“Medical tourism” is a rather recent phenomena, in which (generally first world) travelers visit another nation for the purpose of obtaining some form of healthcare. The primary benefit of medical tourism is the much lower cost of health care or certain procedures. In some cases, alternative therapies and experimental procedures that are illegal in places [...]
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Although westerners might be most familiar with the spicy foods “south of the border” in Mexico and South America, thanks to massive immigration from parts of Asia to the west in the second half of the twentieth century, Europeans, Americans, and Canadians are now discovering some of the world’s spiciest cuisines – mostly arising from [...]
For native English speakers who want to travel abroad and have relatively few obligations back home, a great way to learn a new culture, a new language, and have a memorable experience overseas that will last a lifetime is to speak abroad. Considering that English has become the world’s lingua franca, and that speaking English [...]
One of the greatest parts of the Indiana Jones movies are Indy’s wild, globe-trotting goose chases that take viewers around the world, traversing parchment maps marked with little red lines. For the contemporary globetrotter who wants to don a fedora and follow in the archaeologist’s footsteps (although hopefully without the bullwhip), here’s a look at [...]
Novels have been written about fashionable Bohemian expats eking out an artistic living in Prague or Paris, and plenty of Brits relocate to the warmer climes of Cyprus and Spain. But there are also some sizeable English-speaking expat communities in places one might not expect. Here’s a look at the expat experience in exotic Thailand [...]
