Author Archives: Georgina Young

About Georgina Young

George is a 20-something hitchhiker, solo female traveller and cunning linguist, currently teaching in Kyushu, Japan. She circumnavigates the globe and teaches languages to all those in her wake. She has travelled Europe and Oz extensively, and has taught languages in 6 different countries and counting. Her blog is a mix of language learning, TEFL tips and general travel tales. Follow her journey at George on the Go or on Facebook or Twitter.

Are Travellers Commitophobes?

It’s an old cliché that those who not only desire to live their lives on the road, but feel that they need to be not just location independent but dependency independent are not, as they assume they are, running towards…

So, you want to be an English Teacher in Japan?

Typical Day I wake up at 6:15am. Stumble down from my loft, and start getting ready in my shoebox apartment. I leave the house at 7:25am and catch the train to work. I arrive at about 8:10. On average I…

Volunteering in India: Things to Take with You

Travel websites consistently try to impress upon backpackers the importance of packing light. While this is good advice (just how practical are this seasons crystal studded Manolo Blahniks really?) there are a couple of things when volunteering in India that…