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How to Get to Know a New City

Details: Written by: Emily Fritz; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

Guidelines for getting the most out of your new environment.

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How to Move to a New Country

Details: Written by: Greg Snell; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

How to ease the transition overseas.

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Four Spots to See Taipei at Night

Details: Written by: Vivien Lee; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

The best vantage points to see the city from a new angle.

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A Primer to Takoradi, Ghana

Details: Written by: Stephanie Liauw; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

Valuable tips for those heading to Takoradi for the first time.

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The Hardest Things About Living Abroad

Details: Written by: Allison Burney; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

The realities of a life overseas.

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I Conquered My Fear of Traveling as a Solo Female

Details: Written by: Eva Zhu; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

Overcoming the unknown as a solo female traveller.

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Crossing Language Barriers to Make Cultural Connections

Details: Written by: Judi Zienchuk; Category: Study Abroad Blogs

Judi explores the best sights that Ho Chi Minh City has to offer.

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Adapting Best Business Practices to Ghana

Details: Written by: Kayla Kozan; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

Adapting plans: when social media is the Sunday market.

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Working Abroad in the Land Down Under

Details: Written by: Greg Snell; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

Greg reflects on whether he has what it takes to do one of the "best jobs in the world."

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A Stereotypical Canadian

Details: Written by: Vivien Lee; Category: Work Abroad Blogs

Vivien learns to challenge stereotypes; both her own and others.

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Surviving Your First Two Weeks In Ghana

Details: Written by: Stephanie Liauw; Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs

Once the "honeymoon" wears off, what's the best way to settle in?

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Travelling in Communist Vietnam

Details: Written by: Judi Zienchuk; Category: Study Abroad Blogs

When I booked a flight to Vietnam, I knew (somewhere in the back of my mind) that it would mean arriving in a communist country and therefore a one-party state. However, I had no idea what this actually meant and how much it would affect my experience there as a tourist.