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    My Super, Super Senior Year

    By Lia Barrett - (0)

    I decide to move to Roatan, Honduras, an island floating in the midst of Caribbean blue waters and extensive coral reefs that attracts an expatriate…

    Struggling with the Khmer Language

    By Antonio Graceffo - (0)

    Many Americans don’t know this, but author Mark Twain once spent a year studying at the university in Heidelberg, Germany. While there, he wrote…

    Mexico Vacations in Scary Economic Times

    By Doug Bower - (0)

    Though the Worldwide Economic Crisis seems to have the world in a tizzy of worry and despair, Gringos are still coming to Mexico. I remember last year…

    Blood, Sweat and Fears

    By Melissa Ray - (0)

    Her elbow cut me like a knife and I suddenly became aware of a stream of blood projecting from my left eyebrow. I was the…

    Tipon, Peru: Guinea Pig and Inca Ruins

    By Nancy Martin - (0)

    Eating guinea pig,“cuy,” is not what I thought I would be doing a few weeks after I visited Machu Picchu, but anyone who has spent much time…

    More About Making a Move to Fortaleza

    By John Mueller - (5)

    Since I wrote my last article over two years ago I have received over two hundred replies: some asking for information about Fortaleza, some wanting…

    Live in Tonga

    By Robert Brice - (19)

    Change has certainly been a popular slogan for a long time now in the States, and now it looks like it will be implemented…

    English in Buenos Aires

    By Delores Johnson - (1)

    During our first month in Buenos Aires, we had cable television and internet service installed in our rental apartment. After the technicians left, the problems started…

    Repatriating Global Nomads

    By Robin Pascoe - (0)

    Whenever I’m making plans to speak about repatriation to parents at international schools, I know the topic will be a hard sell…

    Living and Working on St.Maarten/St.Martin

    By Jim Bray - (18)

    Being able to live and work on the island of St. Maarten/St. Martin for over ten years gave me a great appreciation for this small (37 sq. miles) Caribbean island…

    Conquer the Recession Blues – Read an eBook!

    By Doug Bower - (0)

    The onset of the “Oh-no-it’s-a-recession” panic caused a lot of would-be travelers and potential expatriates to Mexico to put a screeching halt to not only their plans…

    A Guide to Homologizing Your Car

    By Mark Dillen - (3)

    Our tale begins in Moscow, early in this century. My wife and I, American expats working in Russia, were buying a house on the sunny, Mediterranean coast of Croatia…

    A Year of Teaching in Thailand

    By Elayne Clift - (1)

    I arrive in Chiang Mai, Thailand’s second largest city, where my new home in suburban Land and Houses Park is sweet, light and airy…

    French Impressions: La Politesse

    By Christel Detsch - (1)

    The age of politeness is over. Little girls don’t make a curtsy anymore, little boys don’t bow, men don’t kiss the hands of women or lift a hat in greeting…