Category Archives: Money
- February 21, 2010
- Puerto Lopez, Ecuador– also posted in Beaches, Ecuador, Hostel, Parks, Travel Guide
Puerto Lopez is a little fishing and beach village in the south of Ecuador renowned for its tranquil atmosphere as well as it’s opportunities for tourists.
- October 8, 2008
- TEFL Graduation: The life beyond– also posted in Guest Posts, Living Abroad, Teaching English, Working
Chapter 5: TEFL Graduation I was once, long ago in Santo Domingo, told by a more experienced expat; that TEFL for survival is a path many have taken in their early years in country. For a while now, after four years as a TEFL, I have been considering my options. Translation work with my wife [...]
- September 5, 2008
- TS Designs– also posted in Blogging
I hope that you all enjoyed the recent posts by Sarah Enelow and Ken Mandel. I haven’t posted much lately for a few reasons. Sadly, I haven’t been able to get out and explore much. There are plenty of places around NC that are worth spending a weekend exploring, but so far my weekends have [...]
- August 29, 2008
- TEFL Survival– also posted in Living Abroad, Teaching English, Working
Chapter 4: TEFL Survival Teaching English as a foreign language (TEFL) is not a bad way to survive in the third world,considering local wages, local expectations of life quality and local work conditions, TEFL isn’t a bad alternative. However, if your plan is to stay and live in another country, at some point you may [...]
- August 17, 2008
- 10 Little Phrases– also posted in Punta del Diablo, Reviews, Saving It, Uruguay, Working
It may sound a bit crazy, but I think some places are good for your soul. I think these places are generally different for everybody but similar people are drawn towards similar places. Punta del Diablo, Uruguay is one of those places. While I was there for about 5 weeks I had plenty of time [...]
- August 6, 2008
- 10 Ways to Save at Home to Fund more Travels– also posted in Saving It
While traveling, I am always trying to save money. Not that I mean I am always cutting corners and staying at the cheapest possible places, although hostels are generally much cheaper than hotels, but I don’t want money to get really tight at the end of my trip and not be able to enjoy those [...]
- August 1, 2008
- Got Photos?– also posted in Photography, Reviews
One of the many joys of traveling is documenting your experience with photography. Not only does this allow everyone back home to see where you were, but it will help you remember the trip as well. In the days of film this meant large tubs of semi-organized photographs stacked in a closet. Needless to say [...]
- July 31, 2008
- Building a Dream: an interview with Brian Meissner– also posted in Hostel, Punta del Diablo, Uruguay
As many of you already know this summer I spent a considerable amount of time in Punta del Diablo, Uruguay at a hostel called El Diablo Tranquilo. To be fair it is far more than a hostel. Over our time there I feel that we all became pretty good friends. I know that many of [...]
- July 21, 2008
- Do you really want to start a hostel?– also posted in Hostel
There are countless people enamored by travel who fantasize about “one day opening a hostel on a beach.” These people can be identified by the dreamy look in their eyes and inability to understand why the owner of a business in such a beautiful place could be stressed. This will be the first post in [...]
- July 20, 2008
- Economic Crisis Through Fresh Eyes
For those of you who don’t know in my daily life I am a business student. I have been fascinated by business and finance since I was young. In high school I became interested in real estate and even went so far as meeting agents to tour prospective investment properties. My university classes brought new [...]
- July 15, 2008
- Teaching English Abroad: Private Classes– also posted in Teaching English, Working
Chapter Three: Teaching Is A Business Teaching is a service that involves varying amounts of capital in its performance. If your institute is offering a great computer lab with wonderful software, a video lounge and multimedia equipment, comfortable classrooms, break rooms, educational materials and support, then it might be hard to compete against such facilities. [...]
- July 6, 2008
- 10 Tips for an American in Uruguay– also posted in Gear, Punta del Diablo, Reviews, Uruguay
I have stated this before, but will shamefully admit once again that before Sand and I left for Uruguay, I did not research about Uruguay or what it would be like. I did read the Uruguay section in Lonely Planet, but really it just doesn’t count. Luckily for me, Sand loves to read online and researches Everything. [...]
- July 5, 2008
- 6 Things I Wish I had done before going to Uruguay– also posted in Reviews, Saving It, Uruguay
I’m not going to say that I have not traveled some before. I am not going to say that I expected traveling in a Spanish speaking country to be really easy for a native English speaker. I’m saying that I was really dumb when I was preparing for Uruguay, and there are a few things [...]
- July 4, 2008
- Frustration: A Reward of Travel– also posted in Hostel, Punta del Diablo, Uruguay
I haven’t authored a post in a few days and a few people have questioned whether my site had been hijacked. I am still here and in charge, but have been lucky enough to have plenty of good material to publish. Having been stationary for a few weeks I am starting to settle in to [...]
- July 3, 2008
- Teaching English Abroad: Uruguay– also posted in Teaching English, Uruguay, Working
Chapter Two: TEFL in Uruguay After my experiences teaching in Santo Domingo I imagined that teaching in Uruguay would be pretty much the same. Considering that the climate would be more temperate and that the people are known for their commitment to education, I was looking forward to an easier life. I assumed that I [...]
- July 1, 2008
- Teaching English Abroad: My Experience So Far– also posted in Teaching English, Working
Chapter One: Santo Domingo When I moved to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic four years ago I hadn’t really thought about what I would be doing for money. I knew that I had somehow gotten by in New York for the past thirty years or so, and figured that I would somehow get by [...]
- June 27, 2008
- 5 Tips for Eating on a Budget– also posted in Food, Saving It
We all need ways to cut costs while traveling. I like to splurge on an expensive meal from time to time as much as the next guy, but during a typical day it is important to keep costs down. I find it amusing that I can describe a day traveling as typical. 1.) Hang out [...]
- June 26, 2008
- Mobile Blogging: Nokia N800 Internet Tablet– also posted in Blogging, Gear, Reviews
Blove and I purchased a Nokia N800 as a Christmas gift to each other in anticipation for our trip to Uruguay. I had done significant research regarding it specifications as well as reading countless reviews. The Nokia Internet Tablet line is built to surf the internet not as a PDA. After installing a few third [...]
