Tag: international travel
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Headed out of Bahrain.
And so, my Bahrain experience ends as it began. Waiting on a plane. I always seem to schedule the outbound flight too early or too late. Sometimes I feel I need to be pushing on. Sometimes it’s just the way the airlines work. And sometimes I think I’m going to be ambitious. I have ideas…
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Bahrain. Race Day.
Today was what could only be classified as a non-starter. Everybody has this day at some point. I seem to have a fairly good number of them. Maybe that’s cause I don’t plan so much. Who knows? But, at least it started with breakfast. Followed by much coffee. Truthfully the much coffee was used to…
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Bahrain day 2.
Today, was an interesting day. Not super cool and adventurous day, but low key and casual day. Not a bad day to be out adventuring around a new country. It started at the hotel, with breakfast. My stopping point for this trip is The K Hotel, in Manama. Its a good hotel. The bar is…
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Bahrain for the weekend.
I managed to get out of bed this morning and do the Shower/Shave thing. Packed a quick get waist bag, and call a taxi. I’m out the door for the weekend. It would seem that getting out of bed was the good part. Had trouble getting a cab. Called a couple times and then finally…
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So, how many offices do I need to stop at?
Everybody talks a lot about going and living the expat lifestyle. And, when you look at it on the surface, it all looks pretty glamorous. People living in foreign countries, interacting with foreign traditions and having grand adventures. While all of this is certainly true, to some degree, there are a myriad of things that…
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Stuff part two. The small stuff.
This section of dealing with stuff is based around the smaller stuff in your life. You will also find that it requires easier decision making paradigms. If you have decided to keep your house, condo, apartment while you are away traveling around the globe, well then, this decision is easy. You leave your stuff right…
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The Ex-Pat Life.
Continuing on with the previous discussion on timing, there is one more idea that probably should receive consideration. That would be the idea of becoming an ex-patriot. As in, going to live and work in some other country for a period of time. While this is not an ideal option for many traveler these…