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- Type: Article
- Author: Tom Peacock
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
This province of Indonesia felt the impact of the 2004 tsunami more than anywhere else on the planet. The good news? It has helped to wage peace in this war-torn region. The "special province" of Aceh is located on and around the north-western tip of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Cheryl Dunkerton
- Category: Study Abroad
So you want to take your university studies abroad? Here are some resources to get you started. University Exchanges Each university offers its own study abroad opportunities, so be sure to check what's on offer at your school's international office....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Cheryl Dunkerton
- Category: Study Abroad
Want to hit the road while still in school? Check out this guide to university study abroad programmes. Do you want to prove to yourself—and future employers—that you have what it takes to adapt and function in a new environment? An international...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Simon Worsfold
- Category: Budget Traveller
Are you doing the right thing or acting like a sucker? Some tips on how much to pay at the market. When you grow up in a country that sticks price labels on virtually everything that is for sale, travelling to a place that doesn't have a fixed price in...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Dr. Mark Wise
- Category: Travel Health
Ginger for motion sickness? Soybean to prevent insect bites? Some advice on treating your ailments naturally the next time you travel. Many travellers who visit my clinic wish to travel au naturel. No - not in the buff, but rather making use of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Susan Griffith
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
A year of travelling with purpose is a great way to get out of a work rut. Expert Susan Griffith offers tips to help you prepare for taking time off from your everyday life. Most of us sail along on our normal work-a-day and domestic course more or...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
An exchange programme gives kids from Nairobi's slums and Maasai children a chance to teach each other about the different ways of life within their own country. In the overcrowded, dilapidated slums of Nairobi, Kenya, a local teenager is asked to...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Work Abroad
Preparing a resume for a position overseas? Check out Verge's top 7 tips from the experts. If you don't have time to research the particular country and company you're applying to, you're better to err on the side of a shorter, resume-style document....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Work Abroad
Verge asks the experts how to tailor your resume to land that job overseas. Imagine yourself as a recruiter for a large, North American company. Hundreds of resumes are piled on your desk every day. At the top of today's pile is a five-page package...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Dr. Mark Wise
- Category: Travel Health
Losing your cool can be hazardous to your health. Can you remember the last time you passed an overheated car on the highway, steam spewing from under the hood, and four letter words coming from the driver's mouth? Well exertional heatstroke is...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Verge
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Attention eco-conscious travellers! This special destination section scans the map for the planet's top biological hotspots. From historical landmarks to reefs and forests, here are 13 eco hotspots you need to see—and ways you can make your travels...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
A travellers' guide to going carbon-neutral. Any responsible traveller should be thinking about his or her impact on the environment. After all, air travel is a significant source of the greenhouse gas emissions that are contributing to climate...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Wendy Glauser
- Category: Work Abroad
Anyone with a hammer and a shovel can start an international non-governmental organization, but you'll need more than just good intentions to make it work. Many young people who start up non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in developing countries...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Elena Sosa Lerín
- Category: Work Abroad
Looking to hit the road with your stethoscope? Here's how to put your degree to work overseas. There are three billion people worldwide who don't have access to basic healthcare. Think of it this way: that's approximately half of the people in the...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Why we travel
Former development studies student and District Six Records founder, Dave Guenette, has introduced North America to some of Africa's hottest musicians. It's not about charity: it's about music. In a small, rundown and ill-equipped community centre on...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Dr. Mark Wise
- Category: Travel Health
Don't get caught out in the cold. A look at cold exposure, its dangers and treatments. Just reading Into Thin Air—Jon Krakauer's account of a disastrous Everest expedition—makes me want to put on a warm sweater, some long underwear and sip some hot...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Dr. Mark Wise
- Category: Travel Health
A medical condition doesn't have to mean no travelling. It just requires a bit of planning and an appropriate choice of destination. When I started practicing travel medicine 25 years ago, volunteering abroad was for the young and healthy, as opposed...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Mike Webster
- Category: Travel Health
Yesterday was your first day in the Greek Islands and you took full advantage of the vibrant nightlife in the beach towns of Santorini. Fortunately, your non-drinking travelling companion was there to get you back to the hostel safely. But today,...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Andrea Gourgy
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
A youth project on the island of Zanzibar has young women in the community taking pictures. But what they are taking away from the project is infinitely more valuable. In a simple, four-room community centre on the outskirts of Stone Town—located on...
