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Expat Survival Series: How To Fly With A Baby

Expat Survival Series: How To Fly With A Baby

When I was pregnant, I remember coming across blog posts on the interwebs regarding flying with babies. They were always written by some American soccer mom who thought that she knew everything about flying with a baby because she once flew for two whole hours (and most likely in First or Business Class), and therefore

Expat Survival Series: Maintaining Your Wardrobe in the Tropics

Expat Survival Series: Maintaining Your Wardrobe in the Tropics

Living in a tropical climate poses a long list of challenges, both inside and outside of the home. High heat and humidity throughout the year, monsoon rain seasons, and poor building conditions can all add up to a lot of troubles for food, books and paper items, and clothing stored inside your closets, cupboards and

Expat Survival Series: How To Prepare For An Urban Flood

Expat Survival Series: How To Prepare For An Urban Flood

First of all, if you have no idea what I am talking about, then let me catch you up to speed.  In short, Thailand is under siege from a massive collection of rain water, and the word on the street is that it’s going to flood in Bangkok.  Here’s a great cartoon video which explains

Expat Survival Series: House Hunting

Expat Survival Series: House Hunting

If you are planning on spending a lot of time in your familial cave while living abroad (e.g., lady of leisure, stay-at-home mom, working virtually, tendencies toward social phobia, etc.), the physical comfort, level of productivity, happiness quotient and dare I say success on the expat assignment can depend on how satisfied you are with

Expat Survival Series: What to Bring

Expat Survival Series: What to Bring

With the dawn of a new year on the horizon, what better time to consider a monumental, scary-yet-rewarding life change, such as selling all your furniture on Craig’s List and moving to the other side of the world?!  If this is something that strikes your fancy, there are many things to consider when putting together