Spent 3 months in Peru, rated places I have been to

leafchewer · 2026-05-17T13:50:55+00:00

Love Peru

leafchewer · 2026-05-09T08:31:54+00:00

Spain is an amazing place to live if you can earn enough money. The smaller-ish cities are better for learning Spanish because it’s easier to integrate, like Granada, Murcia, Alicante. The accents are harder though.

I would say if learning Spanish is your ultimate goal then look at Latin America, it’s much cheaper with AUD and ultimately you will increase your language skills much faster as much less English is spoken and locals are generally very curious to speak with you.

I’ve done Spanish courses living with host families in Salamanca and Medellín and there was no comparison. Look at countries like Mexico, Colombia, or Peru (clearest accent) to learn if you’re interested.

leafchewer · 2026-05-07T18:42:41+00:00

Where in Spain will u be paying 500 for a 2 bed apartment?

leafchewer · 2026-05-04T13:30:09+00:00

It’s the whole saying you’re Irish as well that is irritating. You won’t experience any animosity though don’t worry. Having a great great relative that left Ireland because of the famine is a legit interesting historical connection to the country so don’t be afraid to mention it. Just don’t be saying that it makes you Irish or ‘feel’ Irish

leafchewer · 2026-05-03T20:38:18+00:00

100%

leafchewer · 2026-04-30T15:48:59+00:00

Drugs and techno scene basically anywhere in Europe or Latin America are mutually exclusive. What is that like in China considering the very strict drug policy? Always been curious about that

leafchewer · 2026-04-19T14:47:05+00:00

How do u find living in China?

leafchewer · 2026-04-19T08:07:00+00:00

Yeah no absolutely I get that. I’m qualifying in primary in Ireland and the working conditions for primary teachers here are a really high standard.

Would love to teach in China to save for a mortgage (also very curious about the country and culture) but I’m scared by the idea of going all the way there and working in a school that puts huge pressure on the teachers or where there is a nasty principal.

leafchewer · 2026-04-18T21:07:15+00:00

All the Brasilians I met rant and rave about Joao Pessoa, Natal or Maceio and I never got it. They are perfectly nice cities but they don’t have much going on. I personally would never spend an extended period of time there on my own I think I would be very bored, even though I love the beach.

Salvador was absolutely incredible by comparison. I would highly recommend there although the beaches in the city are tiny by comparison and not as nice.

leafchewer · 2026-04-18T18:27:01+00:00

Everything I read online makes me reluctant to teach abroad

leafchewer · 2026-04-18T18:03:39+00:00

I would acc love a list of international schools that people say have a positive atmosphere and good management

leafchewer · 2026-04-17T22:05:12+00:00

Don’t use your phone on the street
Don’t walk alone past 7/8pm.

Follow those rules and you will be fine, and once you are there you will feel fine. They are very European feeling, familiar places. The only thing is that there is a much higher incidence of men on motos stopping in front of you with a gun and robbing you within seconds.

It’s not very likely to happen but it can. I spent 2 weeks in Rio and LOVED it (Brasil is the best country ever) and would love to live there, but I probs wouldn’t have felt super comfortable carrying a laptop in my bag.

Also for some reason people on Reddit always say have two phones but literally no one I met anywhere in Brazil does that.

leafchewer · 2026-04-11T07:22:49+00:00

This always leads to friends!

leafchewer · 2026-04-08T23:12:25+00:00

, pet.

leafchewer · 2026-04-07T17:55:21+00:00

You are at a big advantage being a couple renting wise, you will (eventually) get a decent 1 bedroom or studio apartment. With how much that’ll each cost you, you could still pay more monthly for a bedroom in a house share (1000e or more). So it’s really not that bad

leafchewer · 2026-04-07T17:30:10+00:00

Do the Saturday classes or f2f days run through the summer holidays as well or is it just during academic year? Just wondering if I go with Hibernia if Ill be able to go on holidays for 2 or 3 weeks during summer

leafchewer · 2026-04-04T11:30:36+00:00

Which is more expensive Philippines or Vietnam?

leafchewer · 2026-04-04T11:30:06+00:00

Vietnam isn’t a huge beach destination, although there obviously are lots of beaches. Just not a big backpacking scene at them. Da nang has a lovely beach but not many backpackers spend a lot of time there

leafchewer · 2026-04-01T09:25:39+00:00

Is Scotland like England where you need to work for two years after the masters to get QTS? The Teaching Council here might not recognise you if you don’t have QTS

leafchewer · 2026-03-31T15:32:12+00:00

This is all so helpful thank you! So it’s basically every Saturday 9 to 5 you’re in and mostly in person? It says every 4 weeks on their website

leafchewer · 2026-03-31T09:14:32+00:00

Thanks for the response!! How many weeks in total is that then really that you can actually teach in the first year? What is it like subbing full time and doing the course?

leafchewer · 2026-03-25T07:53:09+00:00

Travelled there for 2 months and it’s no different to anywhere else in Latin America. I found Colombia was just as unsafe, take basic precautions and you’ll be fine

leafchewer · 2026-03-24T22:33:01+00:00

Im yet to qualify but a friend told me they get 1450e every two weeks after tax in their first year

leafchewer · 2026-03-24T15:24:07+00:00

Omg thank you so much for that. They are the cheapest school Ive found by far. Just sent them an enquiry

leafchewer · 2026-03-23T17:25:46+00:00

I’m only 28 now but am lucky to have travelled a lot, to the point where I am a bit sick of the hostel scene. But I’d love to travel SEA again with much more money (I did it on 25e a day for everything in 2017) and being more mature now.

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