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chrisfromtx

chrisfromtx

Member

American looking for information about Saudi Arabia

Forum posts

3

About me

American

Lives in Jeddah, Makkah

Speaks English, Spanish, intermediate Portuguese

Registration: 31 December 2017

About

Teacher from Dallas, Texas moving to Jeddah in August 2018. Bilingual English-Spanish. Hoping to learn Arabic. I love baseball, US college football, Australian Rules football, and international rugby. I am Latin American, of Colombian origin, and I speak Spanish. I love Latin pop and salsa music.
Interests: sport, US and international politics, reading, trying international cuisine, Latin music

Occupation

I am Employed.

My expat journey

guatemalausasaudi-arabia
Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Aug 2018 - May 2020

Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Teaching elementary school in an American curriculum international school.

Dallas, Texas, USA

Dallas, Texas, USA

Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Aug 2011 - Dec 2011

Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Studied Spanish in a Spanish school
Student
Authentic Guatemalan town, heavily Spanish-based, experience daily life, incredibly friendly people, very low cost of living
Little to do other than drink/party, must drive for historical sites, public transportation is very low quality (though very cheap), frequent blackouts

Activity

chrisfromtx
chrisfromtx replied to a thread
8 years ago
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Moving to Jeddah by aaguilarcsi

Hello Forum Members, greetings to everyone. I would like to introduce myself as I am new in expat.com, my name is Alfredo, I am married with two children ( 5 and 8), currently living in Spain and originally from Venezuela, so Spanish is my mother ...

chrisfromtx

I don鈥檛 know much about a Spanish community in Jeddah but I鈥檓 interested too. Colombian-American moving to Jeddah in August from Texas here. I also posted on the Spanish forum but it doesn鈥檛 look like there鈥檚 much activity ... Read More

chrisfromtx
chrisfromtx replied to a thread
8 years ago
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Let me introduce myself! by Tom8001

I am an American ESL teacher with about 5 years of experience who is currently looking for a teaching job in Jeddah or a city on near the Persian Gulf. I have a TEFL a CELTA as well as an American ESL teaching license. I have taught in China for ...

chrisfromtx

I just got hired at a school in Jeddah starting in August. I would strongly recommend using a reputable teaching recruiting site to find a job. I found mine via TeachAway. Search Associates and ISS are the traditional strongest groups, but teacher ... Read More