Atlas of Skills: learn something, somewhere

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Arabic: MSA and Egyptian dialect — Cairo, Egypt · ~9 weeks · $1,500 – $3,000
Advanced diver and Nitrox — Dahab, Egypt · ~5 days · $300 – $600
Freediving at the Blue Hole — Dahab, Egypt · ~10 days · $500 – $1,100
Coffee: origin, roasting and ceremony — Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · ~10 days · $700 – $1,600
Kente weaving and adinkra printing — Bonwire, Kumasi, Ghana · ~14 days · $600 – $1,400
Wildlife photography — Maasai Mara, Kenya · ~10 days · $3,500 – $6,500
Kitesurfing from scratch — Essaouira, Morocco · ~7 days · $450 – $900
Zellige tilework and leather tanning — Fez, Morocco · ~12 days · $600 – $1,500
Moroccan cooking and spice blending — Marrakech, Morocco · ~6 days · $400 – $1,000
Surfing — Taghazout, Morocco · ~7 days · $400 – $850
San tracking and desert bushcraft — Damaraland, Namibia · ~12 days · $1,800 – $3,400
Djembe and sabar drumming — Dakar, Senegal · ~21 days · $900 – $2,000
Kitesurfing — Cape Town, South Africa · ~10 days · $900 – $1,900
Safari field guide (FGASA) — Hoedspruit, South Africa · ~8 weeks · $6k – $11k
High-altitude trekking and porter-guide skills — Moshi, Tanzania · ~9 days · $2,200 – $4,000
Kitesurfing — Paje, Zanzibar, Tanzania · ~7 days · $550 – $1,100
Swahili language — Zanzibar, Tanzania · ~4 weeks · $900 – $1,900
White-water rafting the Zambezi — Livingstone, Zambia · ~5 days · $700 – $1,400
Zorig Chusum traditional arts — Thimphu, Bhutan · ~21 days · $2,500 – $5,000
Khmer stone carving and ceramics — Siem Reap, Cambodia · ~14 days · $300 – $800
Mandarin intensive — Chengdu, China · ~12 weeks · $1,800 – $3,600
Shaolin kung fu — Dengfeng, China · ~13 weeks · $1,500 – $3,500
Porcelain — Jingdezhen, China · ~7 days · $500 – $1,200
Qvevri natural winemaking — Sighnaghi, Kakheti, Georgia · ~14 days · $700 – $1,600
Georgian cooking and the supra — Tbilisi, Georgia · ~4 days · $350 – $800
Block printing and natural dyeing — Bagru, Jaipur, India · ~10 days · $350 – $900
Bharatanatyam and Carnatic music — Chennai, India · ~9 weeks · $700 – $1,800
Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and meditation — Dharamshala, India · ~4 weeks · $400 – $1,000
Kalaripayattu — Kochi, India · ~4 weeks · $400 – $1,100
Ayurveda fundamentals and panchakarma — Kovalam, India · ~7 days · $500 – $1,300
200-hour yoga teacher training — Rishikesh, India · ~4 weeks · $900 – $2,000
White-water kayaking — Rishikesh, India · ~7 days · $350 – $700
Tabla and Indian rhythm — Varanasi, India · ~7 days · $250 – $600
Surfing from scratch — Canggu, Bali, Indonesia · ~14 days · $600 – $1,400
Freediving fundamentals — Gili Trawangan, Indonesia · ~4 days · $320 – $560
Freediving to 30m — Labuan Bajo, Indonesia · ~10 days · $700 – $1,500
200-hour yoga teacher training — Ubud, Bali, Indonesia · ~26 days · $1,800 – $3,500
Batik and gamelan — Yogyakarta, Indonesia · ~12 days · $300 – $800
Ski and snowboard instructor certification — Hakuba, Japan · ~10 weeks · $6k – $11k
Zen practice and temple stay — Koyasan, Japan · ~7 days · $500 – $1,400
Kintsugi and ceramic repair — Kyoto, Japan · ~7 days · $400 – $1,200
