More people nowadays are going towards freelance jobs than traditional 9to6 jobs as they provide more flexibility, ownership of one’s own time and often ability to work remotely from anywhere around the world. Some freelancers chose to live in cities with low cost of living while earning good money in high currencies enabling them to have a high quality of life. Here are nine of the highest paid freelance jobs:
The tourism industry – which includes hotels, airlines, casinos, and restaurants - suffer massively during the COVID outbreak. As a country with a unique history and culture, Thailand has its own unique art. Among them, the traditional Thai dancing performing arts has always attracted all kinds of tourists due to its diverse categories. An essential part of sightseeing in Thailand is watching traditional Thai dancing. Traditional Thai dancing is a combination of graceful body movements in addition to elaborate costumes and music. Bangkok's famous Erawan shrine, a popular spot for ...
In the middle of their bedroom, Bolshoi ballet dancers Margarita Shrainer and Igor Tsvirko have placed a linoleum mat and a barre. Since the start of the lockdown, the couple, both soloists in the legendary troupe, have largely used their own initiative to keep up their dance skills at home. The Bolshoi held its first online classes only this week, more than a month after lockdown began. Yet Tsvirko and Shrainer still look toned and Tsvirko pulls at his waistband.
Lebanese actress and presenter Razan El Moghrabi is hosting a game show this Ramadan called Eghleb Alsaqqa "Beat Alsaqqa". Egyptian actor Ahmad Alsaqqa is the constant contestant at the show who competes with a new guest every episode in a series of games. The show has received very postive feedback so far, as viewers describe it as light, real and entertaining. Let us share with you the 10 guests Razan hosted in Beat Alsaqqa so far.
As the coronavirus lockdown eases, demonstrators in Lebanon respond to the country’s worst economic crisis since the civil war. The country plunges deeper into an economic catastrophe that has been years in the making. As Lebanon begins to ease its coronavirus lockdown, the country’s anti-government protesters are returning to the streets. People want the entire political system to be replaced. They blame the political class for the corruption that plagues Lebanon, its stagnant economy and high levels of public debt, and the dire state of its public services. While last ...
Sculptor Lin Hsin-lai restoring a Taoist god statue at his workplace in Taoyuan, northern Taiwan on March 17, 2020. Every spare surface of Lin Hsin-lai's four-storey shop is crammed with a pantheon of Taiwan's celestial beings, testament to the decades he has spent sheltering and restoring unwanted statues of gods. "It's a pity that statues of gods are discarded and some are even battered by wind and rain," Lin said, shortly before conducting a blessing ritual for some repaired statues.
The Konyak are just one of dozens of Naga tribes, a people yearning to reunite the 3 million living in India with their 400,000 estranged -- and much poorer -- cousins in Myanmar’s isolated far north. Many from Myanmar cross the border to attend school, sell vegetables or visit a hospital, as it is a days-long journeys by foot to the nearest town in Myanmar. Even in normal times, they live at the mercy of Indian soldiers guarding checkpoints against the threat of guerrilla groups fighting for reunification. Retreating British ...
A lull in boat traffic and a fishing ban in Istanbul forced by the coronavirus pandemic has proved good news for some of the city's most-loved inhabitants -- the dolphins that swim in the fish-rich waters of the Bosphorus Strait between Europe and Asia. The Turkish city of 16 million has been under lockdown since Thursday as part of government measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus, following two successive weekends where it was also shut down. Spotting dolphins in the Bosphorus -- a usually very busy narrow waterway ...
By Ewelina Lepionko Iceland is known across the world for its countless unique natural wonders, many of which cannot be found anywhere else. The country’s stretching black sand beaches pull in tourists with their intense mysticism and raw beauty. These are mesmerizing, powerful, beautiful, they should be on everyone’s bucket list. Once you are in Iceland, you should not miss it! With icy sea views and irrevocably breath-taking sunsets, each beach has its own splendor which can’t quite be captured by any camera. In fact, stepping onto their shores and ...