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- Type: Article
- Author: Mike Land
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
After trying to set up volunteer positions across America with little response, Mike develops a new strategy. I’m sitting outside the dining hall of Mo Ranch, visiting with fellow volunteers Diane and Don Magee. The Magees discovered this peaceful...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Taylor St. John
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
The top ways to experience Australian culture in Victoria. During my last few weeks living in Victoria, I was fortunate to have a few experiences that felt truly Australian. No matter where in this vast country you are, the following are great ways to...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Ants Bolingbroke-Kent
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
If you’re preparing to cross the desert on horseback or conquer the ocean by kayak, there’s no better time to fundraise for charity. Here’s how to make the most of your adventure by raising the most money. Fundraising through the medium of adventure...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Crystal Collins
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Easy ways to make your journey stress-free. 1) Bring your own water bottle Especially if you are staying in India longer than a week. While everything is significantly cheaper for you, you can bet you are probably being overcharged for water. If you...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Elizabeth Tokarz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Living in a jungle for the summer means being exposed to wildlife--both big and small. “I was checking in with my family,” another girl in the program informed me on our way back from the designated WiFi house down the street. (Unfortunately, our house...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Elizabeth Tokarz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
The basics of interning overseas in a foreign language. After one week of both practicing Spanish with native French, Spanish, Portuguese, English and Dutch speakers and teaching others in our group some key basics, here are 10 vocabulary words or...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Elizabeth Tokarz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Elizabeth wonders how her research is affecting the community that she is trying to support. Five minutes before, we had been Facebooking and emailing in the hotel lobby, but now we climbed into the back of the truck with a jaguar-spot-painted cabin,...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrew Scott
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
The four worst habits of travellers. Travelling will make you more interesting. No question there. Some of us start with a deficit though, so it's always good to bear in mind that all the travelling in the world can sometimes just bring you out of the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrew Scott
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
When celebrations go further than just enjoying libations. "The things that happened could only have happened during a fiesta. Everything became quite unreal finally and it seemed as though nothing could have any consequences. It seemed out of place to...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Gillian Jose-Riz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Three tips to surviving while you work abroad in Argentina. My first two weeks living here in Córdoba have been quite a change but also an exciting opportunity to try new things and experience a new way of living. I thought it would be helpful to share...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Gillian Jose-Riz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
The start of an internship in Argentina. With only two weeks left until I leave for Córdoba, Argentina to start a three-month-long internship, I have felt the need to get re-centered on my objectives and purpose for embarking on this exchange. More...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Mike Land
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Mike discovers that travel is about the people, not the tourist destinations. When, on my 51st day of the road trip, I finally hit Los Angeles, I make sure my first steps out of the car are at the J. Paul Getty Museum, perched alluringly atop a hill...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Trina Moyles
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
How chocolate farmers are conserving Nicaragua’s rainforests. What I recently learned from las campesinas (women farmers) living in the lush rainforest region of the Rio San Juan department of southern Nicaragua tasted pretty sweet. Money doesn’t grow...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Elizabeth Tokarz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Elizabeth travels on the Avenida Domingo Diaz, under the Transistimica, through the Supermercado Rey and all the way to Gamboa. I am at the beginning of 10 weeks abroad, which will be the longest time that I will have ever spent in a foreign country....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Daniel Baylis
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
The best places online to find work exchange opportunities. So, you’re craving an adventure, eh? Maybe you’ve already tried your hand at backpacking—it was fun, but this time you don’t want to simply drift from place to place. You’re looking for...
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Life is a Ridehttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/articles/work-abroad/193-blogs/1270-life-is-a-ride
- Type: Article
- Author: Tiffany Wang
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Tiffany learns valuable lessons wakeboarding in Singapore. During a recent public holiday here in Singapore, I had the opportunity to go wakeboarding with small group of friends at the Marina Country Club. Wakeboarding is something I’ve always wanted...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Elizabeth Tokarz
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Think that immunizations are a tough trip preparation process? Try memorizing insects. Summer is my favorite season. I have always looked forward to the time when I would see the waxing and waning glows of fireflies and follow them, hypnotized. That...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Natalie Segovia
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Natalie struggles to balance the books as she starts work in Portugal. After losing my job in Austria, I was stuck between a rock and a bank account with no money. I quickly started emailing places to try and find work. Portugal was looking like a good...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Mark Oprea
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Mark struggles to find a sense of abroad at home. Needing to be around Italian things, I drive to Gallucci’s Deli in Cleveland, Ohio to look at all the imported olive oils, Roland-brand lupini beans, and shrink-wrapped pepperoni pizzas. I ask a man...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Liam O'Donovan
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Is there a "freshman 15" when it comes to travel? The first time I travelled abroad I gained 15 pounds. Fifteen! There were definitely some surprised looks on my parents’ faces when “fat me” stepped off the plane upon my return home. Thankfully, I was...
