Every week GoAbroad features an abroad-related blog as our selection for Blog of the Week. The featured blog has been chosen because it features interesting and well-written abroad or travel-related experiences. GoAbroad is dedicated to providing unique and interesting travel information, and we're excited to be bringing new resources to you.
This week's GoAbroad Blog of the Week is:
A Totally Impractical Guide to Living in Shanghai
Despite MaryAnne Oxendale's assertion that A Totally Impractical Guide to Living in Shanghai is just that -- "impractical" -- her blog combines a rich mixture of first hand experiences of traveling around Asia, teaching English in China and day to day life as an expat living in Shanghai. As she mentions on the blog, MaryAnne "maintains a long-running blog to remind her of where she has been, because after fifteen years of traveling it gets hard to remember sometimes."
Why We Love It
Besides the great amount of personality and self-deprecating humor that goes into each of MaryAnne's posts, A Totally Impractical Guide to Living in Shanghai shares stories and tips about what it's really like at street level while working and living abroad. With posts that range from "7 Reasons Why Sri Lanka is More Badass Than You Could Ever Hope to Be" to recipes for Goat Milk Paneer, there is always something unique to capture attention and inspire other travelers abroad.
A Totally Impractical Guide to Living in Shanghai doesn't just tell MaryAnne's stories either. There is an entire section devoted to interviews of other expats living and working abroad, and they are as interesting as they are resourceful. Combine all these factors with the engaging photos, links to MaryAnne's extensive writing accomplishments and A Totally Impractical Guide to Living in Shanghai proves that it is far from impractical and a unique resource travelers will return to again and again.
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Thank you for nominating me! How awesome!
Hi Mary Anne! It’s better than a nomination. You’re this week’s winner of the GoAbroad Blog of the Week! Congratulations for having such a great blog — and for winning our BotW Award!