Teaching English in a Foreign Land

Follow Barry around the world as he tells the story of how teaching English as a foreign language changes his life. After doing a TEFL course in London he flies to South America alone. He has no job to go to but hopes that teaching English will fund his travels - ultimately it opens up opportunities all over the world. During Barry's two-year TEFL adventure he has several nervy encounters with local louts in Ecuador and Brazil collapses after a trip to Machu Picchu gets stuck next to ecstasy raving loonies and a transvestite on a Greyhound Bus across America struggles to settle Down Under finds himself working for strict Catholic nuns in Bangkok and meets some sex mad Babushkas on the Trans-Mongolian railway. This book is essential for anyone who wants to see how rewarding it can be to teach English in a foreign land.