The world is becoming a smaller and smaller place to live. A Global Village. It is not uncommon for people to move from one country to the other and establish a home in a country that’s not their birth country in their lifetime. Faster travel, social media, population growth, migration, and many other factors have…
Time out! Did you not literally just get to Saudi Arabia? Yup! And you moved countries again in less than one year?? Yup! Ok let me explain. In a previous blog post, I wrote about how we moved from Kenya to Australia, then how we moved from Australia to Saudi Arabia. Well, we moved again…
Good question! ‘Is it easy to move to Australia?’ Errrm… well let’s just say off the bat that no, it is NOT ‘easy’! In our experience. There are a lot of moving parts, but yes it is do-able. Lots of people have done it. First, I think it’s fair to say that Australia ultimately chooses…
‘Submit’. Done! That was me applying for an entry visa to Kenya in November for our family holiday in December of 2022. Which was odd for me, seeking a visa to be allowed back to my country of birth. Alex and I applied for visas because we were travelling on our Aussie passports. My son…
It’s not surprising that there is general consternation about our current location within our circles. Riyadh? Saudi Arabia?! The Middle East? The Arab world?! It’s interesting that what most people know about a country is what they read or hear about in the media, understandably. Most of us don’t have a limitless budget to travel…
Comparison can be fun! In previous posts on my blog, I wrote about our family relocating from Kenya to Australia because I wasn’t happy about certain aspects of living in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. Importantly, I’ll put this on the table and leave it here….. Kenya is a beautiful, vibrant, wonderful, and amazing…
This sounds like drama and unrelated! Well it’s not a story line on Netflix, no – rather an eye opening, life changing experience we had that you just have to read about. I moved to Australia from Kenya with my family in 2017 – we absolutely love it… loved it (past tense because we’re in…
Most people would have heard the expression ‘take a leap of faith’ which according to the definition from idioms.thefreedictionary.com is: ‘An acceptance of or willingness to do something based largely or entirely on one’s faith that it is correct or will work, despite having little or no evidence or assurance thereof.’ We all deal with unknowns. Every day of our lives, we deal with unknowns. Before you start a new job, before you go on holiday, before you go to a new place, or before…