Connecting expats
Expatistan recently compiled their index of the world’s most expensive cities and maybe unsurprisingly, especially for those already inhabiting the British capital, London came in first place. It is notoriously expensive for tourists and Londoners...
Cost of living website Expatistan has identified the average cost of living in over 1,600 cities around the world based on data from almost 200,000 users. The International Cost of Living Index includes 10...
For the first in our series of expat interviews, we talk to Alan, a British expat living off-the-grid in southern Spain. Easy question to start! Tell us a bit about yourself. Hi there, and...
It’s one of South America’s smallest, yet most diverse nations; and Ecuador’s 15 million population have a heck of a lot more to offer than its diminutive size suggests. Ecuador is already a popular...
Cash-strapped governments around the world are lining up to bring in measures allowing the sale of citizenship for vast sums of money. This week, Malta announced plans to sell passports for 650,000 euros, and...
The New Year signifies different things to different cultures, and most countries around the world have their own unique way to close the curtain on one year and look forward to the next. Here...
Millions worldwide start their days by taking the subway, commuting or descending to their city’s underground. Whatever they call them, one thing is true globally about subterranean railways: they’re not only subject to overcrowding...
Japan First off, Christmas is not a religiously observed festival in Japan, nor is 25th December a national holiday. But thanks to a wildly popular advertising campaign during the 1970s, Christmas dinner has become...
EF’s latest English proficiency survey shows huge leaps forward in the standard of English in South East Asia, as well as in the so called ‘BRIC’ nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China). But what,...
The second largest nation in the Caribbean, the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic is home to expats from all over the world. Sitting alongside its French-speaking neighbour Haiti, the country occupies the eastern portion of the...
