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@Vboy- #1 there are plenty of people teaching English in Asia, professionally, in many cases for years, without any TEFL certification at...

That's the one I rode over, wasn't sure if there was a rail but I recall now there was on one side, and indeed locals riding motorbikes...

No, not those ones, there weren't steps. It was a narrow wooden bridge without any rails either side IIRC. I cycled back over the main...

I've cycled across it, so yes.

@Lucy- in fairness the issue, that a lot of prospective volunteers don't realise, is that there are costs in doing something properly and a...

@tieng- an eVisa is not an extension, I don't see how it would help here. I would have to leave the country and re-enter, in which case I...

+Why tell people you are Christian?...

I stayed in Champa Lao. There are two of these IIRC; I stayed at the one overlooking the river, in the wooden house. They have a bridge...

@nik- there is already another thread where someone reported that the Burmese weren't fussy about slight black marks on the top of the...

@6Tango- so even a slight crease down the middle from folding leads to rejection? Of otherwise mint notes? Even of low denomination bills?...

I think this is all a bit harsh and over the top. There are plenty of opportunities to help local Lao people with English practice that...

@roadahead- not at all, that is why I am asking for information. I know nothing of Myanmar, only Cambodia. Montyman has experience of both,...

Thanks for that Montyman. I had already started hoarding all the best bills I get here to keep them for Myanmar, but I am unsure now if...

@nijerk- I can understand the question to an extent; I had read that Cambodia was very picky on dollar bill quality and frankly it isn't...

Probably one of the most useful things you can do, without a long-term commitment, and without cost to you, is to help locals practice with...