An old craft
“This South African farrier used to travel most of the year – including up into Botswana, where I photographed him with my trusty old AE-1.”
British Expat Newsletter:
14 September 2005
This week: Body Language – the massive role that non-verbal communication plays in conveying meaning.
Negotiation across cultural boundaries
“It is important to understand and recognise cultural differences in the use of non-verbal cues, so that the body language of customers, especially those from other cultural backgrounds than your own, is not the cause of costly misinterpretation.” Professor Manie Spoelstra of The Negotiation Academy with some useful advice about the challenges of negotiating with someone from a different culture.
How to learn Spanish quickly and easily
Spanish is a very useful language to learn as it is the world’s second most widely-spoken language. Outside of the popular coastal tourist resorts a basic…
Weddings in Portugal
[Editor’s note: in our latest opt-in email newsletter, we asked people to comment on weddings around the world. We received the contribution below from Jayne.] My…
Anil
“This is Anil, one of the coolies from Delhi’s Sarojini market. I used to choose Anil a lot of the time when we first arrived in Delhi because he was the smallest. By the time we left three years later, he was one of the biggest.”