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- By Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Work Abroad
A love for travel isn't all it takes to be a tour leader. Four professional guides offer you their expert advice on the ups and downs of the business, and how you can break into it.

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- By Trevor Lush
- Category: PhotoPro
Taking your camera on the road is easy. But bringing it back safe and undamaged can be a challenge. Photo pro Trevor Lush shares some top tips.

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- By Colin Wiseman
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Colin Wiseman goes to Ecuador looking for political enlightenment—but finds that teaching kids to paint may be as much as he can handle in one trip.

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- By Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Why we travel
A pipeline to bring water to Israelis, Jordanians, and Palestinians might encourage more than just a scientific partnership.

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- By Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
An experienced hustler in Cuba's capital gets more than she bargained for.

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- By Trevor Lush
- Category: PhotoPro
Pro photographer Trevor Lush says that capturing those unanticipated moments produces some of his favourite images.

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- By Elena Sosa Lerín
- Category: Work Abroad
Where to start if you want to gain experience in international health...

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- By Jeff Minthorn
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Don't just take our word for it. Verge interviewed some key execs to get their take on gap years. The bottom line? Go for it.

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- By Jill Arcaro Gordon
- Category: Work Abroad
Living, working or studying overseas not only involves the day to day effort of doing your job or keeping up with your school work, but also requires you to adapt to the culture that you've planted yourself in. The question is: Are you that type?