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“We read to know we’re not alone”: 1st-ever litfest for expats & random nomads

15 Comments Posted by on April 16, 2012

The displaced writer Hazel Rochman once said that reading “makes immigrants of us all”: Reading takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. That must be why author interviews have played such an important role in the entertainment mix provided by The Displaced Nation since our founding one year [...]

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7 worldwide ways to avoid, forget, or celebrate Friday 13th!

2 Comments Posted by on April 13, 2012

Not being superstitious myself, I tend to scoff at today’s date and treat it like any other. Then again, I once knew someone who had been involved in only two car accidents in her life, both of which occurred on Friday 13th. On a larger transportation scale, the ill-fated Apollo 13  launched at 13:13 (admittedly [...]

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RANDOM NOMAD: Annabel Kantaria, British Expat in Dubai

9 Comments Posted by on March 21, 2012

Place of birth: London, UK Passport: UK Overseas travel history: United Arab Emirates (Dubai): 1998 – present. Occupation: Former journalist and one of four official expat bloggers for The Weekly Telegraph Cyberspace coordinates: Telegraph Expat blog (Annabel Kantaria) and @BellaKay (Twitter handle) What made you leave your homeland in the first place? Despite being 100 [...]

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Channeling business guru Peter Senge for lessons on spiritual travel

Leave a Comment Posted by on January 30, 2012

The Displaced Nation has dedicated most of its January posts to the kind of heart-opening, life-changing pilgrimages that enlighten and renew the spirit. We’ve gathered tips from expat and travel experts on where to go and steps to take. We’ve spoken with a former expat in India and a woman who dreams of making acupuncture [...]

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Talking with author Dave Prager about his — deliriously unspiritual — expat experience in India

4 Comments Posted by on January 24, 2012

Reading like the work of a hipster Bill Bryson, Delirious Delhi is an account of Dave Prager and his wife Jenny’s move from New York to Delhi — the largest city in India by area and second largest by population — as they become what they term “New Delhi Yankees.” On arrival in their new [...]

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Yak-skin footware & the youthful quest for spiritual wisdom

8 Comments Posted by on January 20, 2012

We welcome back Lawrence Hunt to the Displaced Nation, who wrote a popular post for us in November about why the UK’s educated youth seems so preoccupied with voluntourism. Today he broadens this theme to include the quest for spiritual enlightenment. At a comedy night I went to last year, the comedian’s most popular jokes [...]

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Top 10 expat & travel posts on spiritual escapes

12 Comments Posted by on January 13, 2012

As the holidays draw to a close and a new calendar year commences, many of us find ourselves desperately in need of some “me” time — a chance to reassess our “to do” lists and decide which of our life goals deserves top priority. Gah?? Did I just write that? Talk about understatements! If you’re [...]

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Dear Mary-Sue: A brimful of ashram and other travel-related spiritual quests

2 Comments Posted by on January 10, 2012

Mary-Sue Wallace, The Displaced Nation’s agony aunt, is back. Her thoughtful advice eases and soothes any cross-cultural quandary or travel-related confusion you may have. Submit your questions and comments here, or else by emailing her at thedisplacednation@gmail.com. And here’s to a happy 2012 to all of my peeps out there! I hope you all had [...]

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12 NOMADS OF CHRISTMAS: Iain Mallory, English adventurer (7/12)

2 Comments Posted by on December 30, 2011

Current home: Salford, UK Cyberspace coordinates: Mallory on Travel | Making Everyday an Adventure! (blog) and @MalloryonTravel (Twitter handle) Recent posts: “The ABCs of Travel — Reflections on a Wanderlusting Life”; “Adventure in Lucerne, Switzerland — Travel Journal”; Cologne: The Bridge of Love Locks (December 2011) Where are you spending the holidays this year? I [...]

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RANDOM NOMAD: Tom Frost, Kindergarten Teacher & Expat Blogger

9 Comments Posted by on September 7, 2011

Born in: Hillsboro, Oregon USA Passport: USA Countries lived in: India (Belgaum): 1979-80; Japan (Mutsu and Hachinohe): 1983-88; Mexico (Mazatlán):2005-06; Argentina (Buenos Aires): 2006-09; Uruguay (Colonia del Sacramento): 2009-10; Asia (Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Hong Kong): 2010-2011; China (Beijing): July 2011 – present. Cyberspace coordinates: Expat Alley (blog) What made you leave your homeland in [...]

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