Know Before You Go: Essential Travel Tips for Going Abroad

A small squirrel monkey with a white face and orange fur clings to a vibrant green palm frond, illustrating the daily presence of wildlife in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica

Top 10 Culture Shocks You’ll Notice When You Move to Costa Rica

Even if you’ve visited a country many times before moving there, the experience shifts once you live there. Vacations offer a curated glimpse, but living somewhere reveals the unedited version.…

The bright yellow clock tower of the Xalapa Cathedral against a blue sky, representing the city's rich culture and history for potential expats.

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Mexico

Could Xalapa Be Mexico’s Best-Kept Cultural Secret?

If you’re searching for a home in Mexico where cloud forest fog mingles with the aroma of freshly roasted coffee, university students gather in verdant plazas and chic cafés, and…

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South America

A Welsh Homeland at the Edge of Argentina

A New Wales in the New World Picture this: you’re in a cottage, tucking into a plate of Bara Brith with a cup of tea. The sound of Christian hymns…

Colorful cliffside village of Positano Italy with pink and white buildings overlooking Mediterranean Sea showing Mediterranean charm for expats relocating

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Plan B

The Countries That Make Starting Over Feel Possible

It is easy to talk about starting over in broad, aspirational terms. To imagine new landscapes, slower mornings, or a different version of oneself living somewhere else. What is harder,…

Families and children playing soccer and enjoying beach activities together in Costa Rica, demonstrating community bonding and social connection

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Costa Rica

Building Community in Costa Rica

Community matters everywhere, but in Costa Rica, it feels even more essential. It’s a gentle net that rises beneath you on the days when the power flickers out, the water…

Is Panama Right for You? A Guide to Expat Life, Costs and Everyday Comforts

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Panama

Is Panama Right for You? A Guide to Expat Life, Costs and Everyday Comforts

Introduction Expat life in Panama begins, funnily enough, with a shift in your soundtrack. Morning roosters replace car horns. Mangoes hit tin roofs after a warm night. Coffee is transported…

Kurdish women in traditional dress at community gathering in the Kurdistan Region, representing the vibrant cultural life and social fabric of Kurdish society

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Field Notes

Beyond Conflict. The Story of Kurdish Iraq

Iraq’s recent past has been marked by turmoil and strife, from dictatorial regimes to a brutal war that claimed more than 120,000 civilian lives in 2006, and the advance of…

Costa Rica Homes for Rent: Best Areas, Prices, and Tips for Expats

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica Homes for Rent: Best Areas, Prices, and Tips for Expats

Introduction Few destinations combine tropical beauty, political stability, and modern comfort quite like Costa Rica. For retirees, expats, and digital nomads, Costa Rica homes for rent offer an easy gateway…

Tuvalu: A Disappearing Country in the middle of the Pacific

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Asia-Pacific

Tuvalu: The Island Uploading Itself to the Metaverse

A Nation at the Edge of Existence Tuvalu is an isolated country in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It consists of nine low-lying islands and a population of roughly…

Best Cities for American Expats Exploring a Better Way to Live

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Plan B

The New Path for American Expats

If you’re an American thinking about living abroad, that idea usually blooms from a simple feeling: life could feel different somewhere else. Maybe mornings could begin with sea air instead…