VisaFirst Blog » experience http://blog.visafirst.com A blog dedicated to Working Holidaymakers and people willing to immigrate Tue, 22 May 2012 07:20:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Keep It Simple http://blog.visafirst.com/be-extreme-and-smart/ http://blog.visafirst.com/be-extreme-and-smart/#comments Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:22:26 +0000 admin http://blog.visafirst.com/?p=1187 I recently saw Into the Wild, a 2007 true-story movie directed by Sean Penn with Emilie Hirsch starring.

Now, I’m not going to summarize the movie – you really need to see it for yourselves – but I have few thoughts I’d like to jot down because, believe me, this movie does wake you up from the routine and makes you question the true meaning of everything you do.

So, what would happen if you just give all your money to charity, quit your job, destroy all your credit/debit cards, the social security number, the cell phone, and hit the road?

Imagine your only …

]]> http://blog.visafirst.com/be-extreme-and-smart/feed/ 0 Guide Books and Maps Are Démodé—Rent a Local Friend http://blog.visafirst.com/guide-books-and-maps-are-demode%e2%80%94rent-a-local-friend/ http://blog.visafirst.com/guide-books-and-maps-are-demode%e2%80%94rent-a-local-friend/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 09:44:56 +0000 admin http://blog.visafirst.com/?p=841 If you are travelling alone or if you have no idea where you are going; if you don’t know where to check for directions and how to get places—if only you had a local friend to ask…

 

Guess what: You can now rent a local buddy. Thoughtful journalist Alice Moura from Brazil first came up with this simple but very useful idea, which is already an official service. She created the website rentalocalfriend.com where one can literally rent a local friend from the visited place. Since he is local, the “friend” will be able to show you hidden gems and make you blend in with …

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Vanvisa, or just Visa, is a traveler. She is from Thailand, however she loves to travel and meet new people, so you can easily say she is a citizen of the world. Back in 2005 she went to Australia to take a study course and travel for a while. Visa was more than kind to share her experience in Australia , with me and all of you, by answering …

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