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Teaching English Overseas: How Finding Your Own Students Can Really Pay Off

By Craig Makepeace | June 22, 2012

It can be tough when you have just qualified as an English teacher. You’re full of enthusiasm and desperate to get going, but then you spend weeks or months applying for jobs around the world […]

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22 Reasons to Cruise on Carnival Spirit

By Craig Makepeace | June 14, 2012

How many reasons do YOU need to go on a cruise with Carnival Spirit? Well, when you’re on a ship that’s nearly the length of three football fields and 12 decks tall of things to […]

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Working Holidays Around The World – Getting Started Guide

By Craig Makepeace | May 18, 2012

Explaining working holidays around the world, how you can get your working holiday visa and why you should consider this style of world travel

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Dealing with the poverty you see on your travels

By Caroline Makepeace | May 13, 2012

Dealing with the poverty you see on your travels is quite traumatic. It is difficult to come to terms with what you see to understand it and accept it. Eden Riley, an Australian blogger, recently […]

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How to Travel Safely to the Philippines – Travel Tips

By Craig Makepeace | January 27, 2012

Just to get it out there, Manila isn’t the Philippines. It’s where the main international airport is but I hope you don’t judge the country by its entrance (there are stories that they are spending […]

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How to Survive a Working Holiday in Berlin, Germany

By Craig Makepeace | December 9, 2011

Visiting Germany for a working holiday, or to take part in a course, as I did, can be a very rewarding experience. Once you have got your head around the language and the local customs […]

32 Travel Tips for a cheaper and deeper traveling experience!

32 Travel Tips for a Cheaper and Deeper Experience

By Craig Makepeace | November 29, 2011

We’ve been traveling around the world on and off since 1997, including living in 5 countries for extended periods, so we’ve accumulated our fair share of travel tips along the way. Whilst our style of travel has evolved throughout […]

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A Complete Guide on How to teach around the world

By Caroline Makepeace | August 21, 2011

I have been receiving a lot of emails and questions from readers about how to teach around the world since I wrote my last couple of posts about my experiences teaching overseas. So in order to […]

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My Experiences Teaching Overseas (5 countries)

By Caroline Makepeace | July 26, 2011

“If you could do it all over again Caz, would you still become a primary school teacher?” I was out to lunch with some of my oldest friends and we had just been sharing horror […]

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Lessons Learned from Teaching in Thailand: Respect your Elders

By Caroline Makepeace | July 17, 2011

The WAI is a traditional greeting in Thailand that shows you respect and honor the person in front of you. A wai can be given in different ways depending on the person who stands before […]

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