Issue 54, March 2010
Focus On The United States of America

2. Credits
3. Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Contents
6. FOCUS - Country Info
7. FOCUS - Re-invent yourself
10. FOCUS - Finding balance on the line
13. FOCUS - Unexpected opportunities
16. FOCUS - Outlook and opinion
19. KID PROFILE - Story by Robin
21. FOCUS - It’s a Wild life
22. FOCUS - Douala – A city glance
25. FOCUS - Football – Cameroon style
28. SIDELONG GLANCES - Spring and a young man’s fancy
31. HEALTH - Self care
36. MY LIFE - Saudi – Embracing the benefits
40. MY LIFE - At home in Holland
44. MY LIFE - Home again
47. EDUCATION - Back for the future
50. REVIEW - Multilingual children
51. OUTPOST NEWS - Outpost 2010 and beyond.

Issue 54, March 2010
Focus On The United States of America

2. Credits
3. Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Contents
6. Running the States
9. Argentine Artist
12. Alaska
15. Online Dating
18. Mardi Gras
20. The Healthy Choice
22. Below Sea Level
24. Missing Cali
26. Kids Profile
27. On the Road again
30. Thanksgiving
32. VOLUNTEER WORK - Opportunities Galore
34. EDUCATiON - Museum Motoring – SEEDS
35. MY LIFE - Quilting in Qatar
39. HEALTH - Repatriation
43. Mountain Gorilla
46. SIDELONG GLANCES - The American Dream
48. HISTORY - Goodbye Old Chap – A life at Sea

Issue 53, December 2009
Focus on Cultural Experiences

2. Credits
3. Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Contents
5. Writing for Destinations
6. Amusing International Laws
7. Trying Tai Chi
11. A Special Cultural Experience in Bahrain
14. Ice Blessings
16. Happy New Year for the 20th March!
18. Being in Beijing
21. Culturally speaking
24. A Scottish Funeral
27. Becoming a Mum in Brunei
30. Double Dutch
33. Two sides of life
36. SPORT - Ceremonial Sumo
40. SECRET CONFESSION - Flowers, what flowers?
42. SECRET CONFESSION - Wood you commit a crime
44. SIDELONG GLANCES - It’s the way we do things around here
46. EDUCATION - Teaching through the pandemic
48. CAREER - An Artist on the Move
51. REVIEW - How to be a Global Grandparent
52. BACK PAGE - Cultural Experiences

Issue 52, September 2009
Focus on Asia

2. Credits
3. Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Contents
5. Did you know...?
6. Exploring Borneo
8. Coconuts and coffee
11. Settling in Singapore
14. Tripping over Textiles
17. Outlook and Opinion Brunei
20. Double Trouble
23. Sentimental over Singapore
25. A Philippine Education
28. Outlook and Opinion Bintulu
30. In the land of Head-hunters
33. Archive - What's in a name?
34. Teen Profile and Leaving Poem
35. Dolphin
39. How to build a mobile nest
41. HEALTH - Malaria
45. SIDELONG GLANCES - It ain't half hot Mum
47. MY LIFE - Buzzing Beijing
50. REVIEW - Putamayo
51. REVIEW - Rough Guide Malaysia
52. BACK PAGE - Cultural Experiences

Issue 51, June 2009
Focus on Norway

2. Credits
3. Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Contents
6. Misty evenings
9. Heading 'home'
11. Work/life balance
14. The path of heroes
17. Worldly lessons
19. Energy, Vision and Modesty - Norwegian Style
22. Outlook and opinion
25. Cut! That's a wrap
28. Kids profile
29. Poem: A moving landscape
30. ARCHIVES - From the archive
31. ECONOMICS - Money: The good, the bad and the really ugly
36. LIFE AFTER SHELL - Picnics in Provence
38. MY LIFE - Every child is different
41. HEALTH - Seasonal Affective Disorder
45. SIDELONG GLANCES - For guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools
47. CAREER - Erik hagen
50. BOOK REVIEW - Call me Okassan Diplomatic Baggage

