Business Etiquette In Dubai
Business Etiquette In Dubai Even though Dubai is a modern city with many foreigners working and living there, it is still a city with its very own culture and business…
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Typical Food In Paraguay
What to expect with Paraguay Food Paraguay is a bilingual country where both Spanish and Guaraní (an aboriginal language) are spoken indistinctively and sometimes even mixed. Due to this bilingualism,…
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Assimilating in Peru, Plus Quick Tips for New Arrivals
Okay, so you want to move to Peru. You may have a job waiting for you here, you may have fallen in love with a Peruvian and decided to try…
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Sex In The City: Dubai Style
Sex In The City: Dubai Style Dubai remains a bastion of ‘liberalism’ here in the Middle East; the place is hated by ultra-conservatives (of which there are but a few)…
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Managing Culture Shock in Malaysia
Managing Culture Shock in Malaysia One of the first things that will become clear shortly after your arrival in Malaysia is that there are many new rules and that you…
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Lien: The Concept of “Face” in Chinese Culture, Part 2
It’s difficult for an American to understand the Chinese concept of Face because we really have no equivalent in our culture. The reason why a clear understanding of Face is…
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Embracing the Culture of Old San Juan
Biculturalism is not the wholesale buying into another culture, nor is it the process of assimilating. I have met expats who by attempting to fully adopt the customs and attitudes…
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Paris in a Nutshell
Central Paris, with a population of 2.1 million people (2005 statistics), has a very small area of just under 100 square kilometers. No corner is farther than six miles from…
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Minimizing Culture Shock When First Retiring in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is rapidly becoming a retirement haven where expats can stretch their nest egg to the max. The area is affordable, beautiful, and truly an exotic getaway for most…
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Living In Micronesia: An EscapeArtist Quick Take
Tourism Micronesia (officially the Federated States of Micronesia) controls very few natural resources so their major industries are fishing and agriculture. Due to its natural beauty, tourism seems to be…
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