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gtidey · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 93

After Portugal I really have no idea where I want to go. Asia is calling my name but then so is the eastern bloc and the middle east. I'm a language nerd so I wish I'd fecking decide so I can start learning the language before I arrive.

I chop and change between Cambodia, Taiwan, Brasil, UAE, Egypt, Japan, Indonesia, Moldovia, Hungary and Russia.

Whats on your wish list?

JosephP · Joined: 13 May 2003 Posts: 445

Melville Island north of Darwin sounds like the place for me. I don't know a lick about Australian Rules Football but apparently the Tiwi Islanders are mad for the game. This is a nonsensical reason for wanting to live and teach in a place, but since when did dreams ever make a lot of sense?

nomadder · Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:03 pm Post subject:

That is quite the variety. Maybe decide by what language seems most interesting.

gtidey · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 93

and the record for fastest replies ever goes to you two!

i spose, like me, you are surfing the net whilst closing down all your applications, pulling your coat on, half-standing, one foot out the door, ready to leave work?

nolefan · Joined: 14 Jan 2004 Posts: 1458 Location: on the run

I am tempted by Vietnam, Japan and Czech Republic. Of course, I am nowhere near finished with China... So many places to visit, so many lost souls to help Evil or Very Mad

Hod · Joined: 28 Apr 2003 Posts: 1613 Location: Home

I'm only in my 30's but have long since lost interest in travelling. I'll now only work in countries I've worked in before and which I share a genuine affinity with. To narrow it down a bit: Malaysia or possibly Thailand.

I�ve met teachers, usually in higher paying gigs, who just work in a school and have absolutely no interest in the country. I�m guilty of this right now.

Why not settle down?

leeroy · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 777 Location: London UK

Somewhere Spanish speaking. Well, it's what I'll be studying for uni for the next two years, so it makes sense.

I'm thinking possibly Spain, and I have some family out in Tenerife. As that's in the EU I can continue my studies there while working...

I really like Latin-American cultures on the whole though, somewhere like Ecuador, Peru or Colombia might be great. Miami's another possible - but I hear that the ESL situation in the US is as bad as it is here in London. Hell, I'll be here in London for at least another year anyway - plenty of time to decide! Smile

stillnosheep · Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2068 Location: eslcafe

denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

Next on my list: Chile, but I've also been thinking about Croatia (which wouldn't help at all with my Spanish...)

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stillnosheep · Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2068 Location: eslcafe

Brazil sounds nice ...

James_T_Kirk · Joined: 20 Sep 2003 Posts: 357 Location: Ten Forward

I just got back to China, but this "where am I going next?" question is always in the back of my mind! Frankly, there are just so many places I would like to go. Assuming I don't return to the US and Florida to work on my US teaching credentials (which, since I want to get into the international school scene is probably in my best interest), Taiwan is high on the list, followed by (in no particular order) Vietnam, Indonesia, Turkey, Poland, Russia, and anywhere in Central/South America. There are many more candidates...hopefully I will get a chance to live and work in all these places before I get burned out on living abroad (assuming this is even possible with me).

Cheers,
Kirk

Sweetsee · Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Posts: 2302 Location: ) is everything

France looks like the most likely place.

Of course, I dream to teach in earth floored classes in Africa where I will die.

dmb · Joined: 12 Feb 2003 Posts: 8397

I tried leaving Istanbul before. Didn't like it much. So I'm happy to stay here.

Aramas · Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 6:53 am Post subject:

This week's hot list includes Viet Nam, China, Czech Republic, Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil.

Unfortunately I'm not really interested in asia. The Czech Republic pays peanuts and is expensive to live in, much like Argentina. Brasil has the visa regulations from hell. I haven't found out enough about Uruguay to form an opinion.

The thing is, latin america is what interests me most. It costs a fortune to get there, work permits are unlikely, wages are low and the place is crawling with Yanks, but I don't care.

God only knows where I'll end up - I expect I'll just follow my nose.

gtidey · Joined: 18 May 2004 Posts: 93

whered you get the impression im a girl?

im trying to wittle it down using my "main factors of decisionage" (underlined twice) a)hotter than england. portugal temp would be nice. b)somewhere near the sea. c)good nightlife. d)comparitivley decent pay. so either dead cheap living or a good wage. (tcchyea right.)

did you spot the purposeful mistake? moldovia. doesnt exsist. moldova on the other hand, does. oh and ive just added Lebanon to the list.