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Pattaya gets even classier: Naked man harasses community and destroys a statue

One of the things that we expats definitely don't like to see is when other foreigners do something really stupid and it ends up making the news. One aspect of Thailand

Officially Leaving the UK

Look, I love it here in Bali, I really do. It’s paradise. But there’s a massive problem no one talks about—and it’s the locals burning plastic. It’s just

Ideas... From Bankrupty to Byline...s

Aljif7's Blog Sunday 5 October, 2025 AREA: Blogging Hello friends! Hello crypto-world! Here we are with another month, October... Did I mentioned my Re-taking Medium

South African Tax Man Targeting South African Expats

source SARS also known as the South African Revenue Service is desperate to plus the dwindling tax revenue as so many high earners have left the country over the

Expats - a source of stable influx in local economy

Donations as influx During the pandemic, I alone managed donations around 15,000$ in order to provide food to hospital and police (in the beginning), assemble staple

Arturo - taking a small leap of faith.

The Irony of Arturo The spot in the corner at the entrance of the church, shielded by a white cardboard box, is Arturo. I don’t know his last name, nor his age.

Why Some Expats Are Leaving El Salvador

It turns out that some expats are already planning to leave El Salvador, despite all the country has to offer. If your mind is stuck in 2015, or even 2020, you may

Vegan BBQ in Ecuador

(I hope this fits this community. The food communities are all about recipes, but this is more about an experience. Please let me know if I did a mistake by posting

The Oldest Girlie's 13th Birthday Party with Friends

Over the weekend, my oldest daughter got to have her 13th birthday party. She decided she wanted to invite 5 girls and have a craft party. We had to have the party

Types of Expats in Vietnam: The retirees

I can't speak for the entirety of the country and will probably be wrong about Hanoi and Saigon which have a much greater market for foreign employees especially

Types of expats in Vietnam: The teachers

Since I have some time on my hands due to coming back from my vacation I will admit that I did a lot of running around to see everyone almost immediately upon my

🇩🇪 Big news from Germany! The country has drafted a law to enable dual ...

... citizenship, bringing hope and new opportunities for foreign workers and German expats. The final decision is still pending, but this could be a game-changer!

Listing bullshit

I like a good top 10 list just as much as the next bozo, but usually they are things that are kinda obvious and it is just nice to have them organized nicely. It

Something Kind-of French in Changzhou

The Chinese city I have been living in for the last nine years now has had a very abysmal record with French food or restaurants serving "French-inspired"

Walkabout: Maprachan Lake, thoughts on expat living and why the 'DARKSIDE' is an outdated nickname!! [Pattaya, Thailand]

Locals take advantage of the new cycle and footpath which now circumnavigates all the way around Lake Maprachan Why is it called 'The Darkside'? Hardly looks it

When A Community Comes Together

A friend of mine who is 29 recently found out she had a tumor growing in her brain. She's a South African who moved to Panama a few years ago. She and her family

The demise of the mama papa shop

I have been meaning to put these thoughts to keyboard for quite some time and had planned to go take my own photos to carefully outline the story. The pics have

Bali! First impressions: PreCovid Travel

I’d landed here in the land of temples, beaches and surfing searching the best country to retire cheap. I think it was 2019? Bali. Will this be my new retirement

Chatař na konci Srbska: Hledat chatu v kupce sena - S1/E3

Ve třetím díle ze série se podíváme do lokality severně od Niše, kde tak trochu marně bloudím při mém honu za domečkem v Srbsku. Chatař na konci Srbska je lehce

The Winding Path to Freedom: The Journey of Digital Nomads With Randy Hilarski

This is my journey of becoming a digital nomad and moving to Panama. This was my reproduction of the presentation I did at Anarchapuclo 2021. I show you the basics