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- Type: Article
- Author: Justin Grossbard (Sponsor Content)
- Category: Work Abroad
There are more than 25 visas available in Australia for foreign workers, so choosing the right one is critical to get the most out of your stay. Australia is one of the world’s favourite destinations not only to visit but also in which to live and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Stacey McKenna
- Category: Work Abroad
Working at a stable overseas is a great way to advance your career and satisfy your wanderlust at the same time. I woke to the restless stirring of my equine neighbours pacing their stalls and occasionally kicking our shared wall. Horses, eager for...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Rebecca Chant
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
Ever wonder what it'd be like to volunteer abroad? Rebecca shares a typical day. Packed into the minivan, we jostle and bump along the road to the empowerment centre. Looking out the window is not for the faint-of-heart: rickshaws filled with whole...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Rebecca Chant
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
On a day full of potential disasters, Rebecca realizes that she's made the right decision. The lady butted in front of me to get to the toilet stall. Clearly, I was next but she snuck in right when the door was opened. I was 22 hours into my no-sleep...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kalee Fambrough
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
The greatest challenge of moving overseas is expectation management. Five months is the amount of time I have until I depart for my study abroad adventure. I still find myself in awe of the fact that I am even going to live in England, let alone for a...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Kalee Fambrough
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
How Kalee chose her perfect overseas study abroad opportunity. Senior year of college brings with it anxiety and so many decisions regarding your future. Until about a month ago, I was in the same situation as most of my classmates. What will I do when...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Taylor St. John
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
After two years working abroad, Taylor has one of her most rewarding experiences yet in Cambodia. The other day was my hardest and best in Southeast Asia so far. I'd just arrived in Phnom Penh and was halfway through my “detour” home to the States,...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Gillian Arfin
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Take advantage of your working holiday abroad by exploring one of Australia's wine hot spots. One of the amazing perks about living in Perth, Western Australia, is the proximity of the city to Margaret River. Only a three-hour drive south of the city,...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Hannah Pym
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
Hannah shares her favourite budget travel sites for booking a study abroad getaway. England is a great base for studying abroad, as not only do you get the awesomeness of the UK, you are also so close to Europe; it's a great jumping off point for...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Adele Priestley
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Adele's dream job turns into a work abroad nightmare. Housing provided, free access to outdoor adventures such as rafting and kayaking, Spanish classes, health insurance, a work visa, a full return flight reimbursement, all necessary books and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Verge Magazine
- Category: PhotoPro
On behalf of Verge Magazine, the Go Global Expo and Rough Guides, we are excited to present the winners of our eighth annual Travel With Purpose Photo Contest...(drum roll please)... Our grand prize of $1,000 goes to Melanie Walker for her image "The...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Liam O'Donovan
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
What I learned working abroad in Hong Kong. SoHo was buzzing as I made my way up Hong Kong’s famous Mid Levels escalator, one of the longest in the world. The sights and sounds of the city’s popular nightlife scene surrounded me; French, British and...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Mike Land
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
How to make the most of service learning trips. One thing about social media—it pretty much guarantees you’re never really alone on your birthday. In fact, you might age another year in the time it takes you to click “like” on the hundreds of birthday...
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Korea: Round Twohttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/articles/work-abroad/193-blogs/1445-korea-round-two
- Type: Article
- Author: Allison Burney
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Allison learns that the old adage "you can never go back" just might be true. Though I don’t quite know how it happened so fast, I’ve already been back in the land of kimchi, soju and karaoke for almost nine months now. In a twist of events that I like...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Daniel Bernard
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
On his first journey abroad, an unexperience traveller faces the greatest challenge—exploring a city alone. Coming from a family of five children, I wasn’t used to going places alone. There was always someone around to take a picture with or carry me...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Eva Huang
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Five tips for keeping cool while working abroad. I remember the first time I talked to my host sister Elisa over Skype. One of the first things she asked was whether or not I could handle heat. I told her I loved summer, which caused her to laugh....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jared Tinslay
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
An "extra study day" turns into an adventure away. A recent change to my timetable means that I now have a three-day weekend! “An extra day to study,” my tutors said, as I began mentally planning my first long weekend away. A few hours later and I’d...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Maja Zonjic
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
Out of sight of the sun-drenched beaches of a popular Honduran diving destination, a dangerous reality threatens the viability of future tourism. Weak and fragile, the baby swamper iguana peers at me with glossy, helpless eyes. Volunteers at The Iguana...
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- Type: Article
- Author: Jennifer Hough
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
A budget philanthropist gets more than she bargained for. It was an incongruous and startling sight to behold: normally placid native Bolivian women, colourfully dressed in traditional garb, shouting angrily at a “gringo” attempting to address them....
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- Type: Article
- Author: Adele Priestley
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
Adele decides to fly back to the country that she vowed she'd never return to. Here's why. Four months ago I was sitting on a rock at the edge of Lago Llanquihue in southern Chile. I dangled my legs above the water, eyeing the peeling soles of my...
