Learn Languages with Netflix
How to use Netflix to learn a foreign language, including plugins to help you learn words, download subtitles, use two subtitle files at once and more.
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The Best Local Foods to Eat in Egypt
This is a quick overview of the most delicious (and often quite cheap) foods to eat in Egypt, including for vegetarians. Egypt shocked us with its amazing food in the time we spent there learning Egyptian Arabic. Egyptian food really managed to touch our souls. I think we were expecting Egyptian food to be good;…
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The Best Travel Gifts for Men — Ultimate List (2020)
Want to buy a gift for a man in your life who travels a lot? Here’s our list of suggestions. (And yes… they all work for women, too.)
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Anki Pro Tips for Language Learners (a FAQ)
Our tips for using Anki by actual polyglots who’ve used it to get to nine languages (and counting).
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Swahili Noun Classes — Ultimate Cheat Sheet
A cheat sheet to Swahili noun classes and associated grammar, including why you should learn Swahili grammar and noun classes.
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Swahili Phrases and Words for Tanzania and Kenya
Swahili everyday words and phrases to sound local. Including the local ways of saying “yes”, “What’s up”, “cool” and a bunch of other slang.
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The Reality of Full-Time Travel (and Why We’re So Lucky)
“Living the dream” is usually the caption that goes along with photos of someone sitting with a laptop near a beach. But the reason we started Discover Discomfort was not to “live the dream”. More than anything else, we wanted to remember how lucky we are. In America and in Australia, our homes, we take…
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The Joy and Pain of Travelling While Non-white
I’m called lao-wai in China. We’re called agaanib in Egypt and wazungu in East Africa. But even those we’re those things, we’re other people, and we’re ourselves.
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Three Fun Ways to Remember Difficult Words
No matter how you try to learn words in a foreign language, there are always some words that get “stuck”. You just can’t memorise them. If you use flashcards, you have to keep marking them as a fail. If you’re speaking to someone, you keep struggling to remember the right word, leading to an awkward…
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How to Use Less Mobile Cellular Data while Travelling
A huge list of tips on how we cut back on mobile cellular data while travelling to places like East Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
