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Jun 22, 20234 min read

Are you an expat or an immigrant? It's "problematic"!

Here's my take on two (unrelated) issues regarding the meanings of certain words that I've been thinking about lately.

Apr 28, 20232 min read

You're shipwrecked in a tropical storm near the coast of Costa Rica and get washed up on the shore.

Mar 8, 20233 min read

When friends suggested that we meet up for a few months of remote working in Nicaragua, I initially balked at the idea.

Sep 22, 20222 min read

After six months in the Caribbean (Grenada and Barbados), we thought it was time to take a break from the tropics, so we came to Uruguay...

Jul 21, 20224 min read

A diary-style page about our time on the Caribbean island Barbados. We arrived here on 10 June and plan to stay until 7 September, which...

Jul 19, 20224 min read

Granada is a city in southern Spain. Grenada is a Caribbean island nation. Glad we got that sorted! There's a German saying "Einmal ist...

Jul 3, 20224 min read

A semi-ranty retrospective about my time on the Greek island of Crete.

Jun 30, 20223 min read

A cursory overview of our stay in Thailand. I may or may not add more stuff from time to time as things occur to me. We flew from South...

Jun 4, 20226 min read

These ten books influenced how I see the world and think about it. A few also contributed to me becoming a digital nomad.

Apr 20, 20225 min read

Ek het hierdie lys van 1,001 lekker Afrikaanse woorde oor die afgelope paar jare saamgestel soos wat hulle by my opgeduik het.