food

Retiring In Asia: Why, Where, And What To Look Out For? So, you’ve decided to spend your retirement years outside of the United States. Congratulations! You are beginning a journey…
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20 Reasons To Consider Working In Singapore Singapore is home to over 5.3 million people - but why should you think about living and working in the city? At the heart of Asia,…
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The humble Guava or Guayaba fruit is a remarkable plant. This green or yellow coloured fruit is a storehouse of vitamin A.B and C as well as a large variety of antioxidants. There are…
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This is the first of a series on the fruits of Colombia. This week we will discuss the Pitaya or Dragon Fruit (Pitahaya). One of the joys of living in this biodiverse countries is the…
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Luscious, sensual, sweet, tart and colourful are adjectives that could easily define the women of Colombia but they are only part of the arsenal of descriptive attributes that can be…
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Eating in Denmark I grew up in Flensburg, Germany, just a short drive away from Denmark and on weekends we used to drive over the border to get a Danish hotdog. Why would we do it?…
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Typical Food In Paraguay Paraguay is a bilingual country where both Spanish and Guaraní (an aboriginal language) are spoken indistinctively and sometimes even mixed. Due to this…
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Japan Japan, the “Land of the Rising Sun,” is an archipelago in East Asia comprising of 6,852 islands. The large islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku make up over 95% of…
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Interview with Bullionstar Moving Family and Business to Singapore I sat down with Torgny Persson to talk about his experience moving his family to Singapore from Sweden, I also…
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History Nicaragua’s history is a rich one-storied with various periods of political unrest and turbulence. On his fourth voyage in 1502, Christopher Columbus was the first known…
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A Spanish Love Affair: Living On Ibiza In March 2003 I found myself in a travel agent’s office together with my husband Charles and our seven-month-old son Kiran. England had been…
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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 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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The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly of Living in Ukraine In this age of lowered expectations, reduced freedoms and the specter of Big Brothers' insatiable quest for more intrusion into our…
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Sancocho de Gallina Sancocho de Gallina is a typical, traditional, hearty soup. It has many variations throughout Latin America and some people trace its origin back to Spain.  Usually…
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A very common meal in Colombia, especially in the department/state of Antioquia, is the Bandeja Paisa or the Paisa Platter. There are also variations known as the Bandeja Antioqueña or…
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Mojarra/Tilapia/Red Snapper with Coconut milk Mojarra con leche de coco is a very typical coastal dish of Colombia. Serve with rice, fresh salad, lime and patacones. 4 medium fish,…
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Colombia is passion ! Long considered to be off the charts and unsafe for tourists, the topic of travel to this country has always generated passionate conversations. Certainly Colombia…
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Choices: Costa Rica Versus Mexico? Expat Lifestyle Choices series is a collection of articles that highlights the pros and cons of two countries in which expats are comparing. So…
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