2012 January 15 | AVIATION

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How To See The World If You’re Poor And Scared by David Singhiser

Have you ever dreamed of living overseas, but couldn’t because you didn’t have the money? Are you just out of college wanting to travel around the world or go to a certain country before you start your career, but lack the funds? Is it possible to go after your dreams? Can you really see the world with only a few thousand dollars?

Yes, it’s possible. I did it, and really, if I did, anybody can.

Work around the world, study around the world, or do both. This way is also a great way for the cowardly dreamer, like me. How do you move to new country, get settled, and find work on your own? How can you find the right place to live and work once you’re in the new country by yourself? You don’t. You get friends to help you. Friends you don’t even know until after you arrive.

I found this way by accident. I wanted to teach English in Viet-Nam, but needed a TEFL certificate to teach. TEFL stands for Teaching English as a Foreign Language. It’s the basic requirement to teach English abroad. Even though I had been a Spanish teacher in Hawai’i, I knew I had no idea where to begin with teaching English, much less how to explain English grammar. So, I chose a six weeks TEFL course in Phuket, Thailand.

During those six weeks, I made friends, learned the area, and applied for a job at the local university on a whim before I left for Viet-Nam and got the job the same day! This was perfect, because I would not have been able to do any of this on my own. I ended up teaching Academic English at Prince of Songkla University in Phuket, Thailand. Two years later, they asked me back to teach Spanish! That was even better! I never ended up teaching in Viet-Nam, I did go as a tourist.

Living overseas, especially in Southeast Asia teaches you to be flexible.

If you don’t need a job, you can still do the same thing, but instead of a TEFL course, take a language course, an art course, cooking course, diving course, whatever you’ve always wanted to learn. Just go overseas and learn it.

The schools will either have housing or will help you with housing. It far cheaper than hotels. You might even live with a local family. I stayed for two months next to the TEFL school at the local “Mansion” for just a little over $200.00 in Phuket. I lived in Guanajuato, Mexico in a private home with breakfast, lunch and evening snack for $250.00 (2002 and 2003 prices).

Many times the school will pick you up at the airport. They’ll help you get settled and show you great places to go during your free time. It’s in their interests to make it enjoyable for you. As you go through the course, you’ll have time to get to know the place, find friends, both local and expatriate, who will help you find permanent housing and work.

If you’re going to take a TEFL course, take the 120 hours course for six weeks. That will give you time to process the grammar AND enjoy the local culture. If I had taken the course for four weeks, I would have had to study all the time.

This is how I found a way to live in Thailand three times, as well as study Spanish in Mexico and Spain.

I had a blast and recommend this adventure for anyone who is thinking about it. While I no longer teach, because the pay just isn’t enough for me and I despise “jobs,” I now have other ways to travel abroad and in better style.

For more information on that, go to: DavidSinghiser.com.

About the Author

Orthodox Christian, Libertarian, World Traveler, Writer, Sovereign Individual, Sangría Drinker, Former Spanish Teacher, A Psychologically Unemployable Vagabond you can follow on Facebook and Twitter and his blog: Libertas.ws.
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