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Travelogues and Blog Sites
Blogging is a great way to keep
in touch with friends and family while you are travelling. It
is much more immediate than sending postcards and available to
a wider audience. The possibility for readers to post comments
means that it can be a two way dialogue too.
The simplest way to set up a
blog is to open a free account with blogger.com(run
by Google). It is very simple and you can be up and running straight
away -all you need is an email account to register.
Travel Blog Sites
- BootsnAll -get your own travel blog on this all-purpose
travel site, and keep in touch with the folks back home. Membership
free.
- Blogger -get your own blog free
with Google -
- Liquidtravel.org is an online travel resource for anyone
wishing to submit their experiences or stories about travel,
adventure or interesting life experiences.
- Orbis -a directory of select travelogues.
- Travelblog -a collection of readers travel journals,
diaries and photos from around the world -you can add your blog
for free.
Notable Blogs
- Vagablogging -blog by award winning travel writer
Rolf Potts -his articles have been published in Condé
Nast, National Geographic and The Guardian.
Travel Magazines:
- Time
Out -city travel guides
to hotels, restaurants, shops and events from the publishers
of what started out as a magazine of what's on in London.
- Vagabondish -
- Wanderlust -
www.tefl.com, www.tefl.net and www.eslcafe.comIf you plan
to teach English abroad, a good starting point is a TEFL (Teaching
English as a Foreign Language) or TESOL (Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages) qualification. Courses run by Cambridge
CELTA (www.cambridgeesol.org) and Trinity CertTESOL (www.trinitycollege.co.uk)
last four weeks and prices range from £600 in Eastern Europe
to £1,000 in the UK. You can find listings of courses worldwide
at Cactus TEFL (www.cactustefl.com).
Most schools will help you find a teaching position at the
end of the course, or you can track down a job on the web
www.tefl.com, www.tefl.net and www.eslcafe.com are good job sites.
Schools that employ TEFL teachers generally provide subsidised
accommodation and sponsorship for work permits, and some also
throw in free flights.
Finding other paid work in a foreign country can be tricky.
British citizens are allowed to work anywhere in the European
Economic Area the EU, plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway
but opportunities are limited unless you speak the local
language. To work anywhere else, you'll need a work permit, and
in most cases, a local employer must apply to the immigration
authorities on your behalf.
However, there are some interesting short-term opportunities,
particularly for younger career breakers. America is a notoriously
difficult place to work, but the H2B visa allows foreign workers
to take seasonal jobs, usually in agriculture or tourism (particularly
the ski industry). Visas and jobs can be arranged directly with
US employers or through agencies such as Alliance Abroad Group
(www.alliance abroad.com) and Real Gap Experience (www.realgap.co.uk).
Another useful route is the J1 visa, which allows university
graduates or experienced professionals aged 38 or under to travel
to America to take up a traineeship for up to 18 months. Once
you find a US employer who is willing to sponsor you for a traineeship,
agencies such as Real Gap Experience can arrange the necessary
paperwork.
Working holidays are another option. Australia and New Zealand
offer working holiday visas for British citizens aged 30 or under
that allow you to work in any job for up to a year (see www.immi.gov.au
and www.immigration.govt.nz). Canada operates a similar programme
for under-35s, administered by the British Universities North
America Club (www.bunac.org). Going Global (www.goinglobal. com)
provides details on working in dozens of other countries.
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