The Ultimate Guide to Packing Light
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- Written by: Kate Gilgan
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The Ultimate Guide to Packing Light
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Lighten your load with these tips.
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Lighten your load with these tips.
How to Travel with a Pre-existing Condition
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- Written by: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Travel Health
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A pre-existing medical condition need not stop your travels. Here's what you need to know.
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A pre-existing medical condition need not stop your travels. Here's what you need to know.
Facing a Serious Medical Diagnosis Abroad
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- Written by: Kelly Iverson
- Category: Travel Health
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Facing a Serious Medical Diagnosis Abroad
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Receiving an unwanted health diagnosis is never easy. But what if you're living overseas?
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Confronting the risk of breast cancer head-on.Latest Issue
Receiving an unwanted health diagnosis is never easy. But what if you're living overseas?
Goodbye Beijing: Lessons From my Internship in China
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- Written by: Hayley Duszynski
- Category: Work Abroad Blogs
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What I learned about myself—and what I wish I did differently.
Are You Living Abroad Like the Locals, or Displacing Them?
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- Written by: Bella Peacock
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
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In cities around the world, exploding tourism and expat cash are driving prices up, and locals out.
Ayahuasca Tourism: Shamans, Charlatans and Thousand-dollar Retreats
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- Written by: Ariana Crisafulli
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Whether it's a quest for self-awareness, a cure for mental maladies or just the next big high, travellers are turning a traditional Amazonian healing ceremony into a multi-million dollar industry.
Working in Laos: How to Adapt to an Unfamiliar Work Culture
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- Written by: Heather Sinclair
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Slow down and don't miss lunch. How hard can it be?
A Slice of Home in Rome
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- Written by: Elana Rabinowitz
- Category: Why we travel
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Arriving in the Eternal City after two years in rural Sri Lanka, only one thing could get me through this kind of culture shock.
8 Family Budget Travel Tips
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- Written by: Kate Gilgan
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. . .that even budget budget travellers don't know.
Software Engineer - Netherlands
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- Written by: Suneet Grewal
- Category: Careers for Globetrotters
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Victor Mings has worked in Austria and the Netherlands and made the switch from aerospace engineering to software development. He talks to us about switching specialties, what he did to salvage a bad interview and land his current job, and the magic of the IAESTE internship program (and why you should Google it right now).
Watch his series of videos below.
How to Convince Your Boss to Let You Work Remotely
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- Written by: Wailana Kalama
- Category: Work Abroad
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Showing your employer that you can get the job done from any location takes planning, communication and commitment.
Internships and Study Abroad Programs in China with CIP
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- Written by: China Internship Placements
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Jump-start your international career with an internship placement and mentorship in a multinational company in China, or study Chinese on an intensive Chinese language immersion program.
Fitness for Expats: Staving off the "Foreign 15"
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- Written by: Brian Johnson
- Category: Travel Health
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Why staying fit should be part of your self-care plan to handle the stresses of expat living.
Photography & Care in Thailand
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- Written by: Kyle Anderson
- Category: Study Abroad Blogs
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Photographing with respect and transparency is primary to being a contributor and not just a kodachrome leech.
From the Field Blog: Editors' Choice
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- Written by: Jessica Lockhart
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
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From the Field Blog: Editors' Choice
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A round-up of Verge editorial staff’s favourite blog posts over the past few months.
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A round-up of Verge editorial staff’s favourite blog posts over the past few months.
The Rangoon Commute: Getting to Work in Burma
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- Written by: Isadora Vadasz
- Category: Beyond the Guidebook
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How to get across town in one piece when the rules of the road are straight out of Mad Max.
8th Annual Go Global Expo: Another Huge Success!
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- Written by: Verge Magazine
- Category: Latest program news & sponsored content
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Thousands of adventure-ready travellers and dozens of organizations offering opportunities work, study and volunteer in more than 100 countries make the Go Global Expo an event like no other.
The Hidden Homes of Bangkok
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- Written by: Kyle Anderson
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How exploring architecture can be an exercise in fighting homesickness.
Trash Talk in Panama
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- Written by: Caroline Cassard
- Category: Volunteer Abroad
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A volunteer discovers solving waste problems isn’t as simple as a quick clean-up tutorial.
Southeast Asia & the Art of Motorbike Safety
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- Written by: Andrea Hoang
- Category: Travel Health
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No, the stamp in your passport is not a motorcycle license.