Don Halbert

The Many Advantages Of Living In The Philippines Tired of the rat-race that America has become? Then try something different, there is a place where things move at a slow pace, where…
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Living and Working in Fiji Suva, The Capital Bula! (hello).  Living in Fiji can be just about what you make it.  It can be cheap or expensive depending on the lifestyle you chose to…
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Living in Thailand, Teaching English at the University What kind of job do you have?  I teach English at Chiang Mai University, known in northern Thailand as maw-chaw. (Maw-chaw is the…
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Living Warm and Dry in Cosy Southeast Ireland When people see Ireland’s rugged, spectacular west coast, they are often so overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of it all that they sell their…
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Living In Paris And Adjusting To The French Way My trusty American Heritage Dictionary says that an "intricacy" is something having many complexly arranged elements, elaborate, and…
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Living In Paradise Without Working So, you’ve decided to move to “paradise”... but how are you going to survive financially? As Cecil Lewis says in The Trumpet is Mine, the whole…
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Living in the Azores Deirdre and I both work via the Internet, so we decided to spend some years moving around the world and experiencing new places and cultures, a few months in each.…
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Moving Finding a house to rent can be difficult, simply because there are still relatively few modern houses here, and many of these are already rented by expats on long-term leases.…
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Infrastructure While the Indian economy is booming, the government continues to control most essential infrastructure, and provide slow, incomplete service. Many roads are rough and…
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Living In The Himalayan Highlands Of India For the last four years, my husband and I have been traveling the world looking for a place to call home. We have considered, visited, and…
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What do most people from the USA think about when they hear the word, Vietnam? Do you think war? News clips from the 1970's? A time when things really spun out of control? What most…
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If you are a developer, really understand and know construction, are fluent in Spanish (or have a trusted colleague who is), and have working capital, there is a fortune to be made in…
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I’ve been living in South America; near Santiago, Chile off and on for almost three years. Usually, I spend six months in the U.S. and six months here. Santiago, Chile is a city with…
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If you have obtained my ebook on living in Chile then much of this article will be rehash, if not, then you are in for a treat as I will outline the best way to find an apartment in…
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By Robin Sparks "I hardly know why I went to Bali. Perhaps it was to satisfy myself that other men had lied. For I was disillusioned. Months I had wandered in far places.... I had…
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Considering a New Life in Armenia? Although Armenia probably does not cross the mind of the average American very often, those considering retirement or life abroad would do well to…
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Elliot, in his 60's, Exporter, from U.S. A number of expatriates can be found on Thursday nights at Nuri's ( a cafe owned by expatriate Brian, from New York) for fresh tuna night. That…
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"What about visas?" I ask him. "There are a number of different visas," he says.  "Some require you to leave the country every two months (like tourist visas) and there are those that…
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Diane and Beth, proprietors of Taman Rahasia Hotel "The Secret Garden" Boutique Resort Spa & Restaurant Diane, from Florida, stresses that she wasn't trying to get away from…
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Immigrating to Australia There are obvious times in one’s life to immigrate to Australia. Being pregnant, with no organized prearranged job, family or friends in Queensland are not…
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