They say if you spend more than four months in Cusco then you are there for good. Australian traveller Camden Luxford has been there much longer than that and talks to us about swapping the backpacker life for an expat one.
I’m sure you’ve never heard this before: where are you from?
Brisbane, Australia.
And what did you do there, then?
I flirted with a Science degree, waited a lot of tables, and scooted off as soon as I had the money behind me, at age 20.
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Terri Lundberg is an American expat living in Saudi Arabia. A travel addict and photographer, she talks about her current life as a trailing spouse in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.
I’m sure you’ve never heard this before: where are you from?
Originally, I’m from San Diego, CA. I’m so proud to say I’m a native. 
However, I haven’t lived in San Diego since 2000. Prior to moving to Saudi Arabia 2.5 years ago, I lived in Seattle, WA, which I love so much, I consider it my adopted hometown.
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Keith Jenkins is a thirtysomething living in Amsterdam. His greatest passion is travel: having visited more than 60 countries across six continents. Along with travel blogging Keith offers social media consultancy and marketing services for travel companies and organisations. He talks to us about Amsterdam.
I’m sure you’ve never heard this before: where are you from?
I was born in Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo. My family moved to Kuala Lumpur when I was about two and I lived there till I was 17.
Matt Gibson is an adventure travel writer and photographer living in Tainan, Taiwan. Gibson has been living in Tainan, Taiwan’s oldest and most historical city, for the past six years. During that time he taught a lot of children English, learned to speak Mandarin Chinese, and founded, ran, and sold the popular expatriate periodical, Xpat Magazine. Now he teaches English Composition and works for as an editor at National Cheng Kung University and contributes writing and photography on a freelance basis to various publications.
I‘m sure you’ve never heard this before: where are you from?
I’m from Cranbrook British Columbia. It’s a small town in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Rachel Tavel is a published travel writer and full-time wanderluster. A half Argentinean native New Yorker, she recently left the Upper West Side of Manhattan to pursue travel writing full-time. Tavel currently resides in Quito, Ecuador, where she works for V!VA Travel Guides.
I’m sure you’ve never heard this before: where are you from?
I am a born and raised New York City girl. I actually have lived within the same 20 blocks in Manhattan my entire life, except for when I went to college in Maine. I guess I’m a small town girl at heart. My small town just happens to be NYC.
Samantha Milner lives in sunny southern Portugal with her husband Dominic and son Kyle. They live the dream life as expats in the sun and blog about their experiences so that others that want to move abroad have the chance. She talks to us about her life in the Algarve.
I’m sure you’ve never heard this before: where are you from?
I am originally from Manchester, otherwise known as the rainy part of England and I have lived there until the summer of 2008 when me and my family relocated to southern Portugal.
Andrew Couch is an American who has been travelling back and forth to Germany for half of his life. He moved on a leap of faith to Freiburg, Germany nearly three years ago. He believes the decision to become an expat was one of the best things he could ever do for himself. It is not easy living in Freiburg, he says, but it has changed him and improved him so much. He talks to us about the life he is building for himself there.
I’m sure you’ve never heard this before: where are you from?
I grew up in North Carolina, US.
Marlo Perry grew up in Australia but has spent most of her life working and travelling around the world. She talks to us about her current home Buenos Aires.
I’m sure you’ve never heard this before: where are you from?
I was born and spent the first 17 years of my life in Melbourne, Australia.
How did you end up in Buenos Aires?
Before settling in Buenos Aires I had spent 3 years working as a tour guide in South America, travelling with groups of tourists around the entire continent. I got to know many of the major cities including, Rio, Sao Paulo, Santiago and Lima. And of all these cities I knew that Buenos Aires was one of the only ones that would hold my interest for more than a month.
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