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athenssoest · Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 3:19 am Post subject: How long have you been abroad?

Just sort of a general survey, How long has everyone been abroad, and where have you taught?

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

Since 1998. Czech Rep, Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, Canada, Russia (on a project basis).

Maybe I should point out that, not being Canadian, teaching there was also 'abroad' for me.

I think I'll be FAR outstripped by many of our regulars here!!

basiltherat · Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 952

How long: 37 years (last 7 of which have been rotational with base in UK)
Countries: Indonesia (27 years), Malaysia (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Kazakhstan (1), Syria (5), Libya (2)

Best
Basil Smile

Results could be interesting.

Shonai Ben · Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 617

been in Japan since 98......taught in Tsuruoka,Yamagta-ken,Fukui,Kanazawa,Toyama and Furukawa,Miyagi-ken.......now in Sendai teaching private classes only.

kaw · Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 9:44 am Post subject:

Since '99 - Italy, Turkey, Indonesia, Oman, Bahrain, UAE, Libya, Kuwait...

Sadebugo · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 524

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

I'm retired now, but spent 1985-2001 overseas in this second career. (16 years) I taught in Egypt, Oman, Kuwait, and the UAE.

VS
(Looks like Basil is in the lead Laughing

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Rooster_2006 · Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 984

Over nine years non-consecutively since '86:
- Eight months in the Netherlands
- Five years in South Korea
- Three years in Hong Kong
- Ten months (so far) in Taiwan

I'm in Taiwan right now, and I'm teaching. BTW, the vast majority of that overseas time was not teaching English.

Hey, pretty good for a 23-year-old.

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

Since 1999, with two years back in the US.

Czech Republic--two years

(back to beautiful California for an MA--two years)

Japan--two years

Chile/Peru--a year and a half-ish

Oman--from post-Peru until today

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gaijinalways · Joined: 29 Nov 2005 Posts: 2279

Since '92

Hong Kong (3 years)
Taiwan (2 years)
Japan to present

MandyGirl77 · Joined: 26 Mar 2010 Posts: 3

Wow love reading this! Can I add a question?

Why have you NOT returned to your "home?"

kaw · Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject:

I worked it out that to have the same quality of life as I do now I'd have to make a minimum of �40,000 in the UK so that's a pretty good reason plus the usual reasons of bad weather and the general atmosphere in the UK these days.

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

I simply have zero interest in living in my home country. That hasn't changed over the past 15 years.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

10 years this year, all in Mexico.

Reasons not to go home? Lousy food, lousy weather, rampant mediocrity back home.

Mike_2007 · Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Bucharest, Romania

11 years: '99-'04 in Turkey, '04 to present in Romania.

I have very little interest in returning to live in the UK. It's a nice country when the sun's out, great for tourism, but I wouldn't want to live there again any time soon due to the high taxes, high cost of living, inaccessable property prices and restrictive laws. Financial I'm much better off abroad too.