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- The Perfect Phuket DayLiving in a paradise that many see as a tourist destination does tend to increase the likelihood of visitors. As we have lived in such places for a while now,…Read more
- Motorbike Mash-up – The Do’s and Don’ts of Riding a Motorbike on an Island and Living to Tell the TaleWe’ve seen the amazingly glorious results on Glee (well, I have anyways) when two different songs of totally unrelated genres are combined in a ‘mash-up’ of vocal styling and creative…Read more
- Isolation Never Leads To AssimilationNow, repeat that three times until it becomes your mantra. I’ve had to do that a lot lately. It’s been really easy to isolate myself in the year since we…Read more
- Cost of Living Is Cheap, Cheap, Cheap in ThailandWhen researching places to settle upon retirement everyone has different requirements and preferences. There are those who have lived the expat life for a long time who can’t wait to…Read more
- When Expats And Tourists ClashWell, after all the sunshine and rainbows I knew it wouldn’t be long before something not so pleasant happened in our idyllic little expat oasis. Even regular trips to immigration…Read more
- Island Living… Not So Boring After AllPinch me! I’m really living on an island. It’s been a dream of mine for a very long time. I actually grew up in a small province of Canada called…Read more
- Phuket Vegetarian Festival – A Sea of White… And RedAs the 187th annual Phuket Vegetarian Festival approaches, I remember when I first experienced it shortly after our arrival last year. It happens each year (hence the ‘annual’ moniker), during…Read more
- Straddling Countries – The Perfect Life Or Sheer Drudgery?I’ve discovered a new meaning of the formula e=mc2 - exhaustion equals multiple countries squared. As we wrap up our summer in Canada I look back at a wonderful two…Read more
- Weathering The Weather…Whether Here Or ThereI have vivid memories of the brutal snowstorms of my childhood; I have clung to my cat while hunkered down in my bathroom listening to the howling winds of hurricane…Read more
- Phuket’s 5 Tourist Traps That Are Fun To Get Caught InI’ve always loved being a tourist in my own town. I’ll never tire of visiting Citadel Hill in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where I grew up and spent the first 26…Read more