Interesting sight: Dutch Ambassador Paul Bekkers (with microphone) welcoming Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet to the event in Kuala Lumpur.
MOST seasoned travellers say that to experience a country at its best, one has to see it through the eyes of the locals. Expatriation is a different beast altogether because it is a process of vacillation between two kinds of immersion in a foreign country.
On the one hand, you are actually a tourist, albeit a long-staying one. You get to familiarise yourself with the local culture, learn the local customs and traditions, visit the well-known hotspots and over time you get to feel comfortable with the place as if you have lived there forever.
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