Mokuhanga woodblock printing — Kyoto, Japan · ~3 days · $400 – $900
Tea ceremony and ikebana — Kyoto, Japan · ~2 days · $250 – $600
Bladesmithing and knife finishing — Seki, Japan · ~3 days · $600 – $1,300
Japanese language intensive — Tokyo, Japan · ~13 weeks · $2,400 – $4,200
Sushi chef fundamentals — Tokyo, Japan · ~14 days · $3,000 – $6,500
Arabic language immersion — Amman, Jordan · ~9 weeks · $2,200 – $4,200
Felt-making and horse trekking — Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan · ~12 days · $500 – $1,100
Rice farming and Lao cooking — Luang Prabang, Laos · ~8 days · $250 – $600
Nyonya and hawker cooking — Penang, Malaysia · ~6 days · $250 – $600
Eagle falconry and horsemanship — Ulgii, Mongolia · ~14 days · $1,200 – $2,400
Ten-day Vipassana — Kathmandu, Nepal · ~10 days · $0 – $120
Thangka painting — Kathmandu, Nepal · ~4 weeks · $400 – $1,000
Mountaineering and high-altitude skills — Pokhara, Nepal · ~4 weeks · $1,800 – $3,500
Paragliding with the Himalaya behind you — Pokhara, Nepal · ~7 days · $500 – $1,100
Dhow building and traditional navigation — Sur, Oman · ~14 days · $1,200 – $2,600
Wreck diving specialty — Coron, Philippines · ~12 days · $600 – $1,300
Freediving to 30m — Panglao, Philippines · ~6 days · $380 – $750
Korean temple cuisine — Baekyangsa, South Korea · ~5 days · $400 – $900
K-pop dance intensive — Seoul, South Korea · ~14 days · $500 – $1,500
Kimchi and banchan — Seoul, South Korea · ~2 days · $180 – $420
Korean language immersion — Seoul, South Korea · ~10 weeks · $1,600 – $3,200
Ceylon tea: growing, processing, tasting — Kandy, Sri Lanka · ~7 days · $400 – $1,000
Surfing — Weligama, Sri Lanka · ~7 days · $350 – $750
Chinese tea ceremony and tea sourcing — Taipei, Taiwan · ~10 days · $700 – $1,600
Professional Thai cuisine — Bangkok, Thailand · ~5 days · $300 – $900
Muay Thai training camp — Chiang Mai, Thailand · ~4 weeks · $400 – $900
Traditional Thai massage certification — Chiang Mai, Thailand · ~15 days · $350 – $900
Seven-day silent retreat — Koh Phangan, Thailand · ~7 days · $350 – $900
PADI Divemaster internship — Koh Tao, Thailand · ~8 weeks · $1,400 – $2,600
PADI Open Water certification — Koh Tao, Thailand · ~4 days · $320 – $450
Rock climbing on limestone — Railay, Thailand · ~5 days · $300 – $700
Baklava and Anatolian cooking — Gaziantep, Turkey · ~4 days · $400 – $900
Ebru marbling and Islamic calligraphy — Istanbul, Turkey · ~10 days · $350 – $900
Paragliding: first solo flights — Oludeniz, Turkey · ~5 days · $700 – $1,400
Silk ikat weaving and suzani embroidery — Bukhara, Uzbekistan · ~10 days · $500 – $1,100
Vietnamese street food cooking — Hanoi, Vietnam · ~5 days · $150 – $450
Tailoring and pattern-making — Hoi An, Vietnam · ~10 days · $250 – $700
Kitesurfing — Mui Ne, Vietnam · ~6 days · $400 – $800
Classical music masterclass — Vienna, Austria · ~14 days · $1,800 – $3,600
Chocolate making — Bruges, Belgium · ~5 days · $900 – $2,000
RYA Competent Crew — Split, Croatia · ~5 days · $900 – $1,500
Brewing and Czech lager technique — Prague, Czechia · ~7 days · $800 – $1,800
Fermentation lab techniques — Copenhagen, Denmark · ~5 days · $1,000 – $2,200
