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Expats in Angola

10 Things You Should Know About Angola and the Angolans

by Claudia Bastos
10 things about Angola

Every country has its own quirks that make them unique, and sometimes only the people who live in the country understand them. Angola is no exception. Thus, if you are planning to visit Angola, to move to Angola, or to work in Angola, …

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Categories Angola, Africa, Expats in Angola, Travel to

Malanje Travel Guide – Things to do and where to Stay

by Jorge Bastos
Waterfalls of Kalandula Angola

Malanje (sometimes wrongly written as Malange) is one of the best road trips to take from Luanda. In this Malanje Travel Guide, we will help you explore the best things to do in Malanje, where to Stay in Malanje and …

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Categories Angola, Africa, Expats in Angola, Travel to

50 Things you need to know before traveling to Angola

by Jorge Bastos
Things about Angola

After living in Angola for 3 years, we got to know the country very well and want to share with you our best Angola travel tips with list of everything you need to know before traveling to Angola! Angola isn’t …

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Categories Expats in Angola, 50 Things Travel, Africa, Angola, Travel to

16 Angola Tourist Attractions – The best things to do in Angola

by Jorge Bastos
Top Travel Destinations To Visit In Angola

Angola is probably one of the last countries you will think of as a tourist destination. Yet it’s one of the most beautiful countries we have been to, full of wonderful natural tourist attractions. We had the privilege of working …

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Categories Angola, Africa, Expats in Angola

Visit Lubango – things to do, see and where to stay

by Claudia Bastos
What to do in Lubango Angola

Lubango is one of the most beautiful regions in Angola and probably Africa…We have been to many countries, most of them are very touristic, and they don’t have the impressive views of Lubango. It is a place that makes you …

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Categories Travel to, Africa, Angola, Expats in Angola

Why are companies failing with expats in Angola?

by Jorge Bastos
Why are companies failing with expats in Angola?

After three years in Angola plus 2 working directly with an Angolan branch, I have met many expats in Angola. I have noticed two things about them (us)… 1. Most expats in Angola are very well paid;2. Most expats in …

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Categories Expats in Angola, Africa, Angola

Travel Bucket List-2017 Gapyear and Expating

by Claudia Bastos
How to visit Malange

Last year’s travel bucket list focused on Africa… And for a reason, we were living in Angola and knew it would be our last year there. So, we had to take the opportunity and visit Angola and its neighbors. The …

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Categories Asia, Couples travel, Expats in Angola, Travel to

The best of Angolan Food – What to eat in Angola?

by Claudia Bastos
Angola food - What to eat in angola

One of the things we like the most about traveling and living in different countries is trying new foods, new tastes. In Angola, and in the Angolan cuisine, we discovered a whole new world of different flavors, textures, and ingredients we …

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Categories Angola, Africa, Expats in Angola, Travel to

What can you learn working in Angola as an expat?

by Jorge Bastos
Working in Angola

We have been wanting to do a recap post about our working experience in Angola for a while now. After almost 5 years working for an Angolan company, first from Portugal (with several visits to Angola) then living in Luanda, this experience …

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Categories Angola, Africa, Expats in Angola, Travel to

All you need to Know about Malaria in Angola

by Claudia Bastos
All you need to know about Malaria

Malaria in Angola is endemic, the leading cause of death, and work/school absenteeism. Angola recorded 2,915 deaths from malaria in the first quarter of this year, compared with 8,000 for the whole of 2015 and 5,500 the previous year. The …

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Categories Angola, Expats in Angola

The Best Beaches in Angola for you to visit

by Jorge Bastos
Best Beaches of Angola

When you think of great beaches you probably don’t think of Angola. We have never seen an Angolan beach in those internet contests… Well, that’s not entirely surprising, Angola is probably one of the least touristy countries in the world, …

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Categories Angola, Africa, Expats in Angola, Travel to

Kissama National Park – A Safari in Angola

by Jorge Bastos
How to do a safari in Kissama Angola

Kissama National Park is about 75 km south to Luanda. It’s close enough to easily do a day trip and far enough to be completely outside the city influence. How to go to Kissama National Park? The park entrance is …

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Categories Angola, Africa, Expats in Angola, Travel to

Back to Angolan Reality

by Jorge Bastos
Living in Angola

It’s Saturday, 23rd of January, 10 o’clock in Swakopmund! Exactly 2 weeks after the beginning of the journey. It’s time to return… back to reality! Time for a 4 hours drive back to Windhoek and return the Volkswagen Polo, check-in and …

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Categories Expats in Angola, Africa, Angola, Travel to

Oil crash in Angola

by Jorge Bastos
oil Crises in Angola

2015 was the year of the oil crisis. Oil started depreciating late 2014 and continued during 2015. It went from 100 USD to 50 USD, and then to almost 35 USD. Apparently, low oil prices will continue in 2016. Some say (myself included) even further …

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Categories Travel to, Africa, Angola, Expats in Angola, Travel Economics

The 10 most fun and interesting facts about Angola and Angolan people

by Jorge Bastos
Interesting Facts About Angola

After the huge success of the previous post (thank you for all the kind words 🙂 ) we decided to make a follow-up post about 10 interest facts about Angola & the Angolan people. Again, these are things that to …

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Categories Angola, Africa, Expats in Angola, Travel to
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