the usual barfights and an FBI raid! fun fun fun!

Beginning of the Journey Our journey began in 1996 during a holiday in Tenerife. After years of enduring Vienna's cold, grey winters, we started dreaming of owning a second home where we could enjoy a

I've been to some low places in my life, but nowhere near this low

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 "normal" to them, but it’s making my

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 posting? This is part of my October

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 last few years. With rising unemployment

The expats in Cotacachi are incredibly important to the local community, and quite underestimated most of the time.

Trying to overcome past experiences by risking a little, not too much. Step by step.

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 be imagining El Salvador as a nation

Being vegan in Ecuador isn't always easy, but sometimes the effort is rewarded in a delicious way.

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.

This is one of the larger groups of expats in Vietnam as well as the surrounding countries

There are tens of thousands of us expats in Vietnam... but who are we really?

... 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! 🌍 #Germany #DualCitizenship #Expats

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 seems to me though that if you start looking

French-ish Food in China's Profitable Nowhere

A walk around Lake Maprachan whilst discussing the 'darkside' of Pattaya and expat living in this region

A friend of mine who is 29 recently found out she had a tumor growing in her brain and needed surgery. The community got together to help fundraise.

Something has happened in Thailand. It started slowly but had certainly gained momentum in recent years.

I’d landed here in the land of temples, beaches and surfing searching the best country to retire cheap. I think it was 2