I am currently about halfway through my Masters by Research program and am playing with the idea of doing a PhD overseas once I am done, either to completion, or perhaps doing part of a PhD overseas, if that's a option. I know I can look up rankings of uni's and what they have available etc. online but I'm looking for some personal experiences from people who are doing this themselves.
I am thinking maybe America as an option? However does anyone have any recommendations for countries/uni's or advice/experiences that they would give?
I am particularly interested in studying marine animals/mammals if that has any impact on my decision.

Thanks for all the advice! Actually about a week after posting this everything started to pick up so I've got a little more to do now :)

I'm a new Masters by Research student (been going about 2 months). I have my research topic chosen and am currently working on editing my research proposal. Apart from that I have nothing to do but read papers which doesn't take up a lot of my time? Did anyone else feel like it was a slow start for them? I feel like I should be doing something!