TRAVEL ABROAD TIPS:  Slowly the train wakes up around you. People stumble with crazy hair to the bathroom. Old men strut and flex and roam in their tight white long underwear.   More »

LIVING ABROAD:  The tricky part of moving to a country where you have 'roots' but no family and very little knowledge of the culture is that you just come across as weird.  More »

CULTURE:  Stunned silence, and some obvious disbelief, hung in the air. As if it proved anything, Denny reassured us, “It’s true. Just heard it.”  More »

TEACHING:  The way I see it, studying in South Korea is out of control.  More »

LANGUAGES:  My decision to leave Los Angeles for Paris came from a desire to try on a different personality in a place where no one would be able to pick out, like, the Southern Californian inflection in my speech, spot my Mexican-American background, or judge me by my (suburban) area code.  More »

STUDY ABROAD:  Ghana has one of sub-Saharan Africa's best developed education systems and the University of Ghana offers international students opportunities that will expose you to the complexities, challenges, and opportunities of a developing nation.   More »

CULTURE:  I find the loss of traditional cultures distressing, but I don’t think that allowing traditional cultural practices to be commercialized and purchased by tourism is necessarily a positive solution, particularly when these cultural practices may hold far more meaning in the minds of tourists than they do in the daily lives of locals.  More »

LIVING ABROAD:  My housemate Nicole and I were Peace Corps teachers living in an isolated desert region of Namibia. On that day, we experienced an eye-opening brush with an African legal system.   More »

CULTURE:  An American expat in Lahore gets a glimpse into the lives of Pakistani women.  More »

TRAVEL ABROAD:  A girl who attended a non-profit funded school, in Cusco, Peru.  More »

LIVING ABROAD:  As those determined or loca enough to try and live here know, it becomes all too clear, all too fast, that taking up residence in Cuba is anything but an exercise in taking it easy.   More »

CULTURE:  Liz Chatburn, managing editor of Pocket Cultures, shares her perspective on being part of a cross-cultural couple, how blogs could change travel in the future, and the qualities of a solid piece of travel writing  More »

TEACHING:  Many of the assistants I’ve met applied for the program and arrived in France without some important information about the realities of the job. Here are nine things to consider when applying to the English assistantship program in France.  More »

TEACHING:  Quitting is never a picnic, but it doesn't have to involve sneaking around or leaving people with poor impressions of you or your countrymen. Here are some tips on how to leave a job overseas.   More »

CULTURE:  Exploring the history of the ugly American abroad.  More »

TEACHING:  17. Blinks of shock when you're first told about “kancho” - a Japanese schoolchild “game” involving their pointed index fingers and someone's backside: 5  More »

CULTURE:  Group and ceremony. They have been the hardest part of adjusting to life in Japan.   More »

STUDY ABROAD:  Drivers were honking their horns angrily, but the excitement among the crowd was contagious. The students had occupied the university.   More »