About Me

Hi, I am a Politics graduate hailing from Hull, East Yorkshire.  I have just obtained a CELTA certificate following a gruelling but rewarding 4-week course in Leeds.
I’m really looking forward to escaping the UK and embarking on a challenging and exciting life abroad.  However, I remain decisively indecisive over where to go!  I have visited a number of countries in my short life but unfortunately, none where teaching English is a realistic (or desirable) option so I feel clueless.
Brazil, Qatar and China (Shanghai only) were initially my preferred destinations but now I'm open to the possibility of teaching in most South American and Asian countries.
I found that a lot of the information online is often sketchy, irrelevant, biased and mostly unreliable (probably due to growing involvement  by profiteering groups).  A friend working with i-to-i recommended this forum to me.  She suggested that I could use the chalkboard to seek first-hand accounts and information from people that are already teaching abroad.  To those of you who are..
You are amongst the the best-quality sources available to me in reaching an informed decision.  If you are currently teaching somewhere or have recently been doing so, I would greatly appreciate accounts about your experience(s) such as; expectations and reality, lifestyle, culture, salary, freedom etc..
I am planning to leave the UK in mid-January, please help me decide where to go!