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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Can You Really Live in Egypt on $1,000 a Month?
If you ask most people what they think about before moving to a new country—or even before spending a long holiday there—the cost of living is usually near the top…
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I Left the U.S. to Teach English in Thailand
Stepping Off the Plane in Bangkok The first thing I noticed was the heat, it hit me the moment I walked out of the airport. Then came the sounds: traffic,…
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Why More People Looking at Spain Are Beginning to Look Beyond the Cities
There is a familiar pattern in the way people talk about relocating to Spain. The conversation usually begins with cities. Barcelona enters first, as it so often does, carrying its…
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Why Serious Investors Are Looking at Zanzibar’s North Coast
There are very few moments in any emerging market when the timing, the product, the team, and the price point all align in the same place at the same time,…
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What Nobody Tells You About Healthcare in Costa Rica
When I first started planning my move to Costa Rica, healthcare was one of those topics I kept pushing aside. Not because I thought it didn’t matter, but because it…
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The Countries Where People Actually Live Longer, and Why It’s Not What You Think
For most of the past two decades, the story of long life has been told through a handful of postcard villages. A grandmother tending olive trees in Sardinia. A fisherman…
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The Midlife Escape Plan: When Work Finally Sets You Free
Thanks to the internet, digital nomadism has been pigeonholed into a ‘trendy and youthful’ stereotype where young, carefree twentysomething ‘crypto bros’ and ‘girl bosses’ glamorously globetrot from one trendy coworking…
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A Caribbean Resort Comes to Market
After years of hard work, building a successful career, and taking care of everyone else around you, you’ve finally decided it’s high time to do something for yourself. Something that…
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Looking Up: How One Entrepreneur Is Reimagining Tourism in Zanzibar
British entrepreneur Christopher Nash arrived in Zanzibar in 2021 having spent a year and a half staring at a bedroom wall. Like much of the world, he had been working…
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