Tasty1

In Brazil i live in a small city where only are few foreigners. There are even not many European tourist.
The appartment i had was in the center, good neighbourhood, good neighbours. In Brazil only few Brazilian sprak English.

In Surinam it was like living in Holland, everyone speaks Dutch. Had an apartment from a Surinam man who lived in Holland before.
There is no reason to live in a compound. A save neighbourhood is always better, same as in your own country.

In Thailand i stayed at tourist resort.

But i only stay a few months everywhere.

If i stay in Brazil i won't look for an expats community, but look for a good neighbourhood.
And if there is a nice appartment in a compound or appartment with security, maybe i would take it.
If you stay at an compound you will never integrate. When i thhink about it, alle the people gossiping about each other, bweehhh!
And than the expat community, if it are families i wouldn't like it to live there when i was single.
I hated to live in a small village where everybody knows what everyone is doing.
But the main reason for living on a compound would be safety.

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