Practical experience
How do you organise everyday life when your familiar surroundings change? Here we gather material with specific questions, decisions and personal experience. Start with what is most relevant to your next step.
A longer stay. Three months in Sri Lanka: an account of life in a country beyond a short holiday.
Everyday life by the sea. What living near the sea means and how it compares with a familiar city routine.
A small business abroad. Life and business on an island; practical questions about running a mini-hotel in Sri Lanka.
These accounts describe the author’s experience at the time. Circumstances and costs may have changed; check current conditions before making your own decision. This collection does not replace individual professional advice.
Personal experience ·
Path to the Oasis Part 3 Three months in Sri Lanka
I don’t remember how I found out about the workaway, but it was thanks to this that we managed to fly to the island for 3 months with a budget…
Author: Eduard Volkov
Personal experience ·
Its better to live 10 minutes from the sea than 10 minutes from the subway
Many of you may have seen the meme with the phrase, "It's better to live 10 minutes from the sea than 10 minutes from the subway." I lived in a…
Author: Eduard Volkov
Personal experience ·
Path to the Oasis Part 4 Life and business on the island
Just 2 months later I flew to Sri Lanka again. The plan was originally to build Manjou websites for what he said were numerous clients. This is what I was…
Author: Eduard Volkov
Personal experience ·
Practical questions about running a mini hotel in Sri Lanka
In the comments to the post "Path to the Oasis. Part 4. Life and business on the island" I received a fairly detailed question. The answer may be interesting to…
Author: Eduard Volkov