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16-Apr-2004 01:52
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brodie_bruce »
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Most of the other branches have a 'sticky' FAQ post that always appears at the top of the branch (e.g. UK and Ireland, Shoestring, Phones, cameras and computers)
Now given that there are a few regulars in here who know what they're talking about in regards to long haul travel and also that there's been mor...
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13-Dec-2009 20:23
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yebochedko »
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16-Dec-2009 03:34
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Hi,
I am working in Zambia for the moment and am earning cash $ US.
I don't know how much longer I'll be here for, so it is not worth getting a Zambian bank account. My girlfriend does have a Zambian account though.
Somehow I want to get a few thousand dollars into my bank account in Belgium without paying lots of bank fees, charges, etc.
What is the best/cheapest way to get cash $ into my Belgian € account?
My girlfriend is going to the UK for 2 weeks, so I could give here my dollars,but then she needs to change into UK pounds in order to put into her bank account. And then transfer the money to my Euro bank account. Think this way I'll lose quite a bit on exchange rates and bank charges? $ to £ to € !
Any advice?
Thanks
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13-Dec-2009 19:13
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gingerin »
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16-Dec-2009 10:14
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majortraveller »
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Hi,
I've done a TT search and can't really find what I am after. I am an aussie who would like to work half a ski season in Canada, starting in January 2010. There is heaps on information out there on working a ski season - if you can start at the beginning of the season. Unfortunately I can't get there until January. So far the agencies (CCUSA, IEP, OWH, Global Work Travel) have said they only take people into their programs to start in Nov/Dec, and the resorts I have contacted directly so far have said the same. (I am not a qualified instructor BTW)
1. Any advice on how to get a job mid-season?
2. Has anyone done a January start before?
3. How easy is it to just turn up and find a job mid-season?
4. Any advice on where to go?
Really appreciate any guidance....!
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11-Dec-2009 16:07
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KawkabWaHeed »
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16-Dec-2009 03:48
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sojourner46 »
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Greetings:
My wife and I love Country and Western music. Can anyone recommend any stations in the UK that play this music exclusively and that stream on the Internet free (we live in Saudi Arabia)? If you can’t recommend any, please feel free to recommend any other radio stations in Great Britain on the Internet you enjoy. Any information provided is greatly appreciated.
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11-Dec-2009 13:59
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corinashell »
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16-Dec-2009 03:53
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sojourner46 »
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Hello All,
I need to send a few larger luggage items from LAX area to Auckland, New Zealand before or when I get on my flight. The airlines don't seem to allow this due to TSA restrictions and I can't find any private air freight cargos options. Anyone have tips for me?
Thanks!
Corina
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10-Dec-2009 16:28
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deejay85 »
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14-Dec-2009 15:34
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voyagner »
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I am a NZer about to head to England to live for 2-4 years.
I have recently been away for a year and had full expensive travel insurance for the year.
I am thinking I will get travel insurance for 10 days to cover my one way trip back to UK and a side trip to Portugal and then get a small domestic contents insurance for my stuff whilst living in the UK ie laptop, DSLR camera, ipod, bits and pieces. I have a right to abode visa so have access to full healthcare in the UK. I plan to get travel insurance each time I go out of the UK for the specific period.
Is there any reason why the above wont work ie anything I havent thought of.?
Thanks so much
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10-Dec-2009 15:31
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mimmik »
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12-Dec-2009 05:41
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everbrite »
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After many years overseas (yaaay), I've just moved back to the US (hmmmm...) and need to get health insurance (boooo...). I'd love some tips and suggestions from anyone who's been in a similar situation or knows more about the system than I do - I'm a bit boggled by all the info and choices online now.
I'll be working part-time (probably as self-employed, so no insurance through work) and will also be going back to college (part-time and then full-time I hope). Any suggestions for decent health insurance that won't cost me an arm, a leg and a kidney? It'd be great to have some wellness/preventative options (annual exams, girly check-ups, screenings, etc) instead of just emergency stuff, but I may be asking for too much...And I'm sure that dental would be waaay too much to ask for , but why not try anyway? :)
Thanks for any ideas, will also post on the US and Health branches...
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08-Dec-2009 22:09
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Whalestomp »
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16-Dec-2009 04:14
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sojourner46 »
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Morning all,
Sorry if this is the wrong forum, couldn't find an exact overland forum and this one kinda matches, so here I am :)
The wife and I are going to be moving to Ecuador (currently living in the UK). We are intending to drive our 1980 VW camper van all the way with a year stop over in Australia.
So onto the question.
The carnet deposit / insurance is based on the value of the vehicle. Is this value just what we tell the RAC (UK Issuer of carnets), or do they go on the purchase documents? The purchase price was £4500.
From what I have read, the carnet deposit is a multiplier of this.
If they go on the purchase documents, can I sell the vehicle to my wife for £100, reducing the cost of the carnet deposit?