Sauna culture and ice swimming — Helsinki, Finland · ~3 days · $400 – $900
Arctic survival and dog sledding — Rovaniemi, Finland · ~8 days · $1,800 – $3,400
Wine tasting and WSET certification — Bordeaux, France · ~10 days · $1,200 – $2,600
Alpinism and glacier travel — Chamonix, France · ~12 days · $2,200 – $4,000
Perfumery — Grasse, France · ~7 days · $900 – $2,500
French patisserie intensive — Paris, France · ~20 days · $4,000 – $9,000
Life drawing and the sketchbook habit — Paris, France · ~5 days · $700 – $1,500
Electronic music production and DJing — Berlin, Germany · ~4 weeks · $1,500 – $3,500
Bareboat skipper licence — Athens, Greece · ~12 days · $1,800 – $3,200
Olive oil and Cretan cooking — Chania, Crete, Greece · ~8 days · $900 – $1,900
Sport climbing — Kalymnos, Greece · ~7 days · $700 – $1,400
Ice climbing and glacier skills — Skaftafell, Iceland · ~6 days · $1,400 – $2,800
Landscape photography — Vik, Iceland · ~6 days · $2,000 – $3,600
Irish traditional music — Doolin, Ireland · ~7 days · $700 – $1,500
Farm-to-table cookery certificate — Shanagarry, Ireland · ~12 weeks · $12k – $18k
Truffle hunting and Piedmontese cooking — Alba, Italy · ~3 days · $800 – $1,600
Fresh pasta and Emilian cooking — Bologna, Italy · ~7 days · $1,200 – $2,600
Via ferrata in the Dolomites — Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy · ~5 days · $1,100 – $2,000
Leather craft and bookbinding — Florence, Italy · ~21 days · $1,500 – $3,500
Glassblowing — Murano, Venice, Italy · ~10 days · $1,500 – $3,200
Italian language immersion — Siena, Italy · ~4 weeks · $1,400 – $2,800
Analogue photography and darkroom — Amsterdam, Netherlands · ~4 days · $550 – $1,100
Delftware ceramic painting — Delft, Netherlands · ~5 days · $500 – $1,100
Ski touring and avalanche safety — Lofoten, Norway · ~8 days · $2,000 – $3,800
Northern lights photography — Tromso, Norway · ~5 days · $1,400 – $2,600
Wheel-throwing pottery — Caldas da Rainha, Portugal · ~5 days · $500 – $1,000
Surfing — Ericeira, Portugal · ~7 days · $700 – $1,500
Azulejo tile painting — Lisbon, Portugal · ~5 days · $300 – $800
Traditional building and blacksmithing — Viscri, Romania · ~14 days · $700 – $1,600
Spanish language immersion — Salamanca, Spain · ~4 weeks · $1,200 – $2,400
Basque cooking and pintxos — San Sebastian, Spain · ~6 days · $1,400 – $3,000
Flamenco — Seville, Spain · ~4 weeks · $900 – $2,000
Windsurfing and kitesurfing — Tarifa, Spain · ~6 days · $600 – $1,200
Sami duodji craft — Jokkmokk, Sweden · ~10 days · $900 – $2,000
Alpine cheesemaking — Gruyeres, Switzerland · ~7 days · $1,200 – $2,400
Canyoning — Interlaken, Switzerland · ~3 days · $600 – $1,100
Paragliding pilot licence — Interlaken, Switzerland · ~14 days · $2,500 – $4,500
RYA sailing: Competent Crew to Day Skipper — Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom · ~10 days · $1,600 – $3,000
Blacksmithing weekend — Hereford, United Kingdom · ~3 days · $450 – $900
Whisky distilling and blending — Islay, Scotland, United Kingdom · ~7 days · $1,500 – $3,200
Marine conservation diving — Caye Caulker, Belize · ~4 weeks · $2,200 – $4,000
French immersion — Quebec City, Canada · ~5 weeks · $2,000 – $3,800
