Lauren Holmes is from the UK but has lived in Brazil for over three years. The process to do so has had some huge challenges but in the end enormous rewards. As part of my ongoing series about expats who figured out how to live abroad I wanted to hear more. Here are the 14 […]
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Living in South Korea: 10 Things to Know (Some of Which Will Surprise You)
Steve Ward went to South Korea as part of his graduate school studies. Upon completing his degree he got a job working in the state of his alma mater. With time he started looking for ways to get back to South Korea. He scoured the Internet and job boards and ultimately managed to find a […]
Living in Taiwan: 16 Things About Taiwanese Expat Life
Andrew Bliss has lived in China, South Korea and now Taiwan, his home for the past six years. In his years living throughout Asia and Taiwan he has: mastered Chinese, secured a position teaching at the university level (which includes four months of paid vacation) and recently started his own company called The Adventurous Mailbox, […]
How to Live & Work in Mexico City as an Expat
Nicola has the expat dream arrangement – living in an inexpensive country, yet working professionally and remotely for a company in Canada. As part of my series on expats who figured out how to work and live abroad I had to hear more. Her arrangement sounded ideal but what about the horror stories of what […]
Expats with Young Kids in Tow
Carrie McKeegan grew up in New York, went to graduate school in Barcelona and then moved to London for her career. When she and her husband started thinking about having their first child they realized their lives of working 10 to 12 hour days and traveling on the weekends would not be as feasible with […]
Living in Colombia: 2 Years of Life, Safety & Working in the Land of Eternal Spring
Matt Dickhaus decided he needed a change and moved from Florida to Medellin, Colombia. Why Medellin and why Colombia? Because it was the cheapest ticket to South America he could find. He also wanted to learn Spanish. And where better to learn than a place where the vast majority of travelers are still, unnecessarily so […]