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"How much does traveling cost?"
Cost of living(rent, utilities, data/wifi, groceries) is $500 USD per month for most countries, $1000 for most others.
"Health care and insurance?"
Health care and insurance abroad are both pennies on the US dollar for the highest quality of medical care
"What about visas?"
You usually don't need them; when necessary, visas are almost all entirely online: a fifteen minute e-form and nominal fee offset in your first day by the drastically lower cost of living abroad.
"How do you make money while abroad?"
Any job that nets you $500+ a month works. There are almost 2 billion English students globally right now, so native English speakers have lucked into a guaranteed job on or offline.
"What qualifications do I need as an English teacher?"
Some countries and schools require a TEFL certificate or prefer candidates with an associate's degree depending on the position, but if you want to teach English, all you need is to be a fluent English speaker.
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I spent three weeks in 2015 and it was overall a great experience. I went to Jakarta and Yogyakarta in Java, Ubud in Bali, Labuan Bajo in Flores (as I wanted to visit Komodo National Park), and Manado in North Sulawuesi.
It is incredibly beautiful and culturally rich and I found Indonesian people to be very friendly and open to foreigners. Bali did feel a bit touristy but still authentic and interesting. It's useful to bring a Bahasa Indonesia phrasebook as in some places people do not speak English. I would advice to try and balance natural and cultural sites and to try and visit a few of the islands as they are very different from one another. Flights within the country are relatively cheap.
Perfect, thanks! I tend to travel slow, though i am curious as to how the islands are different.
Culturally?
Whoa, komodo national Park looks pretty wild, did you end up going on any of the tours?
Did you use an app or a phrasebook for indonesian?
Yeah, I hired a local tour for Komodo, it wasn't too expensive and mainly innvolved hiking and looking at wildlife.
I used an app for indonesian, just a simple list of phrases that could be played back ti hear how they sounded
That's very cool. Did the lizards feel dangerous?
Did you see anything remarkable apart from the lizards? Those orangutans?
I didn't feel in danger near the lizards, they were mostly chilling in the sun. I also saw some buffalo, a couple of interesting birds and thousands of bats at sunset. The tour I took had some snorkeling while waiting for sunset, that was also very nice (clown fish, mantis shrimp, sponges, etc)
Nice! Were the mantis shrimp particularly colorful? I've heard different things.
Water buffalo? I saw some crazy water buffalo horns while walking across Thailand, did any of yours have giant monster horns?