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Think you're ready for your first working holiday? Read this first. As I count down the days until my first move abroad, I could easily spend the majority of my time trying to figure out how I’m going to fit my entire life in two suitcases. Although...
- Type: Article
- Author: Tori Holmes
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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How to bargain for the best deals at Kenya's Toi Market. Ever wonder where our donated clothing ends up? Many clothes donated to East Africa from North America and Europe end up in large resale markets like Nairobi’s Toi Market. It’s the ultimate...
- Type: Article
- Author: Evelyn Harford
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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In the countryside of Spain, Vanessa most unexpectedly finds her roots when she volunteers to housesit. I’ve been on my "adventure" now for almost three months. "Adventure" is what my friends and family who don’t quite get why I would head off to...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vanessa Nirode
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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After years of travelling with her family, Adele reflects on the travel lessons they learned the hard way. I am one of those lucky people who grew up with a family that prioritized travel over many other things. Instead of saving up for a new car or a...
- Type: Article
- Author: Adele Priestley
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Parental tips to inspire your children to travel. On my most recent visit home, my mom took me out for lunch and some much-needed mother-daughter time. As we splurged on expensive coffee, debated over what kind of sandwich to order, and ended up...
- Type: Article
- Author: Adele Priestley
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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After a somewhat reluctant adjustment, Danika looks at all the ways she's learnt to live like a local in Spain. It’s been almost three years since I first landed on this sunny slab of land at the bottom of Spain called Andalusia. It was a rough...
- Type: Article
- Author: Danika Wilkinson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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A trek through ancient paths provides Vanessa with some much-needed reflection. Sometimes I walk. Today I walked from Olot (Spain) to Santa Pau and back. It took about 11 hours. I don't know exactly how far that is, but if you go the "direct route"...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vanessa Nirode
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Listen to your teenagers or listen to your gut? Mauricio explains why he's chosen the latter. When I first started researching our 12-month family trip to Ecuador, I thought there would be a wealth of information regarding moving to Ecuador with...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mauricio Rubio
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Why Mauricio is breaking away from the norm and taking his three kids (age 3, 11 and 13) on the trip of a lifetime. Shortly, I will embark on my first vagabonding trip with my wife and our three kids. Vagabonding means different things to different...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mauricio Rubio
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Adele struggles with homesickness when the celebrations of July 4th and the America Cup in Chile clash. On the morning of Fourth of July, I woke up a few minutes early to leave myself time to dig out the best patriotic outfit I could find. As a big fan...
- Type: Article
- Author: Adele Priestley
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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What does the "real world" look like when you've spent the last three years abroad? Three years ago, in the middle of a New Zealand winter, I was hanging out with a group of fellow ski bums in Queenstown discussing everyone’s plans for after the season...
- Type: Article
- Author: Taylor St. John
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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After studying abroad in the UK, Hannah shares her tips for readjusting to life back home. After spending the most magical nine months in England, my time is over. Writing this post was much harder than I expected, which is probably why I put it off...
- Type: Article
- Author: Hannah Pym
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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From the practical to the peculiar, Danika answers the questions she’s most often asked about working legally in Europe. The European Union is like the cool kids’ club that none of us on the outside are invited into. Its millions of members are born...
- Type: Article
- Author: Danika Wilkinson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Vanessa puts away her cell phone and digs into permaculture on a volunteer placement in Spain. I was born at the foot of a mountain in a house with a garden for a roof, deep in the south of France. Or maybe it was really a 1970s ranch-style house in...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vanessa Nirode
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Danika Wilkinson takes a look at the trials and tribulations that come with living with her "Latin lover." If three years ago someone had told me that right now I’d be living in the most romantic city in Spain, sheltering from the daily 40 degree heat...
- Type: Article
- Author: Danika Wilkinson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Danika realizes that her sunny Spanish lifestyle is due to a privilege she never knew she had. I’m in a town of about 23,000 people on the Guadalquivir River, just south of Seville, Spain, watching an enormous container ship cut through the chop, rusty...
- Type: Article
- Author: Danika Wilkinson
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Sometimes the universe gives you exactly what you need. Sometimes the universe gives you exactly what you need. Not always, but sometimes what you need arrives as if by magic from a place in the sky you never knew existed to sit upon a corner of your...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vanessa Nirode
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Adele reflects on what it means to be "on the road" full-time. As an avid reader, a college graduate with a degree in literature, and someone who considers travel a part of the foundation of the life I am building for myself, I figured that it was time...
- Type: Article
- Author: Adele Priestley
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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Learning Swahili while volunteering in East Africa serves not only a practical purpose, but also opens doors for new experiences. Many volunteers are driven to take their service work abroad to offer unique skills , to engage with an entirely new...
- Type: Article
- Author: Megan Lee
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
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Get a truly local experience with the right guide. Local guides are essential when working within a vulnerable community abroad—especially those who distrust foreigners. Finding a good guide can make or break your experience. I found my guide, Abzed...
- Type: Article
- Author: Evelyn Harford
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
