South African relocating from Korea to Karawaci

**MilaS** · 10-10-12, 13:39

Hi all,
I am a South African married to a Korean guy. We will relocate to Karawachi in January 2013 and I have lots of questions, but will browse the forum before starting to post them... We will be moving with our 6 months old baby girl, a cat and two birds (if I can find a decent pet relocation service^^). I teach English at a University in Korea and am also currently in the 2nd year of a MA in Applied Linguistics. Any other Saffas on this board? And any expats in Karawaci here that I can bounce ideas with and who are willing to answer lots of questions? I am a bit apprehensive - I haven't even visited Indonesia and now find myself moving there! Eeeek!

**jim69** · 10-10-12, 14:13

Welcome.

There is a lot of information here, if you know where to look.
The pets bit I know is here somewhere, I seem to remember it is quite complicated and expensive, if you search you will find it.
Will you be teaching here?

**MilaS** · 10-10-12, 14:41

Hi Jim, thanks. Not sure if I'll be teaching. I think initially I would just like to focus on getting settled. The baby and MA takes a lot of my time, but that being said in Korea I teach (although it's a 'full-time' gig it's only 11 hours week) plus I have 2 little home businesses. So perhaps I'll get bored of settling in soon and then I would like to do some teaching/tutoring, but I suspect it might be tricky on a South African passport. Why do you ask?

**jim69** · 10-10-12, 15:06

For that very reason, because it can be tricky, and then all sort of visa issues pop up. I also have a 6 month old baby girl, I know how hard it is to be away from them and rely on someone else to take care of them.