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Giles spent 5 years traveling around the world after graduating, working temporary jobs in cafes in different countries. This allowed him to learn about the local cultures rather than just having a tourist's view. His goal was to improve his writing skills by producing articles about his experiences. Penny also spent a year abroad after graduating and found it opened her eyes to how ignorant she was about other parts of the world and their food, cultures and languages. Both found the experience helped shape their future plans - Giles to pursue political journalism and Penny to appreciate home more but with a desire to travel again.

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Giles spent 5 years traveling around the world after graduating, working temporary jobs in cafes in different countries. This allowed him to learn about the local cultures rather than just having a tourist's view. His goal was to improve his writing skills by producing articles about his experiences. Penny also spent a year abroad after graduating and found it opened her eyes to how ignorant she was about other parts of the world and their food, cultures and languages. Both found the experience helped shape their future plans - Giles to pursue political journalism and Penny to appreciate home more but with a desire to travel again.

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Interviewer: Penny, Giles, thank you both for coming. items as mementos.

I don’t have a problem with


As I explained in my email, I’m planning to write an tourism if people are interested in the local culture
article for the university magazine about former and want to learn about the place, but so often they’re
students who’ve travelled round the world. Giles, lots only interested in sunbathing or playing golf, say,
of British people spend a year abroad, don’t they, as without any curiosity about the place or the residents.
Penny did. That’s really sad.

Giles: Yes, that was my original plan, too, when I Interviewer: Giles, are there incidents you could tell
graduated, but it turned into five years. I first went to me about, that I could put in the article?
Belgium, intending to stay for a week then move on, Giles: Well, I spent three months in Thailand, again
but it soon dawned on me that all I’d get out of it working in a café, and met a group of young
would be a tourist’s view. I’d know virtually nothing Australians who were also travelling, and we had a
about the people, or what it’s like to live in the good time together. The day before they left for
country. So I got a temporary job as a waiter and Indonesia, one of them said, ‘Why not come with us?’
decided to spend a few months in every country I Well, it was really tempting, because I love doing
visited. It would also give me the chance to develop things without having to plan ahead. But that was the
my writing skills. You see, my ambition is to become a one occasion when I felt I had to say no, because I
journalist, so I set a goal of producing three articles a didn’t want to let the café owner down at such short
week about the places I visited, and keeping them to notice. It was a shame, but it was the right decision.
see how my writing was improving.
Interviewer: And do you now intend to try and break
Interviewer: Penny, did you have many surprises into journalism? You mentioned that was your plan.
during your trip?
Giles: That’s right. But I’ve still got itchy feet, so I may
Penny: Oh yes! I’ve always been interested in the go abroad to work on an English-language
rest of the world, and thought I was reasonably well- newspaper or magazine. Writing about travel seems
informed. But the trip proved to me that actually I’m the obvious thing to do, but I’m finding it repetitive.
pretty ignorant. Food, for instance – I was amazed at Actually, I developed an interest in politics during my
the sheer variety in different places. I ate lots of trip, and I’d like to develop that further, so I’m
delicious dishes. applying to do a Master’s degree, which I hope will be
Giles: I did too, though I’ve never been very useful if I want to go into political journalism
adventurous when it comes to food. But I learnt so afterwards.
much more on the trip than I’d anticipated – about all Interviewer: Penny, how did you feel when you
sorts of things. I even managed to pick up a finished your trip?
smattering of several languages. I really made an
Penny: Travel has been my dream since I was a
effort, because of course lots of people don’t speak
child, so it was great to spend a year abroad. But I
English.
knew that turning a dream into reality is risky. Foreign
Penny: Yes. I wouldn’t have coped without all those countries that seem exotic from a distance can be
people who listened patiently while I struggled to quite mundane when you’re there, or you may feel
speak their language! you’ve achieved your dream too early in life, and
Interviewer: Did you meet many tourists on your there’s nothing left to look forward to. Luckily, it wasn’t
travels? like that for me. But I certainly experienced culture

Penny: I visited several tourist areas and was really shock when I came home – going abroad had given

struck by the impact that tourism has. All the new me a totally new perspective. So I’m enjoying seeing

hotels, roads and other infrastructure. I suppose that old friends and doing the things I used to do – but I’m

benefits the local economy, as it creates jobs. And looking forward to going abroad again.

tourism even gives an impetus to traditional crafts to Interviewer: Giles, what did you find …
some extent, because visitors buy locally produced

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