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roro825 · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 20 Location: potomac, md

Hey everyone! I'm headin down to Santiago Sept. 7th to start getting certified at TEFL Academy. Anyone else going to be going down there around the same time? Anyone else have any tips?

poetchica · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 8

Hey there,
I'll be arriving in Santiago on September 6th. I have my certification and will be looking for a job. Would love to meet up.

chile78 · Joined: 21 Jun 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Winnipeg

I too will be in Santiago on September 7th! Would love to meet up as well. Do you guys know of any good hostels to stay at, for the first little while?

milesjq · Joined: 02 Mar 2006 Posts: 15

HEy. i WILL BE FLYING IN FROM DETROIT ON THE 12TH. iD LOVE TO MEET UP WITH YALL AS WELL!

roaster · Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 21

hey
I'll be there in a week and a half's time! but if anyone wants to go for a drink when u get here, just pm me!

JanineSusanHogg · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Santiago

I'll be there after Sept 5th sometime and I'm soooo jazzed...I'm currently a high school musical theatre teacher...taking a year off to teach eng in Chile!...is there a certain hostel that people going to stay at? I loooooorve dancing...bailamos!

Dunner · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 2

Hey all,

Ill be flying to Chile on Sept. 6th. Be looking for a TEFL job too. Just recently got my certificate in Dublin. Its a career change from the fund industry for me. Can we arrange a meeting there around that time?

Aine

PeroPero · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 35 Location: Santiago, Chile

well
i'm already here
feel free to pm me =3

Muncie Sam · Joined: 20 Jun 2006 Posts: 7 Location: Muncie, IN

Hey--a good friend and I will be arriving in early-mid September as well, though an actual date hasn't been established yet. Will keep ya posted

roro825 · Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 20 Location: potomac, md

how does everyone feel about getting together on sept 8th or 9th? we could get together for some of our first piscos or some cheap wine. does everyone know where they're stayin yet? i'm thinkin of the bellavista hostel.

Dunner · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 2

Hey,

Glad to see someone doing some pro-active work by researching hostels. Sounds great for you guys to be meeting on the 8th. Would have been perfect for me but decided to postpone my trip now for few months because my boyfriend is gonna come with. Lucky me!

Still be interested in meeting everyone when we get there tho.
And you guys will have gone through the paces by then and have lots of good advice.

Still, killing me having to wait few months to get out there. But will be worth it when we arrive..

JanineSusanHogg · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Santiago

Yoyo...so here's what I've gathered from this forum...if anyone has anything to add that they've found out, please let me know...I'm a bit freaked.
Before I go: Need at least $2000 to be safe, and I can buy a one-way ticket as long as I can prove I have the money to buy a return ticket?
Once there: It's easy to find work and my teaching degree will really help, easy to get a cell, and you can find free internet at a few places (wireless)
Then there's this whole work visa thing...sounds complicated and then I talked to someone who said most english teachers leave the country every three months instead of getting a visa.
I really have no idea what I'm getting into so any insight would help.
janine Shocked

PeroPero · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 35 Location: Santiago, Chile

if you have a gsm cell phone, just unlock it there and bring it.
so you'll be able to buy just the sim card..cheaper! ^^
(cell phones here are kinda expensive...the service is reeeeeeeally expensive and not good)

JanineSusanHogg · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Santiago

Thanks...but what is a gsm phone? I know nothing of electronic devices. Embarassed

PeroPero · Joined: 18 Jul 2006 Posts: 35 Location: Santiago, Chile

the ones that carry a sim card.....a little chip ^^