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esmith1617 · Joined: 16 Oct 2011 Posts: 4 Location: Baja, Mexico

I would also look in Baja. There is great surfing in a small town called Todos Santos, and I heard a rumor that the schools pay pretty well for English teachers. Also, Cabo has decent surf.

geaaronson · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Mexico City

I am so tired of listening to middle class gringo and chilangos sarcastically griping about the artificial beaches in DF as a waste of money. If you were 1/2 of your income poorer, you would appreciate any beach, whether or not artificial. such snobbery.

globalcitizen1968 · Joined: 03 Oct 2011 Posts: 34

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

"He" who? I think I've officially lost the plot. LOL

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

MotherF · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:58 pm Post subject:

Last year Gabino Cu� brought the ice-rink idea to Oaxaca. While I'm mostly inclinded to agree with those who think there are more important things to spend the money on, I also got to see the delight of those who had never in their lives seen such a thing outside of a TV screen. And now I say, No matter how often you fix the roads the potholes always come back, but you will never take those memories away from those kids--they got a taste of something different, and it awoke a hunger for more. It showed them that the impossible is not always so impossible, and with a little work, they can make dreams come true.

notamiss · Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:56 pm Post subject:

AGoodStory · Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 738

geaaronson · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Mexico City

JMBrown · Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Posts: 6

I get that Villahermosa's not so hermosa, but does it have jobs?

geaaronson · Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Posts: 948 Location: Mexico City

I have never met or heard of anyone in Villahermosa teaching English from the foreign pool. There is a city further down the coast, Ciudad de Carmen, that has a language school that occasionally advertises for a language instructor. I recall it paid rather well.
CDC is the gateway to the oil exploration so I imagine many of your students would be mechanical engineers. I do recall 6 years ago a Britisher who was hired sight unseen by educational recruiters subcontracted through PEMEX in that area. His board was provided free and the pay was reasonable. He was vacationing in Merida and told me he loved the job.

JMBrown · Joined: 17 Jun 2011 Posts: 6

Ok, thanks. It was surprisingly easy finding work in Tabasco, actually. I chose where I wanted to go based on personal connections (Macuspana) and received several job offers within a week and a half of my arrival. I'm now in an administrative position at a nice prepa and am teaching English to the teachers on the weekends - the benefits of being the only gringo around jaja.

chromium · Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 69 Location: Dalian, China

Rob01,

How long would I be able to live fairly comfortably on for, say, $3000USD while looking for a job in Queretaro?

Would you stay in a hotel or find an apartment by the week, assuming I could find one for the short term?

By fairly comfortably I mean an air-conditioned room of some sort, eating out every meal, and not being too frugal at bars, etc.

MotherF · Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:35 pm Post subject:

chromium · Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 69 Location: Dalian, China

my apologies MotherF.

I was simply replying to what someone, as others did as well, had written.

That is why.

With that said, would you like to add anything relevant to my question?