Escape Artist - International Strategies For The Globally Minded

Preparing to Live and Work in Russia Want to come to work as a Native speaking English teacher in the Russian Federation? Getting a visa, temporary residence visas, and work permits…
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What Are The Laws Pertaining To Owning Property When Moving To Bali? Stories are legion about foreigners who have been cheated out of their money and land when buying property in Bali.…
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This is a continuation of Practicalities of Moving to Bali What Is The Cost Of Living Like In Bali? That all depends on what your lifestyle is like. The more Western you get, the…
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March 16, 2006 Well, now I'm really annoyed!  It is becoming increasingly hard to remain skeptical when everything is working properly. Both ADSL lines are working (all we did to the…
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March 4, 2006 Last night we had our first real taste of customer service in a semi-emergency. It was pouring rain when the  main circuit breaker shut off - and nothing we could do…
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First, a few facts. (If you are among the cognoscenti, you can skip the next paragraphs.) Uruguay is in South America.  It is on the Atlantic Ocean south of Brazil and North of…
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Planning Your Visit To Georgia A visit to Georgia is a heart-warming experience. The Georgians are friendly people, and for much of the year, Georgia is a warm inviting country. I live…
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Overseas with a Toddler: Traveling in Italy My husband and I and our two-year-old daughter spent July traveling in Italy. We wanted maximum enjoyment with minimum hassles, so we began…
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Please make sure you've read Part 1: A New Life in Kabul: Living in Afghanistan Probably the biggest misconception of Afghanistan is that it is a nation of fundamentalists, angry at…
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It’s just past midnight on a Thursday evening, and the party is going strong. A generator pumps artificial light into the green-walled restaurant, where about 50 people sit smoking and…
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The Many Advantages Of Living In The Philippines Tired of the rat-race that America has become? Then try something different, there is a place where things move at a slow pace, where…
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Some might say that Fashion is king in Colombia but perhaps it would be better said that Colombia is the reigning Fashion Queen in Latin America and Colombiatex is one of the two…
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Living and Working in Fiji Suva, The Capital Bula! (hello).  Living in Fiji can be just about what you make it.  It can be cheap or expensive depending on the lifestyle you chose to…
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Living in Thailand, Teaching English at the University What kind of job do you have?  I teach English at Chiang Mai University, known in northern Thailand as maw-chaw. (Maw-chaw is the…
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Living Warm and Dry in Cosy Southeast Ireland When people see Ireland’s rugged, spectacular west coast, they are often so overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of it all that they sell their…
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Living In Paris And Adjusting To The French Way My trusty American Heritage Dictionary says that an "intricacy" is something having many complexly arranged elements, elaborate, and…
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Living In Paradise Without Working So, you’ve decided to move to “paradise”... but how are you going to survive financially? As Cecil Lewis says in The Trumpet is Mine, the whole…
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Living in the Azores Deirdre and I both work via the Internet, so we decided to spend some years moving around the world and experiencing new places and cultures, a few months in each.…
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Moving Finding a house to rent can be difficult, simply because there are still relatively few modern houses here, and many of these are already rented by expats on long-term leases.…
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Infrastructure While the Indian economy is booming, the government continues to control most essential infrastructure, and provide slow, incomplete service. Many roads are rough and…
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