Be very very careful about South Africa. I loved it and had a great time. The PPL is easy to convert to UK, so now worries there.. .BUT if you want to go further, than I'm sorry JAA will ask you to stick the licence where it hurts! And trust me the cost of the conversion for ATPL or even CPL eventually works out to be the same if you had done it here anyway.. .. .There is NO SCHOOL in south Afriac JAA approved!!.. .Check out the caa webiste for recognised schools to be sure.. .If you going for a laugh and some great flying for just a PPL then you've certainly picked right.. .You want to go further, then I suggest you come back and get serious.. .As for schools, I'm biased, FTC was great, fantastic instructors but Management lie and promise the world and their people skills leave a lot to be desired.. .Good luck, oh and dont pay pounds up front, go there as a local, pay rand, dont say your from England, pretend you're on holiday with your family or something.. . <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" /> . .Good luck