Travel Noire travel writer Rafael is this week's guest, he writes for a travel site that focuses on the experiences of Black travelers who travel the world. Travel Noire founder Zim Ugochukwu, created the site in 2013. Travel Noire has become a go-to resource for Black travelers seeking honest and relatable travel content. In addition to featuring travel stories and destination guides, Travel Noire offers a travel directory and travel deals. Its mission is to inspire people of color to travel...

Travel Noire travel writer Rafael is this week's guest, he writes for a travel site that focuses on the experiences of Black travelers who travel the world. Travel Noire founder Zim Ugochukwu, created the site in 2013. Travel Noire has become a go-to resource for Black travelers seeking honest and relatable travel content. In addition to featuring travel stories and destination guides, Travel Noire offers a travel directory and travel deals. Its mission is to inspire people of color to travel...

This week's episode is with Amy Sommers, Author of Rumors from Shanghai, a Seattle native who is now back living in the city after a stint living abroad, living in Shanghai. We discussed what it was like to return to a city that she knew so well, and how her understanding of home has changed as a result of her and her family's experiences during their time in Shanghai. The conversation covered topics such as how our concept of home can shift when we move away, the importance of community and...

In this week’s episode, Life Hacker Guy Founder Adam is living in Malaysia, loving it, and discusses starting a supplement business. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re interested in starting a business. And why not? Entrepreneurship is the key to independence and success. But what if you want to start a business overseas? Is it even possible?When Adam came to Malaysia and he started his own business there, and got into the health supplement industry, learning how to produce...

Today’s guest is Stevy, an expat from Gabon who spent 17 years in Ghana and is currently living in Rwanda. He’s a conference interpreter, voiceover coach, English teacher, motivational speaker, and businessowner.  Stevy was still in high school when he left for Ghana. He worked freelancing jobs around West Africa and Kenya until he fell in love with Rwanda. He loves the cooler climate, the fresh, clean food, and the quiet atmosphere. He moved during a 2020 lockdown and set up a voiceover...

There are many reasons why someone might choose to become an ESL teacher, but one of the most common motivations is a love of travel. If you’re an English as a Second Language teacher, there’s a good chance that Beijing was your dream destination. Beijing is a city that is full of opportunities for ESL teachers, and it’s a great place to live and work. However, the outbreak of Covid-19 has forced many ESL teachers to leave Beijing and return to their home countries.In this podcast episode,...

Today's guest on the podcast is Amanda, a professional chef who started off her life in America. Amanda worked is a semi-retired chef who still gives cooking classes, a former recipe developer for Food and Wine magazine, Essence magazine and former Chef Instructor at Sur La Table and Williams-Sonoma in California. Eventually Amanda decided moving to Spain to retire was a perfect idea. One of her main reasons to not choose retirement in America, was the fact that things were getting too...

This week's guest on the podcast was Micael, an expat from Sweden who was born in Tanzania and lived there for a decade before moving to Sweden. But after spending 40 years there, he realized that he wanted to connect with the land he was born in, so he sold everything he owned, packed his bags, and moved to Tanzania. His experience, being a returning resident and retiring in Tanzania, was very insightful, considering he's in a pretty special position. He gets to see things from the...

Whenever people think about living in Japan, the first city that comes to mind is Tokyo! Tokyo is the capital, has incredible architecture, and it's a great, fast city to live in! But, just because it's the one we've heard about the most doesn't mean it's the only place to seek out if you're moving to Japan; Osaka is a great one too! This week's guest on the podcast was Richard, who moved to Osaka in his 50s and described it as the "Shanghai of Japan," the city people don't usually think...

Japan is known throughout the world for being very unique in terms of culture. Even though every country in the world has its own customs and traditions, there's just something special about the way the Japanese go about their lives. That might just seem cute at first, but it's not just that. But the way they live their lives is very important to them, and if you were thinking about moving to Japan, or even visiting, there are many cultural things that you would have to keep in mind too! This...

I met Dionne in Beijing, where she had been living abroad and making a home since 1997. She’s from Barbados and was offered a scholarship to study in China, which she took excitedly. Since this was a time before social media, personal relationships were absolutely essential to finding ways to moving abroad alone from Barbados, and living abroad successfully in China. She found the Chinese people to be very welcoming and gracious.  Before she could start school, she had to learn Mandarin so...

This week's guest on the Are we home yet podcast was Olusola, a student from Nigeria that moved on her own to Canada to find her independence and live "the better life," too. When she got there, she realized that there were lots of aspects of the move that she hadn't anticipated, and she learned a lot in her year in Canada that she wanted everyone to know about! In this episode, we're going to be talking about all the little things you need to keep in mind before moving to Canada. So when you...

Studying abroad is the goal of a lot of people. That’s because it’s one of the best ways to see the world in your 20s. You don’t have as many responsibilities to deal with, and if you want to really break out of your shell and open yourself up to new experiences, that will change the way you look at life! Alessia is one of those people. She took the plunge to go study abroad in the Netherlands. She put herself out there by moving from Italy to the Netherlands for her university and feels at...

When you actually get to your dream destination, you’ll find that all that glitters isn’t gold. It’s just that, glitter. While there are a lot of great things about moving abroad, not all of the experience is going to be great, especially if you’re moving abroad alone. That’s something Elif, an Engineer, this week’s podcast guest, dealt with when she first moved to China from Turkey! Elif moved to China in 2021, and even though she had her job and her plan all lined up, things did not end up...

There's something bittersweet about moving to a new country. On one hand, you open yourself up to a whole new world of possibilities and experiences that you could have in the new land. On the other, you might find yourself struggling to make yourself feel at home, even if you've lived there for years! This week's podcast was with Ziyo, a 27 year old from Tajikistan that had been moving all around the world since he was 17 years old! He talked about what home really means to him and how he...

Most of us grow up with a certain plan in mind. That plan is usually a “we’re going to live here, we’re going to get a particular degree, get a little house, and spend the rest of our lives, just hanging out.” But what if that didn’t have to be the plan? That’s exactly what the guest on this week’s podcast on the Are we home yet podcast , Keesha, thought! Keesha was working as a teacher’s assistant in the UK. She loved working with kids, but it still wasn’t the most satisfying life. She...

Beijing might just be that perfect home away from home that you might be looking for! That’s something that I experienced, and the guest on this week’s podcast, Cale, did too! Throughout the podcast, Cale talked about his experience moving to Beijing, and how he managed to build a life there. Although the jobs in Beijing pay very well, what really makes a difference is the fact that the cost of living is fairly low. Sure, you might still be paying a chunk of your income for rent, but other...

There are ways that you can travel without even having years of savings in your banks. That’s something I learned from Jenaya. When she said that she was moving to China in 12 days, I asked her , “Why teach English abroad?” She was already qualified teach in America and employed in the teaching profession. She said the only word that I needed to answer my other question, “Is it worth it to teach abroad?” Travel. She was the person that introduced me to the world of “you can pack up your bags...

Want to move all around the world but don’t know if you can handle it? Most of us go through that phase at least once in our lives where we dream of moving abroad, we just want to pack up our bags and move to another country. In the past, that might’ve been extremely difficult, technology was lacking, and there were far too many barriers that restricted everyone’s movement. Not only that, but a severe lack of information about the world as a whole also made people wish and wish to move but...