Today’s post comes from Kim-Ling about previously living in Spain as an expat and why she and her husband and doing all they can to get back. When my husband and I found out that we were moving to Spain to do a Language Assistants Program, we were absolutely elated. Having visited Spain previously and […]

Today’s guest post comes from Jools, an English expat who is working and living in Cape Town, South Africa with his girlfriend, Kate, who had recently shared about her life in Cape Town. I moved to South Africa almost four years ago, and during my time here I’ve lived in several different locations around the country. […]

Today’s guest post comes from Lauren, an English expat who is working and living on Lamma Island in Hong Kong.  Not many people know this unless they visit, but Hong Kong is made up of a network of 263 islands, many of which can be reached by ferry and each island has it’s own distinct vibe. I […]

Today’s guest post comes from Kristina, an American expat who is working and living in Madrid Spain.  For as long as I could remember, I had the travel bug. I read a lot (and still do) and I dreamt of places I would get to visit. Taking Spanish in school propelled me to study in Spain. What […]

I have been completely behind on the Day-to-Day’ series so am running a full week of guests posts from expats around the world.  Today’s guest post comes from Justine, an American expat who was working and living in Jakarta Indonesia.  I moved to Jakarta on a whim. After traveling around the world for 12 months, my boyfriend received a […]

This week’s guest post for the ‘Day-to-Day’ series comes from Natasha, an American expat who’s currently working and living in rural South Korea. If you’re an expat and interested in sharing the day-to-day details of your city, shoot me a message at thepaperplanesblog @ gmail.com. Hello! My name is Natasha and I currently live and work in South Korea. Having thought […]

I’m back… I’m back in Chiang Mai. The place that stole my heart more than six years ago and where I’ve spent most my time these past four years. Back to the land of palm trees and giant banana leaves that I love so much. Back to where I’ve managed to actually make a little life despite […]

I’m getting ready to head back to Southeast Asia for a bit and whenever I go back and forth I get asked about what I miss from Thailand or what I miss from the U.S. Of course, I miss my family and friends but really, for the most part, I’m pretty fine being in either place. […]

This week’s guest post for the ‘Day-to-Day’ series comes from Freddie, an Australian expat who’s currently working and living in Buenos Aires. It doesn’t really matter where in the world I am, I always find it difficult to get out of bed, especially in the middle of winter. I would dearly love to say that I’m a morning person, […]

A little while ago I began going to a new cafe or coffee shop (almost) every day in Chiang Mai. What started out as a little personal quest for one week turned into almost two months of visiting a different spot every weekday. That’s a lot of cafes. And cappuccinos. And pieces of cake. The crazy thing is, […]