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08-Dec-2009 01:48
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FletchFFletch »
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08-Dec-2009 01:48
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FletchFFletch »
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I've found a website that shows available jobs at US, UK, Aus, and Canadian embassies across the world. The page links to the employment pages for the various embassies and it's FREE. Enjoy!
www.embassyjobsearch.com
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06-Dec-2009 21:58
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sjiepie »
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08-Dec-2009 09:26
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workingNOMAD »
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Tim & Kim Village Foundation is looking for volunteers who are prepared to spend from three months (minimum) to a year (maximum) working on our campsite in Gorgora, Ethiopia.
Duties include:
Welcoming guests and showing them around the campsite, the accounts, restaurant and kitchen duties, buying stock, collecting tents, training and managing staff, helping develop an educational programme for the learning centre, lending a hand with various chores on site, etc.
You will be working closely with Tim and Kim Otte, a Dutch couple who have set up the campsite as part of a development project and who are still busy building and expanding the project. You will also manage the staff, who come from the nearby village of Gorgora.
Profile:
We are looking for people with initiative, who see what needs to be done and get on with it. People with energy who are not afraid to improvi...
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06-Dec-2009 04:39
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bluewaav »
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16-Dec-2009 17:53
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gecko_wrangler »
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Hello people on the Thorn Tree,
ATM, I am doing some research on the long haul and I'm hoping that you guys can help me. It is my understanding that many of you are expats, and have a career that is 'portable'- a career that allows one to work anywhere and a career that pays enough to live comfortably. A life of luxery is not what I am after. There is no need for mansions, beemers, guard dogs and gated gardens. Rather, I want a life that's simple and comfortable- not flashy. Maybe it's my inner anthropologist talking, but I would like to get to know the locals, not live in a little Canadian bubble with my expat friends. My style of travelling is slow. I want to get to know a culture, stay for a few years, before moving on. Also, I don't want to be in school for the next decade trying to attain this. Thus, I am in search of a career that would allow me to do all that.
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05-Dec-2009 22:45
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ldub09 »
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12-Dec-2009 04:25
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Travel_Buff »
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I'm a Canadian in Syria and my passport pages are almost completely used up! Does any one know what the process is to get extra pages?? Do I need to bring extra identification as well or is my passport itself identification itself?
Thanks
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04-Dec-2009 22:07
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greg_j_g »
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07-Dec-2009 14:43
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siduri »
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Hello all,
I was wandering if anyone could help me.
Sorry if its a long one.
Im an Australian and my wife is Dutch - obv with a Dutch Passport. We have moved to Amsterdam after many years in Dubai where we met and later married. My work, an Austalian company, have allowed me to continue my job I was doing in Dubai, In EU as I am a Territory Manager of the EU anyhow - Dubai was half way so easy to home and back - but in a bad way now!
We landed in AMS October 1 - the following week, spoke to Immigration about a residency permit for me - with the wife as my sponsor. After sending us a load of papers, we filled them out, had our first appointment to be told the papers were wrong and given a new load.
Filled those out, made another appointment - to be told, yesterday they had again sent the wrong papers and we now need to make a new application. In this time, my 90 day ...
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04-Dec-2009 12:44
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jrad987 »
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07-Dec-2009 12:36
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jrad987 »
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Hi guys,
I'm in the process of applying for an overseas internship through IAESTE Australia. They help secure (but don't guarantee) internship positions overseas in technical disciplines such as, in my case civil engineering, for university students studying those degrees. I'm looking at Spanish speaking destinations but am open to anything/anywhere.
Just wondering if anyone has dealt with IAESTE before or knows someone who has or even better has been on a placement.
Thanks in advance!
Jarryd
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04-Dec-2009 09:07
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KawkabWaHeed »
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06-Dec-2009 14:16
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picadura »
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Greetings:
My wife loves to listen to Dr. Laura Schlessinger on the radio when we are on vacation in North America. However, in Saudi Arabia, we simply can’t hear her broadcasts at all. Does anyone know where we can listen to her complete broadcasts, three hours in duration, on the Internet? Any information given is greatly appreciated.
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03-Dec-2009 20:05
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fractalwhisper »
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08-Dec-2009 18:47
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laptophobo »
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Hi guys,
I am new here, so hello! :)
Myself and husband are both Australian, in our early 30s, and heartily sick of living in Australia. We are both gypsies in heart, have travelled around AU, taken a few holiday trips to Asia and NZ, but it's just not enough... we've been nurturing a dream of moving to Europe, and living somewhere there (while taking holidays to all the neighbouring countries, of course!). The very tricky question is "where to go?", and this is my question here... I've been doing a mammoth amount of research, but would love some ideas or feedback from people who have done it!
We are not looking to go for another 2 years, for financial reasons, saving up money for this and so on. However we are talking about it a lot, and thinking it's a good idea to settle on something NOW and start learning the language. :)
Our work situation is interesting, to say t...
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