Personally, I'd consider at least working a few more years and setting up an emergency fund - say $20K or $25K before considering leaving the job and relocating overseas.

Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:09 pm I wouldn't consider moving to PP for 1200 per month.

That said, I have three dependants, but it doesn't leave much cushion.

Invest in a CELTA and bump your potential wage to near 3k per month, or explore getting a job in your field. It may pay much more than you think.

sobajoe wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 9:58 pm Why do some posters reply with information that is total B.S to anyone who has stayed in PP any length of time.
I refer specifically to the poster who claims $1200 a month covers the basics and a fan room for $200, and they ask would you really want to live that way.

Really, a fan ROOM - now that doesn't sound very good , I mean a SINGLE ROOM and just a fan.
Let me consider some of the places I stayed, and found so easily it was laughable, during my last two, yearly consecutive trips of 6 and 4 months .

First on the list- a large 1 bedroom apartment , separate bathroom , separate kitchen , closed parking for moto , gorgeous private balcony overlooking the street in a quiet safe area about a mile from the Russian market - free, good internet, but NO aircon $150.

Second on the list. A decent sized semidetached Bungalow in Kampot - like a large studio apartment with a separate Bathroom and a huge car port attached which was as big as the bungalow and which most of the other residents had converted to a kitchen area. Had ice cold air con for $120

My latest, a 1 bed apartment near PP airport ( don't hear the planes. ) Great balcony , 24 hour security , shared swimming pool , free internet and cable TV, huge living area and very nicely furnished down to the washing machine , private underground parking . $300 - not a budget blower for a teacher making $1200.

The savings the OP has and his qualifications make it a perfectly viable plan for him to bug out now and to teach until he decides he's ready to use his savings.

Would you like teaching ?-do you like what you're doing now and where you're doing it ?

My time so far in Cambodia has taught me that a $1000 a moth is a very comfortable single persons budget even in PP, and which will allow you a far better lifestyle than most of our home countries. The caveat is a single person. Actually , a single , sensible and disciplined person.

I would not want to take on any financial burdens family or business. Leave that for the fools. Work , earn , enjoy to yourself.