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Shannonashley
Joined 2012
Posts: 1

Moving to Cali..tips?

11 years ago

Hello everyone!
This is my first post anywhere!
I am 22 and never lived away from home. I have been born and raised in this city in Canada however I have always dreamed of travelling. I visited Colombia and I fell in love. Cali is my favourite city and I do have a few friends there. I have saved 15,000 and have found a nice hostel with private rooms to stay in upon arrival until I find myself an apartment. I don't have a university degree as I've been working as a manager at a grocery store so getting a visa is difficult. I am a shy person and am scared of teaching but I figure that will be my best bet for work until I become more fluent in Spanish. I am registered to get my tefl training. Does anyone have any tips? I'm very scared but I've wanted to do this for a very long time and figure I should do it before I get any real attachments here. I was thinking of just flying there and then looking for work but I heard work visas are very hard to come by...

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