Issue 50, March 2009
Focus on Brazil

2. Credits
3. Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Contents
6. off-road in Brazil
6. It's a wild life
10. A climbing culture
13. Carnival
15. Feijoada (black bean stew) and Caipirinha drink
17. Out on the street
19. Shell project better world
21. Outlook and Opinion
23. B is for Brazil
25. Insider Guide
27. Culture Shock
29. Cultural shock
31. Kids Profile
33. Only a nasty habit
35. Mother tongue
38. Global Survey sharpens focus on partner employment needs
40. Living in a boat
42. Judy Moody-stuart literary prize
44. Live smart-the role of health screening tests
48. Culinary delights
50. Global Outpost
51. Culinary Writing for Destination

Issue 49, December 2008
Focus on No kids, will travel

2. Credits
3. Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Contents
5. Beckoning Waterway
6. From Singapore with a suitcase
9. Over the hill(s) at fifty
11. Young and single in sakhalin
14. Join the club
16. Zen and the art of motorcycle relocation
18. India to Amsterdam
19. Just the two of us
20. Keep on movin'
22. Welcome to the Jungle
24. My life - The jungles of Borneo
26. Outpost
29. Bhutan or Bust
31. Stromy Mountain Kinabalu
34. Ah, The freedaon of Ski!
37. Sustainable Style
40. Geneva Calling
44. Career - Alcohol Faq's
46. Hurricane hits Home
The expatriate Archive centre

Issue 48, September 2008
Focus on Libya

2. Credits
3. Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Contents
5. Libya at a glance
6. Road to nowhere
9. Fifty years ago
11. Living in Libya with your pets
14. In and Out
16. Diary of a nomad
18. Kid's profile
19. Dodgem cars
20. No place like home
22. Sidelong glances - So long summer...
24. My life - The jungles of Borneo
26. My life - "Can we go home now mummy!"
29. My life - A letter from China
31. Environment - In with the trash
34. On location - Other side of the world
37. On location - The sensory experience of Egypt
40. Health - Travel health and children
44. Career - Kitchen knives in a briefcase
46. Expatriate Archive centre - An independant Foundation

Issue 47, June 2008
Focus on Bangalore

2. Credits
3. Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Contents
5. Bangalore at a glance
6. A true adventure
10. City of contrasts
12. Ah India - Sidelong glances
14. Saravanan in Amsterdam
18. Entertainment Bangalore style
20. Might is right
24. Spouse work permits
26. No regrets
30. My life - The expat meme machine
34. My life - Where did I leave my lifestyle
36. My career - Have you ever felt like this?
38. My career - PDP and gold
40. My career - Teaching in Doha
42. Health - Computers: The health risk for children
46. Archive centre - The Expatriate Archive Centre
47. Profile - Cyprus' Woman of Europe
50. Profile - An artist on the move

Issue 46, March 2008
Focus on Qatar

2. Credits
3. Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Contents
5. Qatar at a glance
6. Doha for beginners
9. Qatar - what you make of it
10. Camping in Qatar
12. Kitesurfing
14. Establishing a Dutch school
17. Compass International school
18. Lots to do in Doha
22. Teenage fun in Doha
24. A difficult adjustment
26. Compound living in Qatar
28. The mobile GP
30. My life - Return to Port Harcourt RA
34. Environment - The Netherland Polders
37. Career - Colour my day
39. My life - Miri
42. Health - Colic
46. Sidelong glances - Misbehaving
48. Personal profile - Golfer
50. Outpost news - Pre-assignement visits

Issue 45, December 2007
Focus on Frontier Locations

2. Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Home in the Wild West
6. Haircuts in a foreign language
7. Destination Tripoli
8. Welcome to Kazakhstan
9. New Frontiers
10. Expat pioneers in Sakhalin
12. "Fairy tale with fallout"
15. Challenges in Abuja
16. Adventures in Angola
17. The language barrier
18. Frontier life - situation normal
20. Career - Tzu Chen Chen - artist
22. Career - Poacher turned gamekeeper...
23. Environment - Green expats in Perth
24. Health - Fruit & vegetables. Is fresh always better?
26. From Outpost - International mobility
28. Archive Centre - Global grandparents at the Archive

