Guest post by Catherine Perkins As an expat, teaching English abroad is a terrific portable career. If you're a college graduate and interested in Japan, check out the JET program. New participants for the 2013 JET Program have recently arrived in Tokyo for their orientation, which means that … [Read more...] about Teach English in Japan with the JET Program: Walking through the Application Process
Travels from Bhutan: Repatriation and Reflections
Guest post by Catherine Perkins. If you spend enough time in a foreign country, things stop feeling “foreign” and start feeling normal; sometimes you don't realize just how normal until you return home. In my case, I expressed my reverse culture shock by stormily watching Americans perform tasks, … [Read more...] about Travels from Bhutan: Repatriation and Reflections
Travels in Bhutan: Living in a Buddhist Country
Guest post by Catherine Perkins You know from my earlier post that I spent almost five months living, studying, traveling, and working in the Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan, a small country in the Himalayas tucked between China and India. It’s one of the few countries that still identifies as a … [Read more...] about Travels in Bhutan: Living in a Buddhist Country