Do expat’s offer the best local tips?
I’ve been commissioning a lot of longterm expats on the guidebook project I’m currently working on. For this type of work, this is the ideal vantage point. I woke up this morning to find that I’m an “interesting expat”. Which was nice.
At least so says Matador Network in a piece on “20 interesting expats on Twitter“. It’s not the list, but a list, they point out. But let’s not worry about that. Today I’m officially interesting and I am going to bask in the moment. Tomorrow I may not be.
Anyway, all this got me thinking about expats in general. How long does it take you to be deemed an “insider” in a place? Being a foreigner, can you ever be truly “inside” a country’s psyche? Or will you always been on periphery of sorts? Maybe that periphery is a good place to be. Especially when it comes to offering travel advice.
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Do expat’s offer the best local tips?
I’ve been commissioning a lot of longterm expats on the guidebook project I’m currently working on. For this type of work, this is the ideal vantage point. I woke up this morning to find that I’m an “interesting expat”. Which was nice.
At least so says Matador Network in a piece on “20 interesting expats on Twitter“. It’s not the list, but a list, they point out. But let’s not worry about that. Today I’m officially interesting and I am going to bask in the moment. Tomorrow I may not be.
Anyway, all this got me thinking about expats in general. How long does it take you to be deemed an “insider” in a place? Being a foreigner, can you ever be truly “inside” a country’s psyche? Or will you always been on periphery of sorts? Maybe that periphery is a good place to be. Especially when it comes to offering travel advice.
Continue reading this article @ Going Local Travel
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