Hey,

Welcome to Chalkboard. Great to see you're interested in teaching abroad. TEFL definitely provides a great way to travel and work at the same time! To get you started on the site you may want to take a look at the groups to get a good idea of what teaching in different countries is like:

http://www.onlinetefl.com/tefl-chalkboard/groups

Also you may want to have a chat to these members who are currently teaching abroad - they'll be able to give you lots of help and advice about teaching and living abroad:

Italy:  http://www.tefl-chalkboard.com/jclayton
Ecuador: http://www.onlinetefl.com/tefl-chalkboard/alixm09
China: http://www.tefl-chalkboard.com/rin and http://www.tefl-chalkboard.com/pauljeffrey
Japan: http://www.tefl-chalkboard.com/pdixon
South Korea: http://www.tefl-chalkboard.com/roberts121 and http://tefl-chalkboard/com/lilibet  
Thailand: http://www.tefl-chalkboard.com/garethopenshaw and http://www.tefl-chalkboard.com/jessrw14

Enjoy the site and feel free to ask me any questions you have :-)