http://www.expatify.com Expat Blogs & Community Magazine Wed, 16 May 2012 10:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.expatify.com/advice/lessons-to-be-learned-from-a-lifelong-serial-expat.html http://www.expatify.com/advice/lessons-to-be-learned-from-a-lifelong-serial-expat.html#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 10:12:54 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7730 We’ve discussed many times how there are two main branches of expats moving around in the world. There are those of us who are choosing to move to (or from) a place for social or lifestyle reasons, and there are those who move because their job moves them there. I suppose a third group would [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/advice/lessons-to-be-learned-from-a-lifelong-serial-expat.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/spain/choose-an-expat-destination-based-on-the-expat-community-there.html http://www.expatify.com/spain/choose-an-expat-destination-based-on-the-expat-community-there.html#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 11:21:11 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7724 Many potential expats have exactly one choice of destination, based on a job offer or a spouse or some other situation, but many potential expats can choose nearly anywhere in the world. Especially retired people and location-independent people with good incomes, some have the ability to spin the globe and move to a place they [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/spain/choose-an-expat-destination-based-on-the-expat-community-there.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/thailand/5-reasons-you-might-want-to-live-in-bangkok.html http://www.expatify.com/thailand/5-reasons-you-might-want-to-live-in-bangkok.html#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 10:46:42 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7711 Thailand is easily the most popular country in Southeast Asia for both tourists and expats, and Bangkok is the obvious starting point for a great percentage of these visitors. The huge Thai capital has a lot going for it so it’s a magnet for all types of potential expats, and the visa system is relatively [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/thailand/5-reasons-you-might-want-to-live-in-bangkok.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/advice/do-different-types-of-expats-move-to-different-areas.html http://www.expatify.com/advice/do-different-types-of-expats-move-to-different-areas.html#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 11:55:41 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7705 It seems pretty obvious when you think about it, but I’d imagine that not many people really think about it. There are millions of expats from the US, Canada, Australia, and Western Europe living in countries all over the world, including in those same countries, and I think there are a few main categories of [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/advice/do-different-types-of-expats-move-to-different-areas.html/feed 6 http://www.expatify.com/turkey/5-reasons-you-might-want-to-live-in-southern-turkey.html http://www.expatify.com/turkey/5-reasons-you-might-want-to-live-in-southern-turkey.html#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 12:02:32 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7691 There are thousands of interesting expat destinations around the world, and each has individual things that recommend it. In this series we’ll be exploring some of the notable benefits of some of the more popular destinations, especially those I’ve lived in myself. We’ll start with Mediterranean Turkey, which covers a lot of ground. The largest city [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/turkey/5-reasons-you-might-want-to-live-in-southern-turkey.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/greece/monday-escape-kastelorizo-greece.html http://www.expatify.com/greece/monday-escape-kastelorizo-greece.html#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:00:18 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7684 Perhaps the most remote of all Greek Islands, Kastelorizo is a bit like a living museum in many ways. It’s located 125 kilometers east of Rhodes, which is considered the easternmost of the main Greek islands, but it’s literally swimming distance away from the lovely town of Kaş, Turkey, and daily ferries (in season) make [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/greece/monday-escape-kastelorizo-greece.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/advice/british-expats-report-less-homesickness-for-some-key-reasons-and-they-are-not-alone.html http://www.expatify.com/advice/british-expats-report-less-homesickness-for-some-key-reasons-and-they-are-not-alone.html#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:44:30 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7680 Not all that long ago one of the major negative aspects of moving to another country is that you’d inevitably be homesick for the one you left. It’s totally natural to long for what we grew up with and are familiar with, whether that’s a small farm community in Peru or the concrete jungle of [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/advice/british-expats-report-less-homesickness-for-some-key-reasons-and-they-are-not-alone.html/feed 2 http://www.expatify.com/india/monday-escape-puri-india.html http://www.expatify.com/india/monday-escape-puri-india.html#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:29:54 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7674 Anyone who has spent much time in India already knows that most of the popular tourist destinations are incredibly crowded, mostly just with locals except for a few places like Goa where the crowds are largely the tourists themselves. Finding a place to chill in India can be challenging, and the small beach resort called [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/india/monday-escape-puri-india.html/feed 0 http://www.expatify.com/united-states/expats-in-america-struggle-with-income-tax-laws-just-as-residents-do.html http://www.expatify.com/united-states/expats-in-america-struggle-with-income-tax-laws-just-as-residents-do.html#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:35:29 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7669 It’s interesting to compare the various standards and procedures in your new home country with your old home country, and it can be just as interesting to hear the impressions of expats who have now settled in your old home. Such is the case of a Brit who wrote an interesting essay about how she [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/united-states/expats-in-america-struggle-with-income-tax-laws-just-as-residents-do.html/feed 1 http://www.expatify.com/advice/becoming-an-expat-will-help-you-become-less-materialistic-like-it-or-not.html http://www.expatify.com/advice/becoming-an-expat-will-help-you-become-less-materialistic-like-it-or-not.html#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:58:15 +0000 Tom http://www.expatify.com/?p=7662 There seems to be an endless list of benefits that are possible from the experience of moving to and experiencing life in another country, and one of the more subtle among them is that it tends to force you to value things less and experiences more. Unless you are the rare executive for a multinational [...]]]> http://www.expatify.com/advice/becoming-an-expat-will-help-you-become-less-materialistic-like-it-or-not.html/feed 4