by Lis of GlassasDiamonds.com I’m an outlier in the ‘travel bloggers’ group, an expat as opposed to a pure traveller. I used to travel for work, for family since we span two continents and for the deep adventure of it but now, most of my travel is about maintaining relationships. …
Read More »When going home gives you a headache….
Originally published on glassasdiamonds.com When going home gives you a headache. I caught up with a former colleague recently. We haven’t seen each other in close to 7yrs which was weird to discover. In the manner of these things, we spent some time just filling each other in on lives …
Read More »Pack Like An Expat
Gird your loins people, this is going to be expensive. So, you’re on your way to becoming an expat. You are not on holidays, you are not a traveller, you aren’t migrating forever and you won’t be staying wherever you are going but you won’t be home for a while either. …
Read More »Typhoons, Pets and Consulates…Just Don’t (if you can help it)
I am in the middle of chaos (and a typhoon but more on that later). The kitten of destruction (Puff), is coming with us to Mumbai (as if there was ever any chance of her not!). Unfortunately, this means navigating the requirements of two of the world’s greatest bureaucracies, China …
Read More »6 Hours in Shanghai – Best Layover Itinerary Ever!
It’s a challenge isn’t it? You have friends in town for a layover. They’ve never been to Shanghai and are going to have about six useful hours. What do you do? The utterly bizarre combination of thousands of years of human settlement, the Opium Wars, its life as a treaty …
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