I type this hundreds of kilometers and dozens of days from the Shimanami Kaido, hiding from the rain in a Lawson conbini somewhere in the mountains of Hyogo prefecture. Since you've last heard from us, Jenn and I have done the Kaido up and down, caught a ferry back to Osaka, toiled on an organic farm for two weeks, and begun another bike trip. Also, we've finally run the numbers on the Plan, and have since found a slight flaw in its design: we've run out of money a bit faster than we'd thought we might. There are reasons for this, naturally, but for the purposes of space and ego, let's just write it off as "witchcraft."
So, rather than working for the summer in Korea to replenish our coffers (we've been informed that the job we'd been planning to return to won't have us back due to visa-related reasons), we've begun the process of applying for any job we can find in East Asia. We've interviewed with kindergartens in Hong Kong, conversation schools in Vietnam, universities in Korea, and Disney-owned Mandatory English Fun Centers in China. I think we're getting close to finding something, though, so most likely we'll be working somewhere in Korea from this July or August until the same time next year. Which means, of course, that you all are in for another batch of teaching-related hijinx and/or escapades. Hooray?
In short: biking and farming until June, then doing something in Korea, then working from July or August. More info as it comes in, and blog posts about the farm and job interview process to follow. A teaser:
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| Rough day on the farm. |
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| Whoever this guy is, he seems excited about looking for a job. |
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