Del odio al amor hay solo un paso, dice el dicho, pero en mi caso, al viajar en bus por Vietnam, fue al revés: al comienzo, alabé estos vehículos por su comodidad y precio, pero luego los terminé detestando, por la xenofobia y el irrespeto de sus conductores. Así empezó todo… Viajar en bus por Vietnam: EL AMOR Todo empezó cuando entré a [...]
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Yeah, right. That you gotta be native or, at least, speak good English; that you gotta be passionate to work with kids (bla, bla)… but is this what they REALLY look for, when hiring English teachers in Vietnam? Here I tell you EVERYTHING that you wouldn’t know otherwise, if you haven’t lived in the country. Before starting, I [...]
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Elink Vietnam, the dodgy English teaching company that threatened me for not working without payment and that ignored me when I asked for my last salary, finally paid me. Why? Because of a big scene I did in front of the Public Schools where I worked in Hanoi. Apparently, it is a common practice in the country not to pay on time, to threaten [...]
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Teaching English in Vietnam seems a funny job, especially if you love kids, but it can turn into a nightmare if you commit with a dodgy company -without being aware of its practices-, as was my case within Elink Vietnam, an English teaching company. English teaching nightmare The story started in September, when I signed a contract with Elink [...]
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Getting the Working Permit in Vietnam to legally teach English is not as difficult as in countries where foreigners are forbidden to work. As promised in this video, where I explain some reasons to work as English teacher in Vietnam, here is the list of documents required for a Working Permit in Vietnam : University Degree It doesn’t [...]
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En esta entrada no te voy a hablar de si debes traer euros o dólares al sudeste asiático, de si llevar efectivo o tarjeta… sino del estado de los billetes que cargues. Algo que es súper importante, aunque no parezca. Sí, porque en el sudeste asiático hay que tener cuidado con la moneda fuerte: tanto en Myanmar como en Camboya y Laos, son tan [...]
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