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We’re Drew and Julie, American expats living in Singapore. We’ve lived overseas since 2013, in London, China (Shenzhen and Shanghai) and now, Singapore. This site’s contents span 2014-2020, including our extensive travels around Europe and Asia and the unique challenges we’ve faced as expats. Welcome, we’re glad you’re here! LEARN MORE
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We Were THOSE Tourists in Joburg

There are a couple things we avoid when we travel, namely, Segway tours and hop on/hop off bus tours. I think we’re mostly trying to avoid activities where our tourist-status is obvious and unavoidable. Or we’re embarrassed to be those people. You know, now that I’m really thinking about it, maybe we’ve been too harsh in our avoidance, but this is the background from where we found ourselves, newly arrived tourists in Johannesburg. Johannesburg, or Joburg, has a bit...

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Becoming Safari-ers in Kruger National Park

Last year, over one of our weekly wine and cheese dinners at a friend’s apartment in Shanghai, we hatched a plan for a group safari trip. Our friend Chris was turning 40, and wanted to blow it out. No lame house...

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November/December 2019 Months in Review

Where We’ve Been Singapore: 57 days Penang, Malaysia: 4 days Highlights All the Moving Stuff: We officially landed in Singapore in late October, but the bulk of the moving work has been taking place, slowly and...

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2019 Highlights: Travel and Food

I blame the heat of Singapore that I keep forgetting the year is drawing to a close. Every attempt to dive deep into the holiday spirit is a little bit ruined when we’re sweating through our clothes. But, last...

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Canceling our Chinese Residency Visa: Last Chapter in our Visa Saga

Now that we’ve successfully left China (with our reputations and government standing intact, we hope!), we wanted to quickly lay out the process for others facing the same upcoming challenge. Just like when we were...