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mishmish5 · Joined: 11 Apr 2015 Posts: 12 Location: USA

Anybody know anything about this school in Myanmar called Thamardi? Seems to be promising a lot but can't find any info on it online. Any experiences with them?

Here is what it says on the job posting:

EFL Educator · Joined: 17 Jul 2013 Posts: 988 Location: Cape Town

$1200 a month salary??.....MYANMAR is expensive......its cheaper to live here in the Land of Smiles! Shocked

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

http://forums.eslcafe.com/job/search.php?search_author=mishmish5

Hmmm. Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, North America, and Malaysia have evidently all offered you interviews in the past six months. And now Myanmar, eh?

That's suspiciously similar to a repeatedly banned poster who's got a history of asking questions all over the globe, but never actually going anywhere.

This is just yet another head of the hydra - don't feed the troll!

teacherjo · Joined: 12 Jul 2015 Posts: 6

Yangon is expensive because you spend a lot taking taxis around, pay a premium for Western restaurants, and generally pay more to live a more westernized lifestyle. Same with Bangkok. However, the off the beaten track places are not expensive, like Thailand. I saved a lot more working in Mandalay than I did in Ho Chi Min working about the same hours. If you are willing to eat and live more like the locals you always save a lot more. Although, they do still have Foreign and local prices at most hotels, so traveling around Myanmar can be costly.

LarssonCrew · Joined: 06 Jun 2009 Posts: 1308

Not sure about that.

I was earning $1400 in Mandalay and saved over $1000 and eating western food everyday.

We could buy chicken wings, chips, beer and ice cream for less than $5...

And pizza was about $4.

Coffee $1.50

Mandalay was not expensive, you could take a motorbike taxi for $1. Western supermarket had everything but could be expensive, but paying $4 for cheese once a week wasn't the end of the world.

KTV, beers etc. very cheap, everyday living cheap. Drinks cheap.

Prof.Gringo · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 6:38 am Post subject:

Tazz · Joined: 26 Sep 2013 Posts: 512 Location: Jakarta

'Anybody heard anything about....' or 'I have heard that.....' same old-same old from this troll. I picture a rather sad but manic creature, sat alone in a 1980's UK bedsit, clutching a copy of Susan Griffith's 1st edition of 'Teach Your Way Around the World'...or whatever it was called. Having failed the CELTA course twice through a combination of social inadequacy and inadequate planning methodology-this 'Golumesque figure' keeps alive the dream of international travel and adventure through this forum......even though he/she never leaves the bedsit. O the wonders of the internet! Confused

peterk2 · Joined: 04 Feb 2017 Posts: 1

I just finished 6 months at Thamardi and will be going back for the start of next academic year beginning of May. Myanmar can be a bit of a challenge, at least outside the main centres of Yangon and Mandalay. It can get intolerably hot, electricity blackouts are frequent and internet can be unreliable. That said, I found my time there rewarding. The people are great and give the impression they are genuinely happy and are optimistic about a better future. Daw Suu Kyi stated recently that Myanmar is 20 years behind Vietnam in economic development. Conditions can be frustrating at times but personally I certainly had no problems with Thamardi and look forward to returning.