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A smiling man sits on a giant painted seashell sculpture on the beachfront in Da Nang at night.
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Could Da Nang & Hoi An Be the Best Places on Earth to Live?

As travelers (and as humans), we have a need to get things “just right.” In a room we want the right temperature, and we like our food spicy, but not…
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Aerial view of Casa Libélula, a red-roofed home with terraced gardens in the Malacatos Valley, the finished result of building a house in Ecuador.
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The House in Ecuador That Google Translate Built

From Madison Avenue to Ecuador In 1975, after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I moved to New York City. I knew no one, but I…
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Aerial view of a white-sand beach and turquoise Indian Ocean water beside a forested stretch of Zanzibar coast, with two boats moored offshore
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  • Zanzibar

The Extraordinary Appeal of Zanzibar

There are few places in the world where the possibility of spending the morning beside a turquoise ocean and the following day surrounded by some of the most extraordinary wildlife…
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Tuk tuks, taxis and neon signs crowd a Bangkok Chinatown street at night
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The Catch Behind a 60-Cent Tuk-Tuk Ride in Bangkok

My wife and I were walking to a temple in Bangkok, about half an hour away on foot, when a tuk tuk driver offered us a tour of all the…
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A crowded Brazilian beach at sunset, families playing in the surf under palm trees: where the story of moving from Brazil to Europe begins
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From Selling Bananas in Brazil to Building a Life in Europe

Before I Learned to Dream, I Learned to Work I was born in Guanambi, Bahia, Brazil, and spent part of my childhood in a small town of around ten thousand…
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Aerial view of Kendwa beach on Zanzibar’s northwest coast, with dhow boats moored in shallow turquoise water
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  • Zanzibar

Why Kendwa Is Becoming Zanzibar’s Most Desirable Address

Kendwa has spent years being known primarily for its beach, which is understandable when the beach in question is one of the best in Zanzibar. The sand is extraordinarily soft,…
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Chair the Love volunteers in blue polos gathered in a field of marigolds and celosia during a distribution trip
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How Chair the Love Is Changing Lives, One Wheelchair at a Time

Augie Byllott, Chairman of the Board of Chair the Love, didn’t want to talk about wheelchairs. That was the first thing he corrected, gently, before we’d even properly started. Chair the Love…
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A family walking through a narrow street in Valencia's old town during a photo session, part of starting a business in Spain as an expat photographer.
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Building a Business After Moving to Spain

Moving to Spain and Starting Again My decision to relocate to Spain altered my opinion concerning work. Before the move, photography was about making strong images. Since I moved a…
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An empty Caribbean shoreline, the region where most citizenship by investment programs operate.
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What a Second Passport Actually Buys You

Most people who eventually look into citizenship by investment are not trying to leave anywhere. They are trying to stop being entirely dependent on one government’s decisions about their taxes,…
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An iguana crossing the sand at a palm-lined beach, one of the everyday surprises of moving to St. Croix
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Why I Traded Hollywood for a Caribbean Island

The first time a tiny lizard appeared inside my rental condo and got stuck in an empty water glass, I did what any reasonable mainland U.S. newcomer would do: I…
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