6 months out
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007It has been about 6 months since my return to the United States. I am back to work part time and attenting community college. My goals at this point are to finish school to get my degree so that I can find work outside of the country a little more easily. I have about 2.5 full years of college left and should be able to transfer to University at the end of next year. Looks like I’ll be going for an anthropology degree while also taking some education courses.
Out of all the places I visited on this last trip Hong Kong and Chiang Mai have been the most attractive as far as living goes. Hong Kong is definitely more expensive and a huge urban city but it will provide a better income and maybe more excitement. Chiang Mai is the complete opposite… it is a very relaxed laid back city that will pay significantly less for teaching jobs. That being said… Chiang Mai doesn’t require the same amount of money to live off of and with a modest paycheck I could last awhile as long as I live accordingly.
I have a long way to go but these are my current thoughts. One of the reasons for taking this trip was to see how I might deal with living outside of the country and it seems like these two locations fit what I want the most.
Joey