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Luanda? That’s the world’s most expensive city?

February 2, 2012


When I think expensive cities, I think Tokyo, New York, Berlin….not Luanda, Angola.  Especially not when almost half of all Angolans live off of less than $2 a day. Read this really interesting article from the BBC to learn more.

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power outages

January 20, 2012


I had someone tell me that “Beirut is like a 3rd world country trying to be cosmopolitan” and I was offended. I mean, we are cosmopolitan.  Beirut isn’t 3rd world! But as I am sitting in starbucks and the power just went off (again) and the internet is so slow that you can play a [...]

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The Marina- Zeituna Bay

January 18, 2012


I feel like I should keep the new restaurants and cafes that just opened near the marina a secret….because it is kind of nice down there right now with just a few people around (and in a few weeks, everyone will have discovered it and it will be packed!) But right now it is the best little [...]

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