Tag: moving overseas
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Three quick pieces of advice
I received a lot of advice before I moved to Timor-Leste — advice that covered everything from what medicines to bring over, to where to do my language lessons, to how to deal with creepy bosses, to how keep busy when bored. Over the last two years, I’ve turned over, considered, accepted and disregarded these…
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Practical tips for living in Dili
Over the two-ish years I’ve been writing on this blog, I’ve covered topics from anxiety and anorexia to Dili market shopping, catching microlets, and what to do when work forgets to invite you to the workshop. As I’ve mentioned several times, I started this blog partly to record my new life abroad for friends and…
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A Dili packing list
Are you about to move to Timor-Leste? Have no idea what you can get here and what you must devote your precious checked-bag kilograms to? Here’s a short list from my experience of what you need when you arrive in Dili. Read more: Your first weekend in Dili First-day stuff Chuck this in your carry-on.…
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Why did you move to Timor-Leste?
Why did you move to Timor-Leste? It’s the question I had at the front of my mind as I poured through Timor-Leste expat blogs in the months before I moved up here. Reading stories of road trips and bakery breakfasts, I didn’t doubt that the lifestyle seemed sweet, but you don’t move countries for a…
Sophie Rai Liur 