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THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: As an expat spouse, I had a ticket to explore life’s infinite possibilities

2 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on May 1, 2017

With this post, Indra Chopra wraps up her account of life as a privileged expat spouse, which she found just as enriching in Asia as she did in the Middle East. Hm, can a memoir be far off?—ML Awanohara To continue where I left off in my last installment: Expat life in Hong Kong spoiled me. […]

Cool Columns Alice in Wonderland, China, diaspora, Hong Kong, India, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, New York City, Oman, Pico Iyer, Repatriation, Strange sightings, the accidental expat, Trailing spouse, Travel yarn, USA, What a Displaced World, Writers we love

THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: Moving on to fabulous, fragrant (and fatiguing!) Hong Kong

2 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on January 23, 2017

At the moment when women all over the world are demanding a right to be heard, columnist Indra Chopra is here to remind us that an expat spouse is a person in her own right, with her own voice. Something else that makes her column well timed: it is about Hong Kong. I can guarantee her […]

Cool Columns China, diaspora, Hong Kong, India, It's Food!, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, Strange sightings, the accidental expat, Trailing spouse, What a Displaced World

THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: A stopover in Toronto, the world’s most multicultural city

3 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on September 9, 2016

Columnist Indra Chopra is back. Born in India, Indra embraced the life of a trailing spouse to become a globetrotter. In this post she shares her impressions of Toronto, a place that arouses her curiosity and makes her feel (somewhat) at home. —ML Awanohara In my last column, I promised to deliver the Hong Kong chapter […]

Cool Columns Canada, diaspora, India, It's Food!, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, North America, Strange sightings, the accidental expat, Toronto, Trailing spouse, USA, What a Displaced World

THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: Globetrotting between overseas assignments

3 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on July 11, 2016

Columnist Indra Chopra is back. Born in India, Indra embraced the life of a trailing spouse to become a globetrotter. She also conforms to the image I have a “lovepat.” Because she is such a curious and creative person, the expat life (both the international and the domestic kind) suits her down to the ground, as […]

Cool Columns Alice in Wonderland, Boston, Domestic expats, Hong Kong, India, It's Food!, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, New England, Oman, Politics, San Francisco, the accidental expat, Trailing spouse, USA, What a Displaced World

THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: A privileged and always fascinating life in the Middle East

2 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on April 21, 2016

Today we welcome a new columnist, Indra Chopra, to the Displaced Nation. Born in India, Indra embraced the life of a trailing spouse as the means to become an international creative, as she will explain. —ML Awanohara Growing up, I fantasized about being an expat one day. In the words of travel writer Pico Iyer: […]

Cool Columns India, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, Middle East, Oman, the accidental expat, Trailing spouse, USA, What a Displaced World

RANDOM NOMAD: Liv Gaunt, Accidental Serial Expat and Feeder of Sharks

5 Comments Posted by ML Awanohara on August 15, 2012

Place of birth: Luxembourg Passport: UK Overseas history: England (Sevenoaks, Kent): 1981–98); Turkey (Fethiye, Ölüdeniz, Fethiye again): 1998–99, 2001–02, 2004; Kenya (Watamu): 1999–2000; Egypt (Dahab): 2000-01, Bahamas (Nassau and Family Islands): 2002–03; Barbados (Bridgetown): 2004–05; England (London): 2006–10; Australia (Cairns, Brisbane, Esperance): 2011 – present. (Gosh, I feel like a serial expat listing so many […]

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Expat, repat, and otherwise displaced reactions to the 2016 US presidential race

13 Comments Posted by ML Awanohara on November 23, 2016

Welcome to the Displaced Nation’s virtual panel discussion on the most recent presidential election in America. (Hey, we figured if the pundits could get it all wrong, we could all be pundits, too!) Before we get started, let me quickly explain how this panel came about. As some of you may know, I lived abroad […]

Pot Luck ATCK, France, Gothic tales, India, Politics, Reality bites, Repatriation, TCK, Thanksgiving, Third Culture Kid, UK, USA

BOOKLUST, WANDERLUST: 6 writers talk expat- and travel-themed books: last year’s faves, this year’s must-reads

2 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on March 24, 2016

Attention displaced bookworms! Our book review columnist, Beth Green, an American expat in Prague (she is also an Adult Third Culture Kid), has canvassed several international creatives for their favorite expat- and travel-themed books of 2015, along with what’s on their bedside tables in 2016. Hello, Displaced Nationers! Last month I wrote to you about […]

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CULTURE SHOCK TOOLBOX: Expats, when it comes to culture shock, it’s best to measure your progress in increments and be patient

3 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on October 21, 2015

For her column this month, transitions enthusiast H.E. Rybol interviews a fellow Adult Third Culture Kid and freelance writer, Cecilia Haynes. Hello, Displaced Nationers! I’d like to introduce you to this month’s guest: fellow Adult Third Culture Kid Cecilia Haynes. A self-described “state department brat,” Cecilia is the product of a Chinese mother and an […]

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BOOKLUST, WANDERLUST: 2014–2015 books recommended by expats & other international creatives (2/2)

3 Comments Posted by The Displaced Nation Team on February 6, 2015

Hello Displaced Nationers! As those who caught Part One of this post last week will know, we are continuing the party we had at the end of last year in publishing a Best of 2014 in expat books list by soliciting various international creatives and other “displaced” contacts for more recommended books. In Part One, […]

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Search Results for: the accidental expat

THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: As an expat spouse, I had a ticket to explore life’s infinite possibilities

THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: Moving on to fabulous, fragrant (and fatiguing!) Hong Kong

THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: A stopover in Toronto, the world’s most multicultural city

THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: Globetrotting between overseas assignments

THE ACCIDENTAL EXPAT: A privileged and always fascinating life in the Middle East

RANDOM NOMAD: Liv Gaunt, Accidental Serial Expat and Feeder of Sharks

Expat, repat, and otherwise displaced reactions to the 2016 US presidential race

BOOKLUST, WANDERLUST: 6 writers talk expat- and travel-themed books: last year’s faves, this year’s must-reads

CULTURE SHOCK TOOLBOX: Expats, when it comes to culture shock, it’s best to measure your progress in increments and be patient

BOOKLUST, WANDERLUST: 2014–2015 books recommended by expats & other international creatives (2/2)

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