When the suspended platform began shaking in the wind – quivering, just like my hands, from the chilled tension – I glanced at Kelli’s fingers. Hers twitched as well. We were both just minutes from leaping off a 134 meter stage with an elastic rope tied around our ankles; and at that moment, I knew […]
Workabout Worries
Workabout Worry #2: Where Will I Go?
While U.S. passport holders can visit just about anywhere, settling in is a bigger challenge involving visas, immigration and a little forward planning. So if you’re wondering what travel limitations will confront you in 2014, worry no more. Here’s where – and how – you can relocate internationally on a working holiday visa. *Due to […]
Workabout Worry #1: What Will I Do?
In early September, night drops quickly over the North Island of New Zealand. Huddled under the hostel bed covers in Kaitaia, I couldn’t sleep. Snyds, my traveling companion, and I had spent months preparing for this working holiday. Now, slowly – as the early spring chill crept into my bones – I froze with a […]