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 Would love to hear from you! Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn & you can even leave a voice message on Speakpipe Where to find Virtual Expat Podcast: Virtual Expats Podcast website You can subscribe on : iOS , Android devices, RSS, and our email list: for weekly podcasting updates Music courtesy of Damon Castillo, https://www.damoncastillo.com/ , song "I Hope You Figured It Out" on the "Mess of Me" album Check out all of our projects here: https://stephfuccio.com/ Podbean hosting site: Get 1 month free, https://www.podbean.com/virtualexpats
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