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My First Few Months in Singapore

After many trips and spending a few months in Singapore I’ve become quite fond of quite a few things. This is by no means a complete list of all the things I enjoy about Singapore just a few things I thought of as I sat down at my computer today.

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Interview with Bullionstar Moving Family and Business to Singapore

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 learned…

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Digital Nomadism

How We Chose Our Expat Destination

How We Chose Our Expat Destination Moving is considered to be one of the most stressful events a person or a family will ever go through. Rated just below divorce,…

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The Risks and Rewards of Living Abroad on a Working Holiday Visa

I’ve done the teaching abroad thing, spending a year and a half in Seoul, and—make no mistake—I enjoyed every minute. However, when I began thinking about my next adventure, the…

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Philippines

Philippines The Republic of the Philippines is an archipelago and sovereign state consisting of 7,641 distinct islands located in the western Pacific Ocean, near mainland Southeast Asia. It was a…

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Living in the Dominican Republic: The First Six Months – Part 2

In the first article in this series, Elizabeth Roebling introduced us to her local community in the DR as well as the expat community that resides there. She also told the story of a home…

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Living in the Dominican Republic: The First Six Months

It’s the end of my six-months trial. I have already postponed my return trip to the States once but I leave in two weeks, to tie up loose ends, see…

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A Spanish Love Affair: Living On Ibiza

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…

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Dubai

Dubai The city of Dubai, the capital of the emirate of the same name in the UAE, was the world’s 4th most visited city as of 2016. Dubai’s skyline is…

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Nicaragua

Nicaragua

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 European to touch…