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Work Your Way Around the World

Completely updated 16th edition of the bestselling working travel handbook, incorporating hundreds of first-hand accounts from people who have actually done the jobs as well as a clear, country-by-country guide to the opportunities available from selling ice cream in Cape town to working as a film extra in Bangkok this handbook reveals how to fund a trip of a lifetime by finding work abroad both in advance and on the spot while travelling.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 386 pages

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