Kuala Lumpur, the bustling capital of Malaysia, offers a unique blend of modernity and tradition. Its towering skyscrapers stand side by side with colonial buildings, peaceful...
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The Ultimate Guide to Expat Living in Hong Kong
‘You can leave Hong Kong, but it will never leave you'. The words of Nury Vittachi, science fiction writer and author of The City of Dreams, still ring true and perfectly capture...
The Ultimate Guide to Expat Living in Panama City, Panama
Panama’s motto, ‘pro mundi beneficio’ (for the benefit of the world) is a fitting description of a country that manages to remain both diverse and intriguing while offering many...
The Ultimate Guide to Expat Living in Geneva, Switzerland
There aren't many more idyllic settings for a city than this. Between the Alps and the Jura mountains, with stunning Lake Geneva at its heart, Geneva offers year-round...
The Ultimate Guide to Expat Living in Bogota, Colombia
It's hard to think of another city that's managed to cast off the shadows of its past quite as successfully as Colombia's capital, Bogota. Once troubled and hogging the...
How to Leave America Forever
What do Elizabeth Taylor, Yul Brynner, TS Eliot and Tina Turner have in common? They all left the United States of America. No, they didn't just jump on a plane and jet off on...
Cost to Renounce US Citizenship
For the better part of a century, we've been told that taxes are the price we pay for living in ‘civilisation’. Governments, from France to the United States, have long bought...
The Ultimate Guide to Expat Living in Medellin, Colombia
Colombia's second major city was once considered the most dangerous in the world. Anyone who has watched the Netflix TV show, Narcos, will know that Pablo Escobar had a...
The Ultimate Guide to Expat Living in Dublin, Ireland
It's little wonder hordes of tourists, largely Irish Americans, descend on the Emerald Isle each year. Movies such as The Banshees of Inisherin and Irish Wish depict the...
The Ultimate Guide to Expat Living in Phuket, Thailand
Known as the ‘Jewel of the Andaman Sea’, Phuket has long been one of Thailand’s most desired destinations. Devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed 225,000...