Universal Value Exchange

In La Paz Travel Part 1, we got to see parts of travel in La Paz Bolivia from the perspective of an American traveler in 1943. These videos were put together by the US government and resemble social studies films, but never the less, they offer a good glimpse into La Paz and its sights.
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Surprise, surprise. The Korean Government owns more than 20,000 hectares in Argentina. According to this article, they’ve bought it back in 1978 envisioning Korean farmers turning it into a Korean village. Unfortunately, the crops were unsuccessful and many of the emigrants fled to nearby cities.

The land has since fallen into neglect, but now the Korean Government is attempting to come up with a new project for it. Another stab at a Korean village? Who knows.

La Paz, Bolivia is the capital of Bolivia. I like travel videos because they give you much more insight into a place than would be possible otherwise. I found this great travel video, its made in 1943 and gives a nice introduction to what La Paz, Bolivia is about and gives it through the eyes of an American traveler more than 60 years ago.

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The TEFL News Network has added a page specifically with some advice for new TEFL teachers. It has the usual advice just to research but it also seems to take on the over hyping of TEFL courses. This can be a bit of an issue for us expats.

For us expats, when we confront marketers looking to separate us from our cash, they come in various guises. All with the focus of getting us to use whatever so called essential service they have.

With TEFL courses, go back 10 years ago and they were the exception rather than the rule. New untrained TEFL teacher usually got on the job training and had to figure out for themselves how to use resources properly and how to put together a decent lesson. Now, they have courses for that and if you go on most internet forums, the marketers are there to tell you how much you need to take a course.

You can see it in the ebook craze. Everyone has an ebook for sale for expats. Maybe I should jump on that bandwagon sometime. The thing is that these ebooks cost money when most of the information is out there for free, you just have to ask.

I guess the rant is over now. Till next time.

I really don’t like cable cars. You know the ones that climb up a mountain to to the top? But maybe I could like the one in Salta. Once you get to the top, you get an awesomely great view. I love these pictures from the Travel blog.