Love, Loss, and Language Barriers
The thing about falling in love abroad is that everything already feels like a story. The streets are unfamiliar, the language dances differently in your mouth, and even the smallest…
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Isha Sesay
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Escape Artist Editor-in-Chief Isha Sesay holds a Master’s degree in Journalism and has collaborated with renowned publications such as National Geographic, Architectural Digest, and several national newspapers. Born in London, she has spent the past decade living and working across the globe, and now calls Barcelona, Spain, home.
The True Cost of Leaving America
In a country grappling with rising political tension, unaffordable healthcare, and a growing loss of public trust, the idea of leaving America is a serious and increasingly common conversation. Political…
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What You Need to Know About Healthcare and Insurance Abroad
The Real Test of Living Abroad Everyone talks about the thrill of starting over—new streets, new language, new lease on life. We talk about property prices, tax advantages, and the…
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Why Barcelona Keeps Rising on the World’s Happiness Rankings
Happiness is hard to measure, but to me, it looks like a late-spring afternoon in Barcelona. The kind where light spills golden across the tiled rooftops of a hillside neighborhood.…
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How Ethiopia’s Girls Are Rewriting the Rules on Wheels
In the stillness of early Saturday mornings, something unexpected stirs in Addis Ababa. Beneath a soft haze of rising dust, a smooth echo breaks the silence—the rhythmic clap of skateboard…
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Desert Decoded: Las Vegas Packing List
Las Vegas is a city of contradictions. On the surface, it’s a sensory assault—neon lights, endless noise, perpetual distraction. But beneath that mirage, the desert holds something rare: the space…
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The Rise of Noctourism
As the sun sets, a new wave of travelers emerges, seeking out destinations in a different light—literally. Urban night markets hum with activity, moonlit safaris reveal a hidden world, and…
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The Dark Side of Wanderlust
From wanderlust-fueled fantasies to the reality of crowded streets, culture shock, and unmet expectations, every traveler or expat has, at some point, faced the jarring realization that their dream destination…
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The Power of Solo Travel
Traveling alone can feel intimidating at first, but it opens the door to newfound independence, self-discovery, and the thrill of navigating the world on your own terms. Few people embody…
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How Greenland Became the Arctic’s New Frontier
There’s an old saying, often attributed to the Vikings, that “Iceland is green and Greenland is icy.” The joke is that no one had been there to prove if that…
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