Search articles and blog posts
-
Three key considerations for would-be telecommuters. Regardless of what you call it—location independent, a digital nomadic lifestyle or telecommuting—the definition of “working abroad” has changed dramatically with the creation of an online labour...
- Type: Article
- Author: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Work Abroad
-
Planning to change the world? This veteran development worker says pitch the pretence and pack your humility. At 23, I moved to Mumbai. Though I knew nothing about India, I was as excited as I was self-assured. I had spent the prior year in Washington,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Ben Losman
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
-
In All Fairnesshttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/articles/beyond-the-guidebook/1531-in-all-fairness
When it comes to tipping guides and porters, crunching the numbers may not give you the right answer. Our trekking guide was a Kenyan in his late 20s, not-yet married but so very eager to be. When my friend and I first met him at our trekking...
- Type: Article
- Author: Dustin Grinnell
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
-
If “learn to speak Spanish” is on your to-do list, you'd best head to Guatemala. "Is it okay if I read this story over the loudspeakers?" I asked my Spanish maestro in Español muy malo. "Okay. If you want to,” he laughed. “But it’s better if you read...
- Type: Article
- Author: Maarten Dankers
- Category: Study Abroad
-
All in the Familyhttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/volunteer-abroad/1529-all-in-the-family
How to make sure the welcome mat stays out at your homestay. Living with a host family, like everything worth doing, is both challenging and rewarding. Arguably the consummate form of cultural immersion, it is likely to have a profound impact on your...
- Type: Article
- Author: Jamie Leigh
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
-
Taking your job online is quickly becoming one of the easiest ways to work abroad. These careers may be your ticket to becoming location independent. Looking out the window onto dreary Dundas Street West, I sighed. It was another grey winter day and it...
- Type: Article
- Author: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Work Abroad
-
Dracula tourism makes Romania millions, but at what cost to local culture? It started with the Satanists. The year was 1999 and Bruno Frohlich, a Lutheran pastor in the Romanian town of Sighi?oara, had received phone calls from Satanists interested in...
- Type: Article
- Author: Jonathan Cox
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
-
After three years abroad and 14 different jobs, Taylor realizes there are few limitations when creating your working holiday. One of the best things about a working holiday is the absolute endless number of job experiences you can have. Some travellers...
- Type: Article
- Author: Taylor St. John
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
-
Scoring funding to complete your dream journalism project is easier than you think. International journalism is an expensive endeavour—especially for students. Unless you have a trust fund, or through the power of witchcraft avoided racking up debt...
- Type: Article
- Author: Evelyn Harford
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
-
A journalism student explains why she's spending her summer in Africa. A green revolution is taking place in Africa’s largest urban slum—Kibera. Within the maze of tiny pathways snaking between red, mud-walled shacks grow beans, sweet potatoes and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Evelyn Harford
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
-
Cora discovers that a love of learning doesn't always start in the classroom. I spent seven months living abroad in Reunion Island and I discovered how much one can learn simply by being interested. While I was there, it wasn’t work to learn new...
- Type: Article
- Author: Cora Siebert
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
-
Adele makes some discoveries about what she took for granted most about home. If I wanted to have predictable days and easy adventures, then I wouldn’t have moved abroad. In the search for adventure, personal growth, and challenges, it is the instinct...
- Type: Article
- Author: Adele Priestley
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
-
As Vanessa's departure grows closer, her excitement is being replaced by a new emotion—fear. I was washing the dishes this morning, absently watching the soapy water swirl down the drain, mechanically putting away the vintage bowls with the plaid print...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vanessa Nirode
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
-
Itineraries for spending a day in the United Kingdom's largest city. London is one of the most awesome cities on the planet. It is packed full of history, culture, food, shopping—basically everything you could ask for. If you are studying abroad in the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Hannah Pym
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
-
Find Your Own Peacehttps://www.studyandgoabroad.org/volunteer-abroad/blogs/1506-find-your-own-peace
Vanessa is finding peace in her own way, in her own time. As the time for me to embark on this new chapter of my life called "leave behind everything you know and go live your dreams," I find that I am a bit anxious and scattered. There are a lot of...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vanessa Nirode
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
-
As Rebecca's time in India draws to a close, she reflects on what made her volunteer abroad experience worthwhile. I found India to be rather frustrating. I know that people say you either love India or hate it, but I'm kind of in-between. I saw a...
- Type: Article
- Author: Rebecca Chant
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
-
Enough time to recognize it's prickly and complex; not enough time to fully understand it. A short-term volunteer sizes up her placement in Rwanda. The shade of the deep blue-green waters in Lake Kivu, the pipin' hot cups of coffee, the (surprisingly)...
- Type: Article
- Author: Megan Lee
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
-
Adele once idolized "The Traveller." Now, she find herself questioning her hero's true motives. Since coming to Chile, I have gone camping alone, I have travelled with strangers, and I have been robbed. I have gone to official government buildings with...
- Type: Article
- Author: Adele Priestley
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
-
After returning home, Taylor reflects on how three years of travel has changed her. I was holding off writing this post, because it's the one about coming home. I've been back in the States for a few weeks after a year working around Australia and a...
- Type: Article
- Author: Taylor St. John
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
-
Rebecca reflects on the inspiring people she's met while volunteering in India. One of the best parts of travelling is meeting new people. I have met so many wonderful, interesting locals, travellers and expats over the past year and a half. It is...
- Type: Article
- Author: Rebecca Chant
- Category: Volunteer Abroad Blogs
