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- Type: Article
- Author: Brent Lewin
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Thailand's tiger temple claims to be a wildlife sanctuary, but that's not why hundreds of tourists visit every day. A boy looks at his mother nervously as she leads him by the hand and instructs him to sit. A stranger approaches the child with a live...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Julia Steinecke
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Five years ago, the tsunami took thousands of lives and changed Thailand forever. Finally, the tide is beginning to turn. On December 26, 2004, in the village of Ban Nam Khem, Maitree Jongkraijug was about to take a nap when he heard shouting from the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Armed with needle and thread, Carrie-Jane Williams helps Ugandan girls stay in school. In the small Ugandan town of Kitengesa, it is estimated that girls miss up to one week of school every month simply because of their periods. So, when 25-year-old...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Three Quebec drama students help Peruvian youth find their own voices. Wearing scarves, winter coats and boots—and with a wooden sleigh in tow—three Canadian womenprepare to perform a play. Their costumes fit the theme: after all, the story takes place...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Métis lawyer Brenda Gunn works with Mayan survivors of Guatemala's massacres. For most of us in North America, a visit to our local lawyer’s office is an unremarkable experience, but for many Guatemalans in the town of Rabinal, just north of Guatemala...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Verge Staff
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Heading to the land of Oz? Be sure to check out our must-dos while you're there! Beat the Heat in Tasmania Tasmania, off the southeast coast is Australia's closest point to the Antarctic circle. The temperature rarely goes above 25 degrees and its west...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Verge Staff
- Category: Work Abroad
Work, study and volunteer opportunities in Australia. For decades, Australians have been known as great world travellers and anyone who's spent any time on the road has probably bumped into more than a few Aussies in the middle of an extended world...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Verge Staff
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Want to extend your stay in Argentina? Here are some organizations that can help you to volunteer, work or study in this South American country. Help Argentina A US foundation that gathers financial and practical support for Argentine non-profits....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Julia Steinecke
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Argentina's cartoneros stay up late looking for recyclables in the trash bags of Buenos Aires. Finally, someone's looking out for them. Every night, an army invades the glittering avenues of Buenos Aires. They arrive in late afternoon, each armed with...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Alexandra MacAulay Abdelwahab
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Argentina's road to democracy has been a bumpy one, with military coups, inequality and corruption along the way. The elections of 1916 pushed back the wealthy landowning elites, who had been in control since the 1800s. Then, in 1929, a slump in...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Daniel Gabriel
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
At the Feria de Mataderos, where Argentina's cowboys strut their stuff, both the crowd and the contestants are in for a surprise. The crowd edges in, nearly touching the narrow, sanded raceway in the middle of the street. It's time for the climax of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Julia Steinecke and Roop Gill
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
When it comes to cultural and geographical diversity, Argentina packs a punch. Visit a subtropical rainforest or an advancing glacier; trek in Patagonia or tango all night in Buenos Aires. Check out this special section for some of the best Argentina...
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TEFL in Thailandhttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/articles/work-abroad/368-tefl-in-thailand
- Type: Article
- Author: Susan Griffith
- Category: Work Abroad
Web Exclusive: Susan Griffith catches up with the constantly changing TEFL scene in Thailand Here is Susan Griffith's extensive list of Thailand resources, including teaching agencies, schools, volunteer opportunities and TEFL training centres. See the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Verge Magazine
- Category: PhotoPro
Have you ever wondered what a hero looks like? Verge is proud to introduce our 2009 Global Heroes: 14 men and women who are doing their part to make a difference in the developing world. They range in age from 23 to 62 and also in experience—from those...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Melody Wren
- Category: Budget Traveller
The cheapest accommodations Europe has to offer. Fifty Euros a night for a bijou apartment in the Montmartre district of Paris? No way! Travellers often assume that renting a private house or apartment requires a long commitment and lots of cash. But...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Susan Griffith
- Category: Work Abroad
Some resources to get you started teaching English in Argentina and Chile. English Teacher Training in Argentina EBC Servicios Linguisticos, Buenos Aires (+54-11-6379-9391 in Argentina or 1-888-393-4015 in Canada and the U.S.; teflgap.org or...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Tom Peacock
- Category: Why we travel
Why young people need to experience the world firsthand. Journalist and documentary film maker Alexandre Trudeau travels to some of the world's most troubled and dangerous places in an effort to understand what is really going on, from the ground up. A...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Joshua Hartshorne
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
I have to admit I was skeptical about the Great Baikal Trail Association at first. Although it describes itself as an environmental organization, its primary goals are to build trails in virgin wilderness and increase foot traffic around Lake Baikal, a...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Verge Staff
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
"Kia ora!" "Errr – sorry, no. You must be mistaking me for someone else. My name is Alison." Laughter, but gentle laughter. "Kia ora, Alison. Welcome to New Zealand." Not-so-fresh off a 14-hour flight from Los Angeles (preceded by a journey from...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Verge Staff
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
A list of 8 must-see destinations in New Zealand, plus tips and suggestions to help you along the way. 1. Auckland Also known as Tamaki-Makau-Rau, 'the maiden with a hundred lovers', Auckland has always been treasured by the Maori. And it's not hard to...
