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How to move and become an English Teacher in Vietnam, the 2025 Ultimate Guide, Chapter 4

December 23, 2024February 6, 2025 TravelBertLeave a comment
Sunset on Dong nai river, Bien Hoa, Vietnam

CHAPTER 4: JUST LANDED IN VIETNAM Continuing the numbered list from Chapter 3, let’s go deeper in detail now with all the start-up steps to settle down in Vietnam. 11) Continue Reading

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How to move and become an English Teacher in Vietnam, the 2025 Ultimate Guide, Chapter 3

December 16, 2024December 18, 2024 TravelBertLeave a comment
Teaching ESL in Vietnam

CHAPTER 3: FIRST STEPS TO MOVE TO VIETNAM FROM ABROAD Following Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 preliminary and postliminary documents requirements, here you have the most updated FAQs regarding moving Continue Reading

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How to move and become an English Teacher in Vietnam, the 2025 Ultimate Guide, Chapter 2

December 9, 2024December 16, 2024 TravelBertLeave a comment
Teaching ESL in Bien Hoa, Vietnam

CHAPTER 2: POSTLIMINARY DOCUMENTS Once you have gathered all the documents mentioned in Chapter 1, you can ask the school to submit for you a Work Permit (WP) application, as Continue Reading

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How to move and become an English Teacher in Vietnam, the 2025 Ultimate Guide, Chapter 1

December 2, 2024December 9, 2024 TravelBertLeave a comment
Teaching ESL in a language center in Bien Hoa, Vietnam

CHAPTER 1: PRELIMINARY DOCUMENTS Before starting, I would like to clearly highlight that every case, nationality, school and location may set a different scenario. Here I am just reporting my Continue Reading

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The ultimate local experience at Tawi-Tawi, Philippines

July 19, 2024November 20, 2024 TravelBert2 Comments
Panampangan Beach, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines

Tawi-Tawi is probably the most remote and peculiar archipelago in all Philippines. It is closer to Malaysia and Borneo than to Manila. They speak local languages like Tausug and Sama Continue Reading

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The overland log from Makassar (Indonesia) to Tawau (Malaysia)

July 18, 2024November 20, 2024 TravelBert1 Comment

THE OVERLAND LOG FROM MAKASSAR TO TAWAU This is my land route from Makassar (Sulawesi, Indonesia) to Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia. 1) MAKASSAR – PARE PARE, 141 KM, 3 hours, by Continue Reading

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10 Days in East Timor (Timor Leste) as a low-budget backpacker

July 18, 2024November 20, 2024 TravelBertLeave a comment
Akrema beach, Atauro, Timor Leste

East Timor is certainly not a main tourist spot. A few international expats are living in the capital Dili, but not so eye-catching. Again this a small country for pure Continue Reading

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Exploring wild Semau Island (West Timor) as an independent solo traveller

July 17, 2024November 23, 2024 TravelBert3 Comments
Semau Island, Liman Hill and Beach

There is one little island opposite Kupang (West Timor, Indonesia) which is at the same time very wild and unexplored; but also quite easily reachable from Tenau Port in Kupang. Continue Reading

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How to hike Agung Volcano, Bali, alone and without a guide

May 26, 2024November 20, 2024 TravelBert5 Comments
Agung volcano Bali

The big problem with Indonesia and Bali, especially, is that tourists are the perfect targets for extra-charges. They are indeed responsible for their own doom, as they are flocking in Continue Reading

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North, Central & South America trip (2021-2022) so far

LAND DISTANCE COVERED (KM): 37,633

TRAVELLING TIME (DAYS): 464

VISITED COUNTRIES: 20

MOTORBIKES: 12

BOATS: 53

CARS: 90

BUSES / MINIVANS: 187

TAPTAPS / TUKTUKS: 6

PLANES: 15

HITCHHIKING RIDES: 94

HOSTEL / HOTEL STAYS (NIGHTS): 211

COUCHSURFING / FRIENDS’ STAY (NIGHTS): 208

CAMPING NIGHTS: 8

TRAVELLING NIGHTS: 16

CAR SLEEPING (NIGHTS): 20

HAMMOCK NIGHTS: 1

TOTAL EXPENDITURE (EUROS): 15,758

DAILY EXPENDITURE (EUROS): 33.96

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