It’s been a few weeks of leaving, travelling, arriving and general unsettled-ness. And it’s not quite over. In about 2 weeks we’ll be back in our home, with our belongings, but still no cat (in New York till July). On arriving back to Auckland we arrived in various states of run-down. Kids had had fevers…
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While they pack…
While our home is being packed in the last days in Bangkok it’s time to reflect on what has made this place so special.
It’s the little things
As we draw up to two years in Bangkok I get the opportunity to reflect and notice the things I do appreciate by being here. Expat life is a privileged bubble and a fairly easy life (especially those of us in the supporting role). Once the initial set up and finding your tribe is done…
It’s a Women’s World
Being a woman, a farang woman, in Thailand has been an interesting ride. When we first visited Bangkok, to find a house and school I was bombarded. By the busy, bustling, hot and smelly city. By the shear size and baffling number of neighbourhoods. But what also struck me was the enormous number of billboards…
Home is where the heart is…
In my first post I talked a little about how much ‘home’ means and can become especially important when living abroad. Now time to talk a little about our adopted ‘home’. As much as New Zealand is home, and always will be. To be a successful expat it becomes all the more apparent to adopt…
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