Danielle
@Danisidhe
American expat in Australia
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About me
American
Lives in Melbourne
Speaks English, Intermediate french, A little Japanese and just starting Thai.
Registration: 10 September 2008
About
My expat journey
Melbourne, Australia
Enjoying being home!
Fiction Writer
Clean air, water, and food. Wide, green streets, large parks, the bay - pretty much everything!
Bangkok, Thailand
Finishing one novel and getting at least one more to presentable draft stage for submission (obviously they are all in progress!)
Currently: full time writer and expat wife.
Back in Australia, I was an Audio Producer, Spoken Word Director, Script Editor, Writer (the Writing never stops.)
The private hospitals were very good - they have to be.
Air, water and food pollution. Lifestyle only for extroverts. Hypocrisy and corruption, everything - everything - is for sale.
Sydney, Australia
Writer
Mangonui, New Zealand
Writing Retreat
Writer
Everything! Secluded, quiet (except on rainy nights!), picturesque, friendly - perfect!
Nagoya, Japan
Expat Wife/Trailing Spouse
Writer
Everything! Wonderful, cosmopolitan, friendly city in which I would gladly settle for life!
Sydney, Australia
Expat Wife/Trailing Spouse
Writer
Poor quality of Transport both public system and roads. Lack of cultural life, or access to it, if you live further out of CBD than Newtown (i.e., very, very close to the CBD by a normal person's standards). Poor quality and high expense of food, particularly fruit and vegies which taste of the local, chlorinated tap water unless you buy organic (if you can afford it). Racism (especially on "Australia Day" - made me ashamed to be an Australian.)
Melbourne, Australia
Childhood Home City
Audiobook Producer, Script Editor, Writer
Great Public transport to get in and out of city where there is a varied and vibrant cultural life which is welcoming to all. Lots of parks and green areas no matter how far out you live. Fantastic Restaurants and Food markets - high quality produce from market gardens surrounding the city, even if it's not organic it's of a high standard. Influence of the many cultures of those who have made Melbourne their home from all over the world is evident and available to any who want to explore it.
Too far away from the rest of the world!
Cape Town, South Africa
Being two!
Pennsylvania, USA
Birth city!
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Where is the best place to live in Thailand for rent, safety ect? by kpearson
My family and I want to move over to Thailand and I don't know what part is best? We have 3 small kids. Ages 6,5, and 1.5 years old. any help would be great. thanks
I just wanted to pick up on something that has only ben mentioned a little about Bangkok: the air pollution, do not underestimate it (don't underestimate the water pollution, either, but that's not my focus, here.) If I had children I would never, ... Read More
Soon in Bangkok ! Help :) by lulu76
Hello everyone ! I'm Lucie, a french studient in Lille and I would like to go for 6 months in Thailand (Bangkok and maybe other towns). Between June and December 2013 I registred on this website to have some information on the life in Thailand and ...
Hi yes you will suprised how easy everything is in Thailand. Dont worry just find somewhere to stay for your first week and everything should be planned after you arrive. Always better this way.I disagree entirely! Be safe! Have a real life contact ... Read More
Taxi Problems in Bangkok by allreadytogo21
Hi people I am in Bangkok at the moment and i find the taxi system complete joke. I have been here 6 times before and it was bad all these times i came here, but especially this time. Every time i ask a tuk tuk for a taxi they say 200bath when the ...
Oh, and 50baht over flagfall (85baht total) from the international airport to Bangkok, is outrageously low - it costs 65baht from Suan Plu, Sathorn to Sukhmvit 18 - do some proper research on costs before you start ranting at drivers that they are ... Read More
Taxi Problems in Bangkok by allreadytogo21
Hi people I am in Bangkok at the moment and i find the taxi system complete joke. I have been here 6 times before and it was bad all these times i came here, but especially this time. Every time i ask a tuk tuk for a taxi they say 200bath when the ...
Prettyboy, A) TukTuks are tourist experiences, not taxis, and part of the experience is the bargaining - they never expect you to accept the first price unless you are a "muppet". You should never, ever expect to pay the same price for a tuktuk as ... Read More