Travel regrets are a painful lesson – you just don’t know it at the time. I was ten years old and clinging to my Dad’s leg as hard as I could. He was a big guy, my old man, but he couldn’t get me off. I was like a four-foot flea stuck to him as […]
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Learning a new language can be daunting. But it can be fun too. In this next exciting chapter of The Travel Files series here on Life Went That Way, I caught up with David Chinea (@TropicalSpanish on Twitter) from Tenerife. David caught my attention through his daily Spanish lessons which he shares with his growing
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“Why would you want to go to Phuket? Bali is so much better” You slowly roll your eyes, take a sip of your flat rum and coke, change the subject to the football on the telly and wish you never brought it up. It is a pointless argument – most travellers know what I’m talking about.
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“Well, that’s a bit s*&t’ You can’t hide your disappointment as you reluctantly join the line of tourists from around the world, which seems to go on for miles. Briefly, you consider coming back another day but that would screw up the rest of your plans. “Come on, snap out of it,” you think to
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Living and working abroad is the dream of many. With the rise of the Digital Nomad movement, it has become more and more accessible to anyone with a laptop. For some, it isn’t such a new thing. For many years, teachers from around the globe have had opportunities to teach and share their knowledge abroad.
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