No one would agree to work in the developing world if the benefits were not excellent. If you work in Europe for only two years, you don't worry about the future, and schools capitalize on that. If international teaching becomes your career, that's a different story. You have to be able to save. I find the students here very dedicated and their parents solidly behind their education.
Travel is excellent.
I have fulfilled my dream of seeing the world. Bill, you have taught in three very different places. Few Americans know much about the Philippines. It was in the Philippines that I found out why teachers rarely go back to teaching in the United States after teaching abroad. My school had a resource center that rivaled those in universities.