Moving abroad can be a huge step, especially if you don’t know your new home city or town very well – you can feel overwhelmed pretty quickly in new surroundings, so I think it’s so important to allow yourself time to settle in and adjust to your new way of life. You have just moved countries […]
Photo Of The Week – A Gloomy Day In Wales
August 5, 2011 by 3 Comments
Driving through a Welsh village on a sunny day, the heavens suddenly opened and gave way to a huge downpour of water and white skies where the sun was trying to break through. This once bright church now appeared like a graveyard from a horror movie, and as people started disappearing from the busy street we […]
A Guide To Banking Abroad
August 4, 2011 by 5 Comments
When you’re planning a big trip, moving overseas or going location independent, it can be easy to focus on the exciting parts of your impending adventure and forget about the boring bits like banking – but this is one area where it definitely pays to be organised (pardon the pun!) as it’s your hard-earned cash at stake. […]
Drinking And Eating In Eastern Europe: 5 Treats You Must Try
August 2, 2011 by 17 Comments
Eastern Europe traditionally was not a huge tourist destination due to the conflicts it’s seen over the years, but now the region is really coming into its own – and more tourists than ever before are visiting. Travelling around Eastern Europe had always been high on my travel to do list, and last year I was lucky […]
Attributes Of The Successful Location Independent Entrepreneur
August 1, 2011 by 5 Comments
If you fancy yourself as the new Tim Ferris, or simply just want to have the freedom to work from anywhere and travel the world, then building a successful location independent business is most likely your goal. Realising this is the easy part, but what about all the hard work that goes into making you a success? […]
Photo Of The Week: Blending Into The English Countryside
July 29, 2011 by 1 Comment
ATE7FFCSPUK3 While I’ve always been a city girl, I can’t shake my ties to the country – I grew up in a small town in the Australian state of Victoria, and when city life gets too much you’ll always find me escaping out to where it’s green and the air is fresh. This photo was taken last year […]
Guest Post – What It’s Like Living And Working In Korea
July 28, 2011 by 8 Comments
Have you ever fancied living and working in Korea? If so, this months guest post is for you! It comes from Tom Stockwell, a 25-year old Brit (27 according to Korean age – don’t ask, he says!) who has been teaching English in Daegu, South Korea, since June 2009. Ever since Tom had his nose stuck in […]
Surviving A Mumbai Taxi Ride
July 26, 2011 by 8 Comments
Normally, when someone you don’t know grabs your suitcase and rips it from your clenched fist you would assume you are being robbed – but not in Mumbai. There it is simply a transaction between you, the unsuspecting tourist, and your eager and willing taxi driver. For once you release your grip on your bag […]
Must Have Resources For The Location Independent Entrepreneur
July 25, 2011 by 10 Comments
Every entrepreneur needs ‘stuff’ – even the location independent one’s working from their sunlounger in the Caribbean! And the key to ‘stuff’ here is really about everything being compact and virtual where possible – after all, no one want’s to be lugging around a fax machine with them while they travel the world! No matter what your […]
Photo Of The Week – The Lights Of Lille At Christmas
July 22, 2011 by 5 Comments
Everyone loves Christmas – for me it’s about the food, presents and family, and seeing as it’s almost six months until the big day I wanted to share one of my favorite snaps taken at the Lille Christmas fair a couple of years ago. Even though the weather was blustery and drab, the streets were lit up with […]
