Emigrate

How much does living in Colombia cost? Travelers to Colombia will agree: Colombia is a cheap country to travel. However, there is a big difference between the cost of living and traveling in Colombia. You…

Moving abroad: how to do it? In this article I will tell you step by step what you need to arrange in order to emigrate to Colombia. You can also use this information for when…

Moving or emigrating abroad temporarily: a dream of many. A great way to develop yourself and gain new experiences. But how do you arrange that? When you have made the exciting decision to leave your…

Emigrate: still more than 154,000 Dutch people move abroad every year. It is now 5.5 years since my own emigration to Colombia, I have integrated into this new culture and am enjoying my life here.…

And then suddenly this blog. One that is inevitable. Which I don’t really want to write at all. But do it anyway. Weeks after signing the divorce papers, that’s it. And making this to many…

You know when you’re so fed up with the Netherlands that you’d rather get on a plane to Farawayistan today? Before, I had that feeling regularly. All those dreams I had, traveling, getting away from…

Emigrating is a profound event. Now here on my blog I always write about my experiences of emigrating and living abroad, but in reality there are many more people involved than just myself. My parents,…

It has now been more than a year and a half since I took the step to emigrate, so it is time to take a look at what I actually learned during this period. Before…

Emigrating is not always easy, you leave behind a lot that you were used or attached to. Your culture, norms and values. A while ago I wrote an article about 10 things I miss about…

Is the grass really greener on the other side? The answer is no. Everywhere in the world there is something to complain about. In the Netherlands, in Colombia and probably also in popular emigration countries…