10: Alexandra Talty, An American Travel Journalist Based In Beirut, Lebanon

In this episode we chat with Alexandra Talty, an American who has lived on and offline in Italy, the Dominican Republic and Beirut, Lebanon, where she has been based for 4 years now. Over the years Alexandra has taken full advantage of online opportunities available via blogs/blogging, social media platforms, and YouTube.
She maintains a healthy IRL-VRL (online-offline) balance with regular social media fasts and by participating in and hosting online groups that meet in person. She is very honest and candid about her experiences being a foreign, American, female Journalist and all of the advantages and disadvantages those pieces of her identity invite as she works online while living abroad.  

 Show notes:
-Instagram #nomadgirls hashtag (Alexandra’s favorite living overseas hashtag)
-Numbeo, Global Cost of Living Website
-Matador Network & Nomatic Matt
-Travel Massive MeetUp Group (Beirut)
-Hostelword, Hostelzs.com
-Humans of New York (English), Humans of Amman (Arabic)
-Fly with Haifa
-Hey Nadine
-Oneika the traveler
-Japanese onsen (hot springs) video. It IS as beautiful a place as it seems.  
-Radio ambulante: like This American Life, Spanish language
-Beirut electricity phone app
-Careem Scooter rental in Beirut
-Long way round, Long Way Down motorcycle travel documentary with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
-Postcards from Beirut series
-Lindie Botes
-Speedtest, global internet speed
-Alexandra’s article on Trump and tourism:  U.S. Economy Losing Billions As ‘Trump Slump” Continues in Tourism Sector
-Beirut, Lebanon walking tour article
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