Avalanche safety and backcountry ski touring — Whistler, Canada · ~10 days · $1,600 – $3,000
Tropical ecology and naturalist guiding — Monteverde, Costa Rica · ~21 days · $2,200 – $4,200
Permaculture design certificate — Santa Teresa, Costa Rica · ~18 days · $1,600 – $3,000
Afro-Cuban percussion and son — Havana, Cuba · ~21 days · $900 – $2,000
Cuban cocktails and rum — Havana, Cuba · ~3 days · $300 – $700
Cuban salsa intensive — Havana, Cuba · ~7 days · $400 – $900
Spanish one-to-one immersion — Antigua, Guatemala · ~4 weeks · $800 – $1,200
Backstrap weaving and natural dyeing — San Juan la Laguna, Guatemala · ~10 days · $300 – $800
PADI Open Water certification — Utila, Honduras · ~4 days · $300 – $480
Marine naturalist: whale sharks and sea lions — La Paz, Mexico · ~5 days · $900 – $1,800
Mole and Oaxacan cooking — Oaxaca, Mexico · ~7 days · $500 – $1,200
Spanish survival week — Oaxaca, Mexico · ~7 days · $350 – $750
Mezcal production — Santiago Matatlan, Mexico · ~7 days · $600 – $1,400
Surfing — Sayulita, Mexico · ~6 days · $450 – $950
Silversmithing — Taxco, Mexico · ~6 days · $400 – $900
Cenote cave diving — Tulum, Mexico · ~14 days · $1,800 – $3,400
Wooden boat building — Brooklin, Maine, United States · ~12 days · $2,200 – $4,200
Wilderness expedition leadership — Lander, Wyoming, United States · ~4 weeks · $6k – $11k
Jazz improvisation — New Orleans, United States · ~14 days · $1,500 – $3,200
Improv comedy — New York, United States · ~8 weeks · $800 – $2,000
Sourdough and bread baking — San Francisco, United States · ~3 days · $500 – $1,100
Aboriginal art and desert culture — Alice Springs, Australia · ~7 days · $900 – $2,000
Surf instructor certification — Byron Bay, Australia · ~21 days · $2,200 – $4,000
Reef research diving — Cairns, Australia · ~4 weeks · $3,500 – $6,000
Specialty coffee and barista craft — Melbourne, Australia · ~10 days · $900 – $2,000
Skydiving licence (AFF) — Queenstown, New Zealand · ~21 days · $3,500 – $6,000
Maori carving and te reo — Rotorua, New Zealand · ~21 days · $1,600 – $3,200
Argentine tango — Buenos Aires, Argentina · ~4 weeks · $900 – $2,000
Trad rock climbing — El Chalten, Argentina · ~12 days · $1,800 – $3,400
Harvest winemaking — Mendoza, Argentina · ~21 days · $1,000 – $2,200
Andean mountaineering — Huayna Potosi, Bolivia · ~8 days · $400 – $900
Amazon jungle survival — Manaus, Brazil · ~8 days · $700 – $1,600
Portuguese plus samba percussion — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · ~4 weeks · $1,400 – $2,800
Capoeira — Salvador, Brazil · ~4 weeks · $700 – $1,700
Astronomy and astrophotography — San Pedro de Atacama, Chile · ~8 days · $1,200 – $2,600
Salsa caleña and social dancing — Medellin, Colombia · ~21 days · $600 – $1,500
Coffee growing and cupping — Salento, Colombia · ~8 days · $500 – $1,300
Bean-to-bar chocolate — Mindo, Ecuador · ~8 days · $500 – $1,200
Galapagos naturalist fundamentals — Puerto Ayora, Ecuador · ~8 days · $1,800 – $3,200
Andean weaving and natural dyes — Chinchero, Peru · ~10 days · $400 – $1,000
Spanish plus Quechua — Cusco, Peru · ~4 weeks · $900 – $1,800
Peruvian cuisine and ceviche — Lima, Peru · ~7 days · $700 – $1,600

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