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- Type: Article
- Author: Allan Gould
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
A few weeks into teaching abroad, Allan seeks out substance—and solace—in China. Firsts! And so many in such little time, in so many forms; language, food, drinks, and the general commotion of day to day living. Firsts all around. The waterspout of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kaitlin Ellen Bardswich
- Category: Why we travel
Kaitlin Ellen Bardswich imagines a world where she doesn’t have to mask being queer while travelling abroad. “These Bedouin men are so attractive, aren’t they?” my new Australian friend asks me as we drive along in the back of a pick-up truck through...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Maarten Dankers
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Volunteering at an ashram offers a peek into one part of India's rich culture. Dressed in faded saffron robes, Swamiji Yogaratna starts the evening chant by lighting candles and sandalwood incense. “Let your light shine, shine, shine,” she sings....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
For young women in many other cultures, Aunt Flo's arrival brings fear and shame. These organizations are working to change that. Waiting for my host to change into her swimwear, I sat under the hot Guyanese sun, drinking milk from fresh coconuts with...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Study Abroad
Risk managers' common-sense tips for making your time abroad as safe as possible. For many students, spending a semester overseas may be their first solo cross-cultural experience. It can be exciting, but it can also be overwhelming—particularly at a...
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A World Aparthttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/articles/study-abroad/1819-a-world-apart
- Type: Article
- Author: Ann Marley
- Category: Study Abroad
When you’re alone and far from home, mental health issues can be magnified. How to cope during a semester abroad. After 14 hours of travel, I unpack my suitcase in my new dorm, sit on my unmade bed and cry. “I want to go home,” I think. But home is...
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Con Voyagehttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/travel-intelligence/171-travel-health/1818-con-voyage
- Type: Article
- Author: Andrew Ancheta
- Category: Travel Health
How to avoid scams, keep your cash—and still have fun. Fools are easily separated from their money, but not quite as easily as travellers. Popular destinations are overrun by scams and cons—and sometimes the Nigerian princes outnumber the tourists....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Sam Mednick
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Are ad-hoc volunteers helping or hindering refugee relief efforts in Greece? “They came to us late at night, wet and shivering,” says Corey Anhorn, recounting the night he’ll never forget. Anhorn was volunteering at Moria Camp on Greece’s Lesvos...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Lynn Spreadbury
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Elephants, freed from the cruelty of Thailand's logging industry, now face an equally grim prospect: Tourism. A young elephant named Faa Sai hops up a riverbank as if her legs are invisibly bound. Around her a herd with similar disabilities bathes and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jennalyn Christopherson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Teaching English overseas? Meet your co-workers. Living abroad, you’re bound to meet a ton of different types of folks—both locals and expats alike. After meeting dozens upon dozens of teachers you begin recognizing patterns. Here are five types of...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jennalyn Christopherson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
. . .and why I'm glad I did. The choice to move abroad was a simple one for me: I was graduating university with a degree in a field I didn’t see myself in; I was filled with wanderlust and a want of adventure; I had no distinct career path; and I had...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Alicia Williams
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
How learning about coffee helped Alicia to understand Colombian culture. There are certain foods that are synonymous with certain cultures. When thinking of French culture, thoughts of wine and cheese come to mind; for Canada, maple syrup and poutine;...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Tina Chow
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Three strange questions you should be prepared to answer. It was only during my EPIK orientation—a mere week before I was supposed to start teaching—that I found out I had been offered a position at an elementary school. Not only that, but I would be...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Ahnika White
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Start your study abroad countdown right. To point out the painfully obvious, moving abroad is stressful. If there’s a way around that, I hope I don’t disappoint by admitting that I have yet to find it. However, letting stress snowball and cripple you...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kaelyn Lynch
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Kaelyn tries to create change by spreading environmental knowledge to remote communities of Burma. About a month into my trip, my experience in Burma had proven far different than what I'd originally planned; and for that, I was grateful. When my...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Ashley Ann Mentley
- Category: Work Abroad
Working on a cruise ship means long hours, late nights and its own kind of party culture. Here's how to stay on the deck and out of the infirmary. One evening, as the Carnival Inspiration was preparing to set sail from the docks in Long Beach, a...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Sheila Taylor
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
Let the games begin. This August, more than half a million tourists are expected in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Many visitors will simply go to the events, drink caipirinhas, get a sunburn on the beach and then go home, but...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Allan Gould
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Allan prepares for his latest teaching placement by reflecting on his past. Over the Red Sea, the sun is going down. Thousands have written of sunsets, many have ascended that platform, spoken of the serenity, tampered with the colours, and relayed...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Allan Gould
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
A veteran TEFL teacher shares his pre-departure tips. Shanghai, I speak the word. Rolling it around to see what comes to mind so many impressions blossom: mystery, danger and adventure are but a few. Yet, the leggy practicalities of arranging a move...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Alicia Williams
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Three tools for learning a foreign language. In March, I arrived in Colombia with very little knowledge of Spanish. Although I'd taken some classes, they had mostly focused on grammar and not so much on conversation. Although my program didn’t require...
