1. Do your homework. Familiarize yourself with the laws and customs of the country. Research the tax codes, currency restrictions, and the qualifications for residency. Having a local attorney is a must. Ask your real estate agent or a fellow expatriate to recommend an attorney. The local American embassy can also provide a list [...]

Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year (January/February)
It is usually in the winter of a year. The exact date would follow the one in Lunar Calendar. Entering the New Year month, every family would clean and tidy both the inside and the outside of their houses. New Year food would also be prepared. ‘Lin Gao’, the Chinese [...]

The travel industry has been going through some significant changes over the last few years. Mom and Pop travel agencies are quickly being replaced by online booking engines like Orbitz or Travelocity.
But there is one problem: 80% of all vacations are taken at the recommendation of a friend. Now of course this is a [...]

HILTON HEAD ISLAND – OFF THE BEATEN PATH
Hilton Head Island is well known as an upscale resort and golf desination. What is often overlooked is the many wonderful activites available for family vacationers. If you grow tired of enjoying Hilton Head’s 12 miles of beach, five star restaurants and world class shopping the following suggestions [...]

WASHINGTON — Children are at far more risk traveling to and from school in private passenger vehicles — especially if a teen-age driver is involved — than in school buses, says a new report from the National Academies’ Transportation Research Board. Bicycling and walking also place students at greater risk than traveling by school bus. [...]

Renting a villa is a brilliant alternative to staying in a hotel especially if there are a few of you. There are many plus-points to consider.
ADVANTAGES
* Cost. If there are four or more people then if you divide the total cost by the number of people you usually find you can make a massive [...]

Have you ever gone inside a cave in your life? Or has cave adventures been one of your fascination?
Just in case some of you simply know what caves are and has never had any experience of going inside a cave, it is high time that you discover what mother earth has to offer you [...]

One Christmas when I was in high school, I received what I thought at the time was an odd gift – a personal safety alarm. I thanked my parents, but wondered why they thought I needed personal protection. As it turns out I never used the alarm but I sure FELT safer when [...]

The cellular telephone, a conception that has now been around for & obtainable for ages. Its found the skills develop & advance from something which was purely & straight forwardly a telephone, to presently something extraordinary that has MP3 or maybe a camera or in fact both. This is what the new age groups [...]

Anguilla, also Snake Island, is one of the most northerly of all the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles. An internally self-governing British overseas territory, Anguilla’s military defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.

Anguilla was First colonized by English settlers in 1650, and was incorporated into British dependency along with the neighbouring islands of [...]