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Top 5 Things To Do in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur is a concoction of tall skyscrapers, Asian traditions, Mughal-style domes and minaret, British colonial buildings, and colorful food-stall-lined streets. Being the capital of Malaysia, it is a key destination for global nomads. If you ar...

10 Great Reasons to Become an Expat in Germany

The world of work and living arrangements isn’t what it used to be. For the most part, globalization has created more opportunities for people to move around the world than ever before. Whether you plan to become an expat for the financial benefits...

Top Ten Destinations for Australian Expats in 2021

OK, so you’ve been planning to move overseas for a couple of years now. This will be your year, your year to fulfill your travel aspirations and experience life in a different country, to become an Australian expat living the dream. (more…)...

Top 6 Tips for Settling in a Foreign Country as an Expat

Settling in a foreign country can be quite challenging, especially in the initial days. Don’t get overwhelmed. Instead, calm yourself and try to adapt to your new abode's new culture and the environment with a strong will. Within a few weeks, you w...

5 Tips for Expats to Cope With The Lockdown during COVID-19

Find Out How To Cope With The Lockdown during COVID-19 Over the last few months, life has changed drastically for everyone because of the pandemic and the resulting lockdown. COVID-19 has forced countries into varying degrees of lockdown, which has ...

What to do After You Arrive in Your New Expat Destination

Learn What Expatriates Can do for a Great Transition to Their New Expat Destination We have put together this checklist for expatriates and global nomads who have recently arrived in their new expat destination. We hope that you find it useful and e...

Top 10 countries with the largest number of estimated UK expats

Learn About the Countries with the Largest Number of Estimated UK expats In recent weeks The Economist newspaper called on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to improve the links it has with UK expats and help them work more with the UKTI (Britain...

Expat Interview: The Expat Entrepreneur

Expat Interview on Richard Bexon on Being The Expat Entrepreneur Today we meet Richard Bexon, a British expatriate who left Surrey in the United Kingdom to live in his wife’s Costa Rica home country. Richard has since put his passion for the cou...

Expat Book Review: Freeways to Flip-Flops

Freeways to Flip-Flops: A Family's Year of Gutsy Living on a Tropical Island by Sonia Marsh tells the true story of how Sonia, her husband, Duke, and their three sons moved from suburban Los Angeles to spend a year in Belize in search for a free...

8 Things all Expats Should Know about Alcohol in the UAE

It seems that the press in the UAE and abroad are regularly filled with stories of expats who find themselves on the wrong side of the law after consuming alcohol and/or behaving in an appropriate manner in public while intoxicated. Earlier this mont...