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CAPITAL IDEA: Bangkok: A quick guide

Welcome to another “Capital Ideas”—our somewhat idiosyncratic, ever so slightly tongue-in-cheek guide to various world cities, perfect for the ever discerning readership of this blog. We know our read… more →

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CAPITAL IDEA: Bangkok: A quick guide

awindram wrote 1 week ago: Welcome to another “Capital Ideas”—our somewhat idiosyncratic, ever so slightly tongue-in-cheek guid … more →

Tags: Just For Laughs, Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, Bangkok, Capital Idea Guides, Expat novelists, Strange Sightings, Thailand

RANDOM NOMAD: Russell VJ Ward, A Bloke from Basingstoke with a Bloomin' Extraordinary Life — 10 comments

ML Awanohara wrote 2 months ago: Place of birth: Basingstoke*, Hampshire, United Kingdom Passports: UK & Australia Overseas histo … more →

Tags: Pot Luck, Random Nomads, gothic tales, UK, Australia, acquired tastes, Writers We Love, Canada, crosscultural marriage

And the nominees for best expat/travel film are...seeking your vote! Welcome to the 2013 Displaced Oscars — 5 comments

ML Awanohara wrote 3 months ago: Don’t miss our 4 polls below! Results to be announced in March 2nd Displaced Dispatch! Enjoy! … more →

Tags: Artists, What a Displaced World, gothic tales, USA, China, France, Paris, Taiwan, Sweden

5 movies for expats and world travelers looking to stir up romance this Valentine's Day — 8 comments

andy martin wrote 3 months ago: Editor’s note: Today we are happy to welcome a new member to the Displaced Nation team, Andy M … more →

Tags: Artists, What a Displaced World, gothic tales, Japan, South America, crosscultural marriage, Brazil, love, love, love, North America

Expats, here's how to enrich your lives in 2013: Choose a mentor or a muse!

ML Awanohara wrote 4 months ago: Expats and other world adventurers, let me guess. You have you spent the past week making resolution … more →

Tags: Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, What a Displaced World, Japan, France, UK, Expat novelists, acquired tastes, expat interviews, Sweden

Highlight of 2012: "Pinning" down expat, TCK, travel & other displaced themes on Pinterest — 10 comments

ML Awanohara wrote 5 months ago: Would it be mixing my metaphors too much to say we stumbled upon Pinterest in 2012? I suppose so. Bu … more →

Tags: Celebrity Expats, Cornerstone, crosscultural marriage, Expat novelists, Holidays, Pinterest, Seasons Greetings!, Social Media, TCK

A clueless immigrant's 5 expat highlights for the year — 7 comments

awindram wrote 5 months ago: I am not doing well with the passing of the years: they are over at an alarming rate. That we are al … more →

Tags: What a Displaced World, Strange Sightings, USA, UK, Spiritual Enlightenment, California, Olympian feats, Expat Moments, U.S. Elections

19 more films that depict the horrors of being abroad, or otherwise displaced — 4 comments

The Displaced Nation Team wrote 6 months ago: Readers, we have to confess, ever since horror novelist, former expat and Third Culture Kid Sezin Ko … more →

Tags: Pot Luck, California, Caribbean, domestic expats, Eastern Europe, gothic tales, Ireland, Japan, México

15 films that depict the horrors of being abroad, or otherwise displaced — 2 comments

The Displaced Nation Team wrote 7 months ago: Readers, we’re getting goosebumps and our blood is curdling. Horror novelist, former expat and … more →

Tags: Artists, Africa, Australia, domestic expats, Eastern Europe, Expat novelists, gothic tales, Ireland, Italy

Expats in the movies

sarahinladaland wrote 8 months ago: One thing you should know about me is that I am a big film buff.  When I was a kid my dad had shelve … more →

Tags: Movies, Expats, expats in movies, Air America, expats featured in movies, A Room With a View, The Mummy, The Tailor of Panama, A Passage to India

The accidental repatriate — 10 comments

The Displaced Nation Team wrote 8 months ago: Last time Sezin Koehler wrote for us, she was bidding farewell to “strange, Lovecraftian … more →

Tags: activists, What a Displaced World, Strange Sightings, gothic tales, USA, Expat novelists, third culture kid, Writers We Love, Germany

Kidding yourself over La Dolce Vita — 2 comments

awindram wrote 1 year ago: As you are doubtless aware, this month’s theme is la dolce vita, an Italian phrase meaning the … more →

Tags: Just For Laughs, What a Displaced World, UK, Italy, Rome, La Dolce Vita

"We read to know we're not alone": 1st-ever litfest for expats & random nomads — 15 comments

ML Awanohara wrote 1 year ago: The displaced writer Hazel Rochman once said that reading “makes immigrants of us all”: … more →

Tags: Memoir | Travel | Food Writers, Africa, Alice in Wonderland, Australia, Classic Displaced Writing, Contemporary Displaced Writing, crosscultural marriage, Ecuador, Expat novelists

RANDOM NOMAD: Liv Hambrett, Australian Expat in Germany — 4 comments

ML Awanohara wrote 1 year ago: Place of birth: Sydney, Australia Passport: Just my little blue Australian one. And I’d like t … more →

Tags: Pot Luck, Random Nomads, Australia, expat interviews, Movable Feasts, Europe, sydney, crosscultural marriage, love, love, love

How NOT to review Iran's first Oscar-winning movie, "A Separation" — 1 comment

The Displaced Nation Team wrote 1 year ago: On Sunday night, A Separation became the first Iranian (and Middle Eastern) film to pick up the Acad … more →

Tags: Pot Luck, crosscultural, crosscultural marriage, Iran, middle east, USA, What a Displaced World, Writers We Love

Ladies and gentlemen, may we present: THE EXPAT OSCARS! Um...hello? Anyone there? — 5 comments

tjslater wrote 1 year ago: The Expat Oscars — really? Now that would be an unusual event. What would it look like? I live … more →

Tags: Just For Laughs, Celebrity Expats, Colombia, crosscultural, Europe, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, middle east

Talking with former expat Meagan Adele Lopez about travel, romance & novel/screenplay writing — 14 comments

tjslater wrote 1 year ago: Earlier this week I caught up with Meagan Adele Lopez, actor, world traveler, blogger and now a firs … more →

Tags: fiction writers, What a Displaced World, USA, France, Paris, UK, Expat novelists, Europe, Writers We Love

10 expat books ripe for movie adaptations — 5 comments

awindram wrote 1 year ago: Those who have been following this blog for some time are probably all too aware of my unhealthy pre … more →

Tags: Pot Luck, Africa, Burma, Celebrity Expats, Central America, Displaced Hall of Fame, DRC, Europe, Expat novelists

4 films that will make you want to travel -- and one that won't! — 10 comments

tjslater wrote 1 year ago: Now, there’s a pretty standard list of travel-inspiring movies out there; it’s everywhere you look o … more →

Tags: Pot Luck, Africa, Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, love, love, love, Mt. Everest, New Zealand


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