Travel

Escape the British summer with ‘Work America’

The "Work America" programme is only available to students at UK universities. Photo: Martin de Witte

The “Work America” programme is an opportunity for students to travel abroad and gain some vital experience. Joanna Keeton investigates.

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Cost, crime, cleanliness: All the fun of the festival?

Even smaller festivals like Latitude attract thousands of visitors every year. Photo: photoaf

With several festival line-ups already announced, there’s a buzz surrounding the subject of festivals right now, but are they really the way to spend your summer?

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Green getaways

"Caption.Tipi tents makes camping relaxing Photo: Shea Gunther

As the summer draws closer and the chance to get away from it all. So Sophie Card investigates guilt-free holidays and travelling the “green” way.

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Top 10 value for money destinations in 2011

The Aleksandr Nevsky cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria. Photo: Martin Skeratt

From Estonia to Egypt, we look at the destinations that topped StudentBeans’ list as top value in 2011.

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‘I visited 21 states and worked 5 different jobs’

Hiking in Zion is one of the many things Joanna did over her summer.  Photo:

One summer, five jobs, and twenty-one American States. Sound too good to be true? The Linc spoke to one student who did just that.

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A holiday fit for an Egyptian queen

Looking out over Cairo, where Candi spent her 21st birthday.  Photo: Rebekah Hindocha

From camel rides to quad biking through the desert, The Linc’s Candi Hindocha shunned the clubs of Lincoln to celebrate her 21st in Egypt.

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Life in Kenya: ‘every day is a struggle’

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Jack Dobson, The Linc‘s news editor, spent a month in Kenya living with the famous Maasai tribe. Here’s his account of life in the third-world.

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