine, white sand beaches and crystal clear water. First stop, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in November 2000 where she would take a class in teaching ESL. She was the oldest one there, but she not only passed after the required 150 hours of instruction, she discovered that "most cultures honor and respect older people who are considered wise."

However, this is no staid teacher. From Mexico to Central and South America, from Indonesia to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia, Morang seeks out the non-touristy neighborhoods and immerses herself in the authentic culture, bringing some American color with her. There isn't a local dish she won't try, including dog, snake meat and fried insects. She bellies up to the bar for the local beer, her favorite wine, tequila shots or rum--whatever is favored by the clientele with whom she never fails to make friends. She'll join in for karaoke and dance till dawn with young male suitors who find her intoxicating.

This vagabond life is not without its mishaps. Morang was stung by a poison fish she stepped on in shallow Mexican waters, stung by microscopic jellyfish in Indonesia, got parasites and a fungus in Latin America, even got hit by a car that busted up her knee in the crazy traffic of the Far East, so that she had to knock it back in place with her fist, and then seek medical attention. Most interesting was that she trusted local homeopathic remedies which, in every instance, worked for her.

I would love to see the videos to go with this real deal travelogue: of interminable bus rides over iffy roads through deep dark jungles, of surviving hurricanes on and fishing off of Caribbean islands, visiting gorgeous cities and timeless ruins, traveling to work by cyclo (bicycle rikshaw) in Ho Chi Minh City, collecting shells and swimming off pristine beaches and so much more.

Big Backpack--Little World is written in colloquial style so that it reads like the letters you never got from your kids (or at least I never did) when they set out to see the world. Morang judges no one, helps whomever she can and is loved, respected and protected in return.

Boomers, if you think the best is over, read this book.
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S. Jackson
5,0 su 5 stelle Not a travel guide--but
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 5 aprile 2014
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Thie is not a travel guide but I have to say if I want to go to any of the countries Donna spent time teaching and getting to know the people in I would pick this book up first. A brave woman, Donna sells everything, with her backpack and her daughters OK she sets off on her adventures. I won't tell you the different countries she went to, you will have to read her book, but she made friends and lived life to its fullest in every country she visited. Occasionally she had some hair raising escapes that I would have enjoyed hearing more about. Donna was lucky enough to get an ESL license for teaching English and it was wonderful to hear how students in other countries took their education seriously and respected teachers. She didn't stay in 5* hotels and ate what the local folks ate. Donna's daughter even came for a visit several times and enjoyed adventures with Mom. This is a great book--enjoy reading it.
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