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LIFE IN THE EXPAT LANE - Stories of the Globetrotting Life

http://lifeintheexpatlane.blogspot.com

A weekly blog with lighthearted tales of my (mis)adventures living the expat life in Ghana, Palestine, Indonesia, Armenia and other fun places around the world.

Added on: May 5th, 2009
Country: Ghana
Language: English

Author: Karen van der Zee
Listed in: Travel Humor
Tags: travel africa world armenia expat life (mis)adventures

Recent Posts

EXPAT FOODIE AND THANKSGIVING ABUNDANCE

Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 00:00 in Culture, shopping, food, usa, expat life, thanksgiving, expat foodie

My stories here on this blog usually deal with one of my tiny (mis)adventures living the expat life in exotic climes, but this time I have no story as such, but will offer instead a brief exposition of a fabulous cultural event in America, where I sp...
MADAME THE EXPAT AND THE REPAIRMAN

Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 00:00 in expat life, ghana, west africa, expat housing

Every expat knows that settling in a new foreign country can be a fascinating frustrating experience. So I was not surprised that setting up our house in Ghana, West Africa had its problems. Some time ago I posted the story about a dysfunctional st...
EXPAT ADVENTURE: SAHARA SAGA

Posted on Saturday November 14th, 2009 at 08:12 in africa, food, Adventure, the dutch

When you travel the world and live in alien places one thing becomes clear very soon: You cannot get away from Dutch people. Not that you’d want to necessarily; they can be loads of fun once in a while. It’s just that they are everywhere. The...
EXPAT ON THE BEACH: TOPLESS ON BALI

Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 00:00 in beach, indonesia, bali, expat

I'm sure you've heard expats or tourists talk about the Indonesian island of Bali. How magical it is, this island of rice paddies and beaches, of temples and festivals, of smiles and serenity.Bali has something for everyone. You can hide in the idyll...
EXPAT LIFE: TO MARKET, TO MARKET

Posted on Saturday October 31st, 2009 at 00:00 in art, shopping, market, expat, armenia, expat life, life abroad

Many expats and travelers enjoy wandering around in foreign markets to give them a feel for the culture of the country and discover treasures to buy. I trust you've taken careful notes and remember my post here of some months ago about my shopping e...
EXPAT FOODIE: WHAT TO DO ABOUT AN UNINVITED GUEST

Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 06:02 in food, west africa, togo, life abroad, juju, lome, expat foodie

“I want to go abroad,” I told my husband one tropical day after we’d been living in Ghana, West Africa for what seemed like ages and I was beginning to suffer a bit of ennui. Of course, being expats at the time, we were abroad in Ghana. (My m...