Issue 44, September 2007
Focus on Moscow

2. Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Russian style kindergarten
6. An unusual sport
7. The Russian dacha
8. Half way round the world
10. Ice hockey in Moscow
12. ‘Switching’ countries
13. The famous Moscow Metro
14. Moscow - a decade on
16. You shall go as a bauble
17. The Tretiakov Gallery
18. Career - Re-starting my career
19. Career - Keeping the business
20. Information technology - Blogging: Creating a family website
21. Sidelong glances - When in Rome
22. Health - Air travel
24. My life - Adventures in Kyrgyzstan
26. My life - Meet the expert: Robin Pascoe
27. From Outpost - London celebrates tenth birthday
28. Archive Centre - Moscow at the archive

Issue 43, June 2007
Focus on Scotland

2. Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Experiencing the old and the new
5. Fou’s yer dous?
6. Get out your dancing shoes
7. You play the bagpipes?
8. Aberdeen - city of opportunities
9. Eating in Scotland
10. The glories of Lochnagar
11. Scots Wha Hae!
12. Teaching in Aberdeen
14. World Heritage Sites
16. Famous Shell Expat - Charles Handy
18. My life - Khabarovsk, Trans-Siberian Railway and Lake Baikal
20. My life - Home with a husband
21. Career - A new life in Glasgow
22. Health - Will a warmer planet be a sicker planet?
24. My life - Responsible guests - the green way
25. Sidelong glances - Wings over the world
26. From Outpost - What’s in Damascus for me?
28. Archive Centre - A good year at the Archive Centre

Issue 42, March 2007
Focus on Oman

2. Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Challenged by the sand
6. Oman and its people
8. ‘Doesn’t your child deserve a safe ride?’
10. Oman provides inspiration for artists
11. The Caledonian Society of Oman
12. Oman to Holland by car
14. Sunsets, turtles and doing the shopping
15. Happy to be back
16. Eating and drinking - New country, new food
18. My life - Fort McMurray, North of nowhere
20. My life - Leaving Nigeria
21. Archive centre - Old times, new times
22. Health - Cosmetic plastic surgery
24. Your career - Planned Travel London
25. Your career - ‘Who am I now that I don’t work anymore?’
26. Sidelong glances - Cafe society
27. Outpost news - The JMS literary prize 2007
28. Outpost news - Filming in Iran

Issue 41, December 2006
Focus on the Voluntary Work

2. Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Sisters of Charity - Okpara Inland
6. The best Jumbalaya in town
7. Butterflies, beetles, bugs and bees
8. Teacher or student?
10. Lastoska Orphanage
11. Volunteers sans frontiers / Visits to Dom Ribienka
12. Standing up against breast cancer
13. Why volunteer?
14. Teaching English in Miri
15. Community Counselling in the Hague
16. To volunteer or not to volunteer
18. Equador Summer
19. Raising funds for Indonesia
20. Eating and drinking - Vegetarian abroad
22. Your health - International adoption
24. My life - Hit by an earthquake
26. Sidelong glances - Little land of contrasts
27. Archive centre

Issue 40 , September 2006
Focus on the Singapore

2. Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. A Home in Singapore
6. I ♥ living in Singapore because...
7. 24 hours in Lion city
8. Singapore... Feng Shui in action
10. Happy years in Singapore
11. My suitcase
12. Eating Singapore style
13. A famous Shell expatriate - Roald Dahl
16. My Life - So what's new then?
18. Your career - A new opportunity in Buenos Aires
19. Sidelong glances - Summer in the city
20. Your Health - Autism
22. Children - Relocating with special children
24. A short story - Dogtail
26. Outpost news - GOS
28. Archive centre

Issue 39, June 2006
Focus on the Gabon

2. Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Pitonga: sharing the beauty
6. Gabon – a child’s perspective
7. Schooling in Camp Yenzi, Gabon
8. Shell’s best kept secret
9. Healthcare in Gabon
10. Weird and wonderful
12. Gabon - a researcher’s perspective
13. Family living in an African paradise
14. Linda Cook - a sidelong glance