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Picky Girl Travels the World

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China, Expat Life

What Inquiring Minds Want to Know – My Life in China

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China, Solo Travel

How to See Shanghai By the Seat of Your Pants

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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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  • 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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    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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    China,  Expat Life

    What Inquiring Minds Want to Know – My Life in China

    By Adalia Aborisade

    During my travels this summer I was often asked about living in China. People tended to have a lot of the same questions. I figured that you might as well. So in honor of returning to China this week, here my answers to the most frequently asked questions. Why did you move to China? Short answer: A job Long answer:…

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  • China,  Expat Life

    4 Things to Know Before Moving to China

    By Adalia Aborisade

    Are you considering moving to China? Is it a good country for foreigners? I did a quick Google search of the best countries for expats and in particular, black expats. Guess what? China (excluding Hong Kong) was rarely listed. Yet there are more and more foreigners moving here each year. If you’re looking for a locale with a low cost…

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  • Expat Life,  Teaching Abroad

    You can disarticulate a chicken with a butter knife and other things I learned during my first week in Honduras

    By Adalia Aborisade

    As I write this post I’ve been in Tegucigalpa, Honduras just over one week. We arrived last Saturday night around 9 PM. The two flights, one from Houston to San Salvador and the other from San Salvador to Tegucigalpa, were, for the most part, uneventful. The only drama took place about 15 minutes before we were scheduled to land in…

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