Well, I've been and gone and done it - accepted a job in Libya. Unusually, one of my plans has gone exactly according to plan!

Here's the (slightly edited) job spec:

The post is based at the training centre for the Central Bank of Libya. The training centre also employs local teachers who run the lower level courses. These courses feed into our programme.

The teaching hours are 25 per week, 8.30-2.30, Sunday-Thursday. The programme is aimed at eventually getting the students (all employees of banks in Libya) through the BEC Preliminary exam. They are on secondment from work and can stay on the programme as long as they pass the End of Module exam. Each module is an average of 8 weeks, with about 10 days off before the next module starts. Books used include Face2Face, Intelligent Business, BEC prep materials.

You would be sharing an apartment with the other teachers. There are 4
teachers in Tripoli. We are currently trying to find another apartment so
just 2 teachers share together. The salary is enormous. You will also be reimbursed the cost of your airfare, up to a maximum of £500.

It's a bummer, but I have to share the accommodation with two women and a bloke. And the classes are mixed sex. Ah well. Saudi was never really an option, was it?

I've booked my flight for Thursday, 18th October, and will be Libyanised for a couple of days thereafter. My first day of teaching is the following Sunday.

The job's with Berlitz, so well organised. They provide teaching materials, course books, exam notes etc etc. All I do is turn up and teach.  Yeah. We'll see. Life would be dull without at least some bureaucracy.

What a relief that it's sorted. I can now concentrate on tidying up loose ends here in Blighty.