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Looking for Tourism Jobs Abroad?

Posted by The Working Traveller on April 17th, 2012

Now would be a good time to head over to our facebook page if you are interested in a tourism job abroad this summer. I’m currently updating the directory pages over at the Overseas Job Centre. At the moment I am working on the Tourism, Catering & Hospitality Jobs section and adding anything of interest to our fb page.

So far I’ve added information on working for Club Med, at Glacier National Park in the States, and a job as a resort entertainer in Sunny Beach, Bulgaria. There is also some information there on working a ski season with Esprit Holidays, Inghams and Ski Total. Between them they will soon be looking for 1200 seasonal staff based in 82 resorts across 12 countries. Applications will be opened at the end of April.

Posted in Site News, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality

Tags: seasonal work, tourism jobs

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Monday Photo: Hanoi, Vietnam

Posted by The Working Traveller on April 16th, 2012

Scooters. Hanoi, Vietnam

Posted in Monday Photo

Tags: hanoi, photos, vietnam

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#RTWsoon: Ed Rex

Posted by The Working Traveller on April 11th, 2012

Ed Rex is a twenty-something deaf Yorkshireman currently in Chiang Mai but when we caught up with him not so long ago he was still looking forward to the adventures to come on his around the world journey.

Then he worked as an environmental technician for a water company in the UK. Now he is developing into a solo RTW digital nomad and travel writer via his blog Rexyedventures. He can also be found on Twitter @rexyedventures.

Posted in #rtwsoon, Interviews, Main Features

Tags: Interviews, rtw travel

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5 Reasons to Visit Eastern Europe in 2012

Posted by The Working Traveller on April 10th, 2012

If you are dreaming of visiting Europe the chances are it is the western half that invades your travel thoughts. London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Barcelona or Amsterdam are all well known destinations but, aside from Prague, eastern Europe is often skipped over by visitors to the continent.

Yet, for those on their European tours, venturing east will reveal cities and towns with histories and cultures to match anything western Europe can offer but on far more budget friendly terms.

Ohrid, Macedonia. Travel in Eastern Europe

Posted in Guest Posts, Travel Features, Travelling

Tags: albania, bucharest, bulgaria, gjirokastra, macedonia, ohrid, romania, sarajevo, veliko tarnovo

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Monday Photo: Aswan, Egypt

Posted by The Working Traveller on April 9th, 2012

School Children. Aswan, Egypt

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Tags: aswan, egypt, photos

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Nicholas Orwin: Why I Live in… Nonthaburi

Posted by The Working Traveller on April 7th, 2012

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.

I’m sure you’ve never heard this before: where are you from?
Ha! Shocking I get this a lot. I’m from Birmingham, England.

And what did you do there?
Nothing really. When I finished college I moved north to Hull for university, after I finished University I lived in Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare land) where I worked in an IT department for an insurance company for about five months.

Posted in Interviews, Why I Live In...

Tags: bangkok, expat, Interviews, nonthaburi, teaching english, thailand

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Time off in Port

Posted by The Working Traveller on April 4th, 2012

By Jeremy Head

Can you work for a cruise company and see the world? The answer is yes – but to ensure you get to see the sights when you’ve docked in port you need to choose the right job and the right cruise too.

Working on a Cruise Ship

Posted in Guest Posts, Tourism, Catering & Hospitality, Working

Tags: cruise ship jobs

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Monday Photo: Gjirokastra, Albania

Posted by The Working Traveller on April 2nd, 2012

Gjirokastra, Albania

Posted in Monday Photo

Tags: albania, gjirokastra, photos

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Volunteer Work in a Fairy Chimney Cave Hotel

Posted by The Working Traveller on March 31st, 2012

A few months ago Brandon Fralic emailed from his cave room in Cappadocia to say he had scored a volunteer position we had mentioned on our other site, the Jobs Abroad Bulletin. We told him how the hotel cat gets into his room and, in exchange, he tells us more about his job:

“This morning I awoke to the most incredible sight: hot air balloons soaring over Göreme at sunrise.”

These were the first words from Cappadocia to reach my readers back home. In September 2011 I quit my office job in Bellingham, WA to travel. One month later I found myself blogging from a WiFi-equipped cave in Cappadocia, Turkey.

Posted in Guest Posts, Volunteering

Tags: cappadocia, goreme, turkey, Volunteering

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Travel Hall of Fame: The Pudding Shop

Posted by The Working Traveller on March 28th, 2012

For many travellers in the late 1960s and early 1970s the journey east really began in Istanbul. Though the hippy trail may have begun in a New York bucket shop or cross Channel ferry and ended in several places on the sub-continent, such as Kathmandu or Kabul, the route’s choke point was Istanbul.

Pudding Shop Map, Istanbul

Arriving in clapped out cars and VW vans or on cheap buses, word of mouth led travellers to the Lale Restaurant in Sultanahmet where they exchanged ideas and experiences and hooked up for the next stage of the trip east.

Posted in Travel Hall of Fame, Travelling

Tags: istanbul, turkey

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