The first time he saw Michael Palin’s Around the World in 80 days Nicholas Orwin knew he wanted to travel and not just go on a holiday abroad. Captivated by Asia for as long as he can remember he took a job teaching English in Thailand.
If you are new to Teaching English as a Foreign Language, a TEFL internship in Thailand is a great way to experience life in an exotic yet easy going country. We compare the internships of six organisations before proving a handy comparison by category to help decide whether earning the most money is more important, if non native speakers are accepted or if you can apply without a degree.
This app turns your photos into works of art and we have been doing exactly that with some of our own. Here are 25 of our favourites.
We are making a few changes here at JAB. Despite initially getting a Facebook page later than some of the World's more remote tribes, we have decided to launch our own Facebook group.
They say if you spend more than four months in Cusco then you are there for good. Australian traveller Camden Luxford was there much longer than that and talks to us about swapping the backpacker life for an expat one.
Adventure travel writer and photographer Matt Gibson lived in Tainan, Taiwan’s oldest and most historical city. During his time there he taught a lot of children English, learned to speak Mandarin Chinese, and founded, ran, and sold the popular expatriate periodical, Xpat Magazine.
A consultant in media and communications, Andrea Petkovic swapped a real office in Zagreb for a virtual one and started working and traveling around the world. After six months travelling around Southeast Asia and Australia she ended up in New York.
After a long distance relationship of four years, Molly Hawkins made the big move abroad to be with her American husband. She tells us more about being a British expat living in Ohio.