Robin is an expert guide for the island in the south pacific. He and his partner built NZ Pocket Guide, the largest travel guide for New Zealand, and many others. They also have a YouTube Channel with over 16K subscribers. They have a live Q&A every Sunday at 8 AM NZT (Saturday 1 PM PST)

In this episode we talk about:

• Different approaches to leaving your country
• Start a business on a visa
• Concept of a borderless world
• The idea of emigrating to Mars
• Traveling

Links we discussed in this episode:

• If you are interested to see Niue, you can check this YouTube video.
• NZ Pocket Guide
• South Pacific Pocket Guide
• Fiji Pocket Guide
• Tonga Pocket Guide
• Niue Pocket Guide
• YouTube Channel

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Teodora is originally from Bulgaria, and now lives in London UK. Back in her country of origin, she went to university to become a journalist and she got a job in a small TV channel as a reporter, but her salary didn't allow her to provide to her self. She then decided to go to work in Greece just for the summer. She's half greek. Her plan to stay there for only a few months turned into 5 years. Teodora was then invited by a previous boyfriend to move to London.

Things we talked about in this episode

• Struggles to move to start a life in a new country
• Overcoming rejections and failures
• Get the job you want
• Leaving your country

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Daniel De Biasi

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Audrey is a good friend of mine here in Vancouver. She is one of the most generous and kind people I know.

This interview was recorded at the beginning of April. She is part of the Flatten the Curve hand made masks, a group of volunteers that are sewing masks for people at risk.

Her story as emigrant started in the ’70 when she left Scotland to move to the Middle East with her husband. It’s then that her life of expat began. Her husband, a pastry chef, got a job in a hotel in the United Arab Emirates. They lived there as expat for almost 5 years to then decided to move to Canada and try to settle permanently. Although they had help from family members in Vancouver, they had a hard time fitting in. A few months later, her husband had a job opportunity in Tahiti, so they decided to go back to live the expat life for a few more years. Even though Tahiti was beautiful and she had time to take care of their two children, she couldn’t work, and having a career for her was important. So after living in that beautiful island for 2 years, they decided to move back to Vancouver and give it a second chance. She started her career in a small startup. After growing inside the company and becoming director of global communications, she decided to open her own marketing agency.

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Links we discussed

• Care Canada

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Hi, my name is Daniel. I grew up in a small town in the north of Italy. I now live in Vancouver, Canada. 

I left Italy when I was 27, I quit my secure job despite everybody saying it wasn’t the right decision, and I got on a plane to New Zealand. 

I lived in New Zealand for four and a half years. I loved it. I was living my dream life—excellent mountain biking, surfing, snowboarding, good friends, good beer, and excellent steaks. I left because I wanted to switch my career, and I couldn’t do that with my work permit. I also tried to push myself. I realized my life had become too comfortable. When you are in a Fight-or-flight situation, like start your life from scratch and not able to communicate (me when I got to NZ), you give your 100%. I wanted to replicate that. 

I moved to Canada on a working holiday visa again. Things went sideways at the airport in Vancouver. They only gave me six months. That’s not a lot of time to find a job and decide if you want to stay or not. I managed to find a job two months before it ran out. My amazing bosses help me with the sponsorship. The bureaucracy was crazy, the most stressful months of my life. I almost gave up. But three months later, I got my visa for two years. 

I’ve been living here for almost two years now.

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