Tag: Expat
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An independent adult’s guide to getting hopelessly lost in the desert
There’s a ghost town at Sharjah just outside Dubai, at a place on the map where a whole lot of nothing fills the view forever. The tiny outpost has drowned in the dusky red dunes over the years, abandoned now so that only the odd building rises half-heartedly through the sand.
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Why I gave up my top management job to become a rural postman
The plan was to take at least one year off, live a little and then have a good think about what to do next.
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My Year on an Island Paradise
As a former Durban girl, who then moved to Cape Town, I appreciated living on a warm coastline of Mauritius again. But being on the island for a year was quite different to staying at a holiday resort.
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Competition is for losers
A relationship isn’t an Olympic event, with glory for the winner and sour grapes for the loser. It’s a partnership that puts both of you on equal footing. By Cath Jenkin