| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Phil_K
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 2041
Location: A World of my Own
|
 Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:49 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
No trains!!! Interjet would be between $2000-3000 (pesos) round trip, depending on the date. The best bet is ETN buses, around $500 (MX) each way.
Last edited by Phil_K on Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:58 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
EFLeducator
Joined: 16 Dec 2011
Posts: 595
Location: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 5:52 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| ForProgress wrote: |
Estoy pensanando en taxi/train/bus de Guadalajara al Mexico ciudad.
Avion es muy caro, no? |
If you're in Texas why not take a bus all the way to Mexico City? Autobuses americanos will take you from Dallas all the way into DF. Or, get to Laredo, Texas, have a taxi take you over the border into New Laredo and have them stop and wait for you at the immigration office where you'll get a tourist visa form to fill out. This will give you six months in Mexico. Don't tell them you are there for work but just to vacation.
Then have the taxi take you to the bus terminal for ETN. Get a ticket to DF. ETN leaves New Laredo about 3pm and 6pm for DF. ETN is a great bus to take. Very comfortable. The ticket for ETN would be about 1,100 pesos. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Isla Guapa
Joined: 19 Apr 2010
Posts: 1520
Location: Mexico City o sea La Gran Manzana Mexicana
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:23 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| EFLeducator wrote: |
| ForProgress wrote: |
Estoy pensanando en taxi/train/bus de Guadalajara al Mexico ciudad.
Avion es muy caro, no? |
If you're in Texas why not take a bus all the way to Mexico City? |
ForProgress didn't say anything about being in Texas, did he/she? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
ForProgress
Joined: 16 Dec 2011
Posts: 14
Location: United States
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:27 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I'm flying into Guadalajara to take my TEFL, then going to Mexico City. No Texas. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
championthewonderhorse
Joined: 09 Jun 2009
Posts: 18
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject: |
|
|
My message will be a little late for the original poster, who seems to have made up where they are going, but I hope it helps others.
Coming from someone who has been living in Guadalajara for over 6 years, I would suggest that you start off with looking for a job in D.F.
REASONS WHY:
If you are looking for a job with over 15K, you will need to be very lucky to get one in GDL. This is only possible at 2 unis (ITESO & ITESM) and a few prepas. Even then, these unis have reduced the amount of hours for teachers. SEP regulations have also made it more difficult to enter both types of institutions and you will need a degree in TEFL to get in a uni.
From my own experience, and for someone like you who has just left college, D.F is an easier nut to crack. Gdl is a little difficult at times with the people being insular and a little unfriendly. (Tapatios remind me of English people - I am English by the way / my wife is also a Tapatia).
Guadalajara is more suited to someone with a family / or a little older, and really there aren't so many things to do in Gdl. D.F is so much more cosmopolitan and foreigner friendly (everyone loves you in D.F). Of course this is my own opinion, and many would disagree - I am sure they will
Everything depends on what you are really looking for. To come for 2 years and improve your Spanish + have fun and just enjoy life or to have a good job with a good salary. If you want the first, then choose D.F, but it you want the second, go to Saudi Arabia or South Korea, then come back to Mexico with a big wad of cash- you will need it.
Honestly, Guadalajara is a beautiful city with lots of prospects, but it is more suited to older people who have enough money to buy a house and /or those who live extremely frugally (average salary less than $8000) and / or people who have connections to Guadalajara through family or friends.
I had 3 years with a crap salary here, waiting to see if my boss would pay me on time, but was then lucky enough to get in a ITESM. Life is relaxed and pretty good now, but those 3 years were pretty hellish and I wouldn't recommend it for anyone. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
EFLeducator
Joined: 16 Dec 2011
Posts: 595
Location: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:12 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| championthewonderhorse wrote: |
(everyone loves you in D.F) |
That wasn't my experience. In the DF the U.S. gets blamed for most of the problems Mexico has. Of course, I could have just met people who didn't like the states...at all. I'm sure there are some in the DF who LOVE the states; I just never met them.
| championthewonderhorse wrote: |
If you want the second,a good job with a good salary, go to Saudi Arabia or South Korea, then come back to Mexico with a big wad of cash- you will need it. |
I second that! I have never taught in SA or SK but I have known a few who have and they tell me the money is good in those two areas. And as champion said...you will NEED that big wad of cash amigo. Trust me on that one.
| championthewonderhorse wrote: |
| I had 3 years with a crap salary here, waiting to see if my boss would pay me on time |
This is a point I brought up in an earlier thread...not getting paid on time and/or not getting the full amount owed to you, is a big problem in Mexico. This was a reason I said you need to have a large sum of savings when coming to Mexico for EFL. You may NOT get paid ON TIME. Try explaining that to your landlord.
You should be fine as long as you have that big savings. Enjoy the journey amigo! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
EFLeducator
Joined: 16 Dec 2011
Posts: 595
Location: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 7:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| ForProgress wrote: |
| I'm flying into Guadalajara to take my TEFL, then going to Mexico City. No Texas. |
My bad, ForProgress. Sorry.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
EFLeducator
Joined: 16 Dec 2011
Posts: 595
Location: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Moving to Mexico In June? |
|
|
| ForProgress wrote: |
| I recently graduated from College and I want to spend the next year or two away from the U.S. |
Cool. Now would be a good time to live in another country since the states is doing so bad right now. If you stay long enough in Mexico City, try to get a credit card so you can build up your credit. You can use that card in the states as well as long as you let the bank know you will be using it ahead of time.
That might help you to establish some type of credit record abroad which might help you if you ever decide to go back to the states. Just something to think about.
You know, if you have the cash you could come to Mexico City and take the CELTA course at International House. It is a month program and costs $1,700.00 dollars but it's supposed to carry a lot of weight. It would look better than a certificate from gudalajara and is more recognized. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
EFLeducator
Joined: 16 Dec 2011
Posts: 595
Location: NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 8:30 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Here's their website.
www.ihmexico.com |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
uh huh
Joined: 14 Oct 2011
Posts: 110
Location: United States
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Mr. Kalgukshi
Mod Team
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Posts: 6613
Location: Need to know basis only.
|
| Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:54 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| If you wish to discuss living and teaching in South Korea, please do so on the Korean board. Separate registration is required. Please see Announcement at the top of this forum. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
