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Picky Girl Travels the World

Defy convention. Embrace adventure. Regret nothing.

Solo Travel, Teaching Abroad

Travel as Self-Care: 4 Places to Visit When Throat-Punching Your Boss Isn’t an Option

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Solo Travel, Travel

True Confession: Sometimes, Travel Isn’t So Great

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Teaching Abroad

Moving to Honduras: Bravery or Stupidity?

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  • China,  Expat Life

    9 Things I Won’t Miss About Life in China

    By Adalia Aborisade

    Given the difficulties of flying with a pet during a pandemic, I’m not sure when I will be able to leave Hefei, my home of the last year and a half. It’s no secret that China is not my favorite place. Actually, it’s the one country I knew without a doubt that I did not want to live in. Ever.…

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  • China,  Expat Life

    COVID-19: Then and Now

    By Adalia Aborisade

    Over the course of this pandemic I had the pleasure of being interviewed twice for the Fancy Face & Friends podcast. Our first conversation took place while I was traveling for Lunar New Year in eastern Europe. At this time, the virus was still being referred to as a novel coronavirus. Our second conversation took place after I’d returned to…

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    Expat Life,  Finance

    How Much Does it Cost to Move Abroad?

    By Adalia Aborisade

    I originally came to China in 2019 on a four-month contract. Although I don’t love China, I opted to renew the contract for an additional year. The job didn’t suck, and the city wasn’t horrible. I figured another year wouldn’t kill me. I bet there’s a coronavirus joke to be made in there somewhere… Even prior to the onset of…

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    China,  Expat Life

    Using the Internet in China…the Frustrating Truth

    By Adalia Aborisade

    If I’m honest, there are quite a few things that annoy me about living in China. The Chinese don’t understand my need for personal space. They stare at me ALL OF THE TIME. Don’t even get me started on the spitting… I could go on, but I won’t. But by far the biggest frustration has been the internet. There hasn’t…

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  • China,  Expat Life

    Black and Living in Asia

    By Adalia Aborisade

    Here’s the conversation Nicholas “Fancy Face” Harris and I had discussing our experiences living in Asia as Black people. He lives in Taiwan. I live on the mainland. Although we technically live in the same country, in a lot of ways our experiences have been vastly different. You can read more about my experiences living in mainland China below: teaching…

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    Expat Life,  Finance

    Honduras Cost of Living: Rent & Utilities

    By Adalia Aborisade

     NOTE: This post has been written for at least 3 months…all I can say is better late than never. I’ve been meaning to do a series of posts on the cost of living here in Honduras. You know, the kind of information I could not find online as I prepared to move to Tegucigalpa. Every time I sat down to write the…

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