Part of the plan in coming to Santiago was to work. I needed to work in order to supplement our money and extend our stay as long as possible. Santiago seemed to be a great place to do that - a thriving economy, OECD status, a demand for qualified native English speaking teachers all of which I assumed would give the best chance of financing our adventures such as they are. hmmmm, not quite. All the websites I visited before we arrived extolled the virtues of coming to Santiago and working as a teacher. You'll earn enough to live like a middle class Chilean, they said. You can work the hours you want, they said. We provide the visas, they said. All of this, for me, proved a furphy. Currently, I'm working illegally (yet again) in
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