For me, learning the language has always been one of the most fulfilling aspects of travelling to a new country. In fact, my first ever solo trip was a full time language course in Spain, and it’s still one of my fondest travel memories. Since then I’ve always made an effort to learn some of

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So I kind of have a new obsession these days. Basically, I’m drinking a lot of juice. This has become bit of a fad in the world of late and I’ve definitely jumped on the bandwagon. I first heard of it in the film “Sick, Fat and Nearly Dead” – a documentary about an obese Australian

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These days studying Chinese in China is like the new Macarena – everyone is doing it. Students from literally every corner of the world, many of them fresh out of high school are laying down around $6,000 – $10,000 a year for housing and language tuition at Chinese universities. But what if I told you

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