Beer!

I love a good beer. One of my favorite things to do when I travel is try the local beers, and if there are any, the local microbrews. I don’t drink everyday, or even every week, but when I travel, tasting the local beers for me is one of the elements in embracing the local

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Slowing it down

Not much to write this week other than to say I will be moving the blog from a weekly publication to twice a week. I have been publishing a weekly post for a few years now, and as I get busier in my job, and there become fewer things to write about that are worth

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A day in the life.

Back in Nouakchott I had a similar post about my day to day life running the Health Unit, so thought it would be a nice time to right down my routine here, and how it compares. The reality is every Embassy is run a little bit differently, and the same is true of each Health

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AMA: Danger Pay.

Since I have been assigned to Rangoon, several readers have asked me about the Danger Pay differential, and how one gets it. Danger Pay is a percentage pay differential an employee gets for serving in locations where circumstances on the ground could threaten physical harm against employees. Typical reasons a post would get Danger Pay

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