Follow my incredible journey teaching English abroad, living in China, and traveling the world! Welcome to Don's ESL Adventure!
12/08/2025
I was fortunate to spend a cool 3 years living in Shanghai.
It’s an incredible city. As China’s largest, it boast a population of 25+ million.
There’s a huge foreign population, so there’s no problem meeting other expats and eating at international restaurants.
It’s also got one of the world’s best cityscapes—a spectacular blend of old meets new and East meets West.
I could go on and on about how amazing this place is, but just take a look at some of the pics and see for yourself!
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03/08/2025
Check out some of my favorite photos in the classroom with my ESL students in China over the years.
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22/07/2025
I’ve got a funny story to share about cultural differences in China! Enjoy!
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19/07/2025
17 Things to Know About China’s Food Culture.
Anything you like most about Chinese food?
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17/07/2025
🌎 Don’s ESL Adventure is back! I’m finally getting back around to sharing all of my cool content from nearly 8 years of teaching English as a second language (ESL) abroad, living in China 🇨🇳, and traveling the world!
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✅ Discover life inside of China.
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✅ Find out how you can use teaching ESL abroad to truly change your life!
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What Can You Expect From Don’s ESL Adventure?
So, you want to travel—you want to see the world, live in another country, and experience other cultures, and you wouldn’t mind getting paid while doing it.
But where does this kind of life-changing opportunity lie? Well, welcome to the wonderful world of teaching English abroad.
Becoming an English as a second language teacher, or ESL teacher, is the gateway to achieving your dream. Move across the globe, teach English to kids or adults, immerse yourself in a foreign culture, make international friends, and earn a decent paycheck. Sounds like it’s exactly what you’d like, right?
Unfortunately, most people have never even heard of this ESL world or let alone actually met someone that’s’ taught English overseas. Someone that’s been there, done that, and could act as a guide and provide valuable insight into their own experience.
That’s where Don’s ESL Adventure comes into play. A personal blog created by an experienced ESL teacher of 7+ years in China and South Korea, Don’s ESL Adventure provides a resourceful, insightful, comprehensive, entertaining, inspiring, and visually captivating look at the ins-and-outs of not only teaching English abroad, but also the life-changing experiences and opportunities it can bring.
At Don’s ESL Adventure, you can expect 3 primary areas of focus: (1) Learn about teaching English abroad, (2) encourage people to explore China, and (3) inspire people to travel.
Learn about teaching English abroad: Uncover any and everything about the world of ESL teaching. Discover what it is, learn about its benefits, find out who can teach, how to teach, what to expect, and unearth useful resources. Best of all, check out how actual teachers have used ESL to travel, party, fall in love, become entrepreneurs, and live out their wildest dreams.
Get an in-depth look at living and working in China as an ESL teacher: Follow Don’s journey of 7.5 years as an expat in the Hermit Kingdom. Discover how he got started and survived teaching ESL in China. Check out his numerous travel adventures to popular and off-beaten destinations across China, and unlock everything from top things to do in the region, popular foods, and local wedding traditions, to tales of eye-opening experiences and changes in perspective from living overseas.
Track Don’s travel adventures: Explore the world through Don’s lens, from international trips made during his stint as an ESL teacher to interesting places he’s visited that you may have never even heard of. Leave feeling so inspired that you consider planning your own journey to an awesome destination he’s stepped foot in.
But wait, there’s more! Though teaching English abroad may be the principal focus, as Don’s ESL Adventure expands, readers will also have the chance to:
Read up on life in the USA and discover popular tourist hotspots in America: Uncover what it’s like growing up and living in the USA—ie, from what it’s like attending a historically Black college to Don’s thoughts on what makes America the greatest country in the world—and find out about great places to travel to across the country, such as Sequoia National Park, the Grand Canyon, and even the White House.
Catch up on entertaining stories, editorials, reviews, and Don’s top 10 list: Don’s ESL Adventure is also a fun place to get to know Don and his take on a wide range of topics including sports, movies, politics, martial arts, parenting—basically, any and everything is covered. Expect thought-provoking content with a BuzzFeed-esque type of feel.
And there you have it—the #1 personal blog for teaching English abroad, traveling the world, and changing reader’s lives, with tons of room for expansion. Welcome to Don’s ESL Adventure!
