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Tiger Beer
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 Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 10:34 am Post subject: Vladivostok |
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| Anyone in this city or been there in the past? |
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Buck Turgidson
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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I was there for two days before I got on the Trans Siberian RR  It struck me as a typically dreary medium sized city (it was in March just after the spring thaw). It is unique in that there is access to Japan by ferry. Were you offered a job there?
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Tiger Beer
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| Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2003 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Buck Turgidson wrote: |
| I was there for two days before I got on the Trans Siberian RR It struck me as a typically dreary medium sized city (it was in March just after the spring thaw). It is unique in that there is access to Japan by ferry. Were you offered a job there? |
I wasn't offered a job there.. but I live in Korea.. there is a cheap boat from Soekjo, Korea to Vladivostok. I'm most interested when my contract is finished, to go and check it out, look around, and then 'think about teaching' if its a place that gives me a good feel. |
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Kent F. Kruhoeffer
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maruss
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2003 3:15 pm Post subject: Vladivostok |
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| English First have a school there(or at least they did have) and you should be able to find the details via their general website.But as regarding the place itself,Rusian people I know that have been there quite recently told me that things are not very encouraging from an economic viewpoint or in many other ways-they have power shortages in winter etc. and unfortunately it's not the "San Francisco" of the far-east as some people tried to pretend in order to attract investment and tourism,although it does have the hills and picturesque coastline etc.But that's about all I know,apart from the fact that it was closed to foreigners before because of the naval base etc. |
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Buck Turgidson
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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As I remember, there is an international school there too. Check Kent's links.
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Kent F. Kruhoeffer
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| Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 5:46 am Post subject: QSI |
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Hello Buck et al:
Yes, there is an International School in Vladivostok [QSI International] but be warned: According to their website, "they expect to hire non-smoking, married teaching couples" and apparently they are not hiring at the moment.
Here's the link anyway: http://www.qsi.org/VLV_HOME/
Have a nice weekend 
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Micro67
Joined: 29 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 4:58 am Post subject: Vladivostok |
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| I'm currently living in HCMC, Vietnam but hope to be making the Trans-Siberian trip in January. The www.trans-siberian.org is a good site for info. |
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