Turkish Foods: 19 Must-Try Dishes & Essential Vocabulary
Discover the best of Turkish foods with our guide to 19 must-try dishes, from kebabs to baklava. Learn essential food vocabulary too!
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Is long-term solo travel… lonely?
Whether or not I feel lonely in travelling by myself for such a long time is one of the biggest questions I get asked when people hear about my lifestyle of over eight years of solo travel, and something I’ll tell you all about today. What you read may surprise you!
Language Hacking success story: Marcus speaking Portuguese in Brazil
There are many people out and travelling the world, and luckily more and more are trying to speak the local language when they see it isn’t so hard. Every day I’m hearing/reading more and more success stories from others, and I thought today’s one was among those worth sharing! This guest post is from Marcus, […]
How to write non-intrusive multilingual updates in Google Plus (& Facebook/twitter) + video hangout!
In this post I want to outline how I am writing multilingual updates in the new social network Google plus that only those who want to see them (natives and people learning the language) will. I’ll also say how I’m doing the same thing in Facebook and twitter, and invite you to a video “hangout” […]
17 cultural clashes this European had in America
I wrote this article many years ago, but I still feel like this country is exceptionally weird, and that’s even long before any of the current political climate came on the scene. I share my thoughts honestly here, so if you are pissed off easily, don’t read this post. Although plenty of (American) commenters agree […]
Mission to hike Machu Picchu… in Quechua!
Frequently asked questions for an experienced language learner
Last week I shared some FAQs for a long-term traveller, and taking a bunch of questions that readers have been sending me on Facebook, twitter and the LHL email list, now I’ll discuss some language learning issues that people have been wondering about. Note that I discuss FAQs about the website and my missions separately […]
How I escaped from being locked up by the Brazilian Federal police [Travel story]
As you can imagine, with over eight years on the road, I have had quite a few things happen to me. Today I’m going to share one of my many (mis)adventures. It takes place in 2006, in Rio – my first time in the city. I would come back three years later to live there […]
Frequently asked questions for a long term traveller
The post I wrote over the summer about the 29 life lessons learned in 8 years travelling, stirred up a lot of interest (it’s been read by almost a half a million individuals) but it led to a lot of questions. Some I have hinted to in various blog posts, but I’m going to try […]
Battle of wits: Nice and nasty ways to win when they want English practice
Nearly everywhere in the world, and with nearly every culture in the world, when you try to speak their language with them they are so pleased. They will encourage you and compliment you, and be happy to hear more. Your fears are unfounded and you should just make as many mistakes as you can – […]
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