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The Differences Between Expatriates and Back Packers

Expatriates and Back Packers To be a backpackers you must… Have never actually worked abroad before. In fact, you may never have worked at all. Suddenly develop an obsession with ethnic clothing and tie-dyed sarongs and actually believe ...

11 Tips for Staying Safe When Living in Dangerous Countries

In 1839 a British officer was involved in a diplomatic mission that required him to visit the Emir in an Afghanistan city. He proudly rode his horse through the city’s gates and was shocked when he was immediately arrested and thrown into the c...

10 Expat Retiree Bloggers Who Can Teach You About Life Overseas

If you are looking for insights into what life as a retiree overseas is really like, then there is no better place to go than straight to the horse’s mouth. Reading blog articles written by people who are actually living out their retirement ov...

An Expat’s Guide to the Deepavali Festival

Tomorrow marks the Deepavali festival or Diwali festival as it is also known. Deepavali is a very important date in the Hindu and Sikh calendar and expatriates living in India, or other areas of the world that have a strong Indian population will be ...

Choosing the Best Place to Live in the World

If you’re in the fortunate position of choosing where in the world you would like to live, then you really should research which is the best place to live in the world, FOR YOU. There are endless lists available that rate cities and countries ac...

7 Great Countries for Expatriate Entrepreneurs

If you are interested in relocating overseas but just can't seem to land the job of your dreams then starting an overseas business can constitute a viable opportunity to live abroad legally while earning a decent living. We have scoured the earth to ...

10 More Tweeters all Expats Should Follow

A couple of weeks ago we ran an article that highlighted some great expat tweeters that can be found on Twitter. Judging from your comments we may have missed some great expats tweeters off our list of people to follow. Never fear, today we will put ...

Inheritance Planning as an Expatriate

HSBC Expat With the responsibility of a family comes the need to plan for their long-term future. The message is: plan, and act now. Once you have, or start considering, a family, the need to think about their long-term future comes clearly int...

Guest Post: Top Five Weekend Escapes from Hanoi

If you are looking to travel to Vietnam or live in a hub like Hanoi we’ve put together a mix of short tours within easy reach of Hanoi. Given that Vietnam is only 1,000km in length and has excellent domestic flight routes, a fast improving roa...