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Genie Cooper

Just a rural New Zealand girl trying to Navigate life teaching abroad in Vietnam.

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Kia Ora!Welcome to the inner workings of my mind and the absolute yarns that I've been spinning since moving to Vietnam! If you have any questions or want to see more, head over to my instagram! 

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An open letter to Vietnam

Well, now that i’ve made it through isolation I thought why not torture myself some more by writing this. Like always, the best place to...

The Last 24...

Waking up at 9am I had a horrible feeling. What if I had read my flight details wrong? What if I was flying out Saturday morning, not...

The week that was

Well the time had come. I had finished my last weekend at work and had started to plan my final week. I had to think of all the things I...

Ninh Binh and beyond...

Well so it's a new day and time for another adventure. On today's agenda is Ninh Binh. Now N.B is going to be a little more low key,...

Hectic times in Ha Long

Sitting on the steps of the Hanoi opera house, Mollie and I were waiting for the bus to Halong. We signed up for a semi-luxurious cruise...

Sapa... Maybe...

Part two I was awoken when the driver came to the back of the (I’m generously calling this a bus) and slapped my ass. Now I’m no expert...

I CAN drive....

Just a wee update on the license front. After waiting the allocated thirteen days, we headed back to the shambles that fronted as the...

The Vung Tau Virus

If I've said it once I'll say it again, I honestly cannot make this stuff up! If at any point you think I am using my birthright as a...

The TRUE spiral

Now this is the true story. Before the bars closed again myself and my most irresponsible friend, Emily Smith, decided we deserved a...

Corona, Floods and Spiraling.

So it's been awhile since I dropped some wisdom, but things have been absolutely crazy here the last wee while. When I last wrote I was...

Seven Day work weeks

Kia Ora! Me again! I know it's been awhile since I last gave you all an update but life has been pretty hectic! Vietnam is back to normal...

Break the silence

Its hard to know where to even start, or what I can even say, but if I have realised anything over the last week, it is that this is not...

One broken child.

You've heard the story about how I have inspired a child, now it's time to hear the story about the child that I broke. Let me set the...

One Proud teacher!

Happy Vietnam-aversary to me! If you asked me four months ago what would have been happening when this was posted I would have happily...

25 Things by 25.

Isolation is doing weird things to people. I'm somewhere between crying at a children's show on Netflix (pup academy none the less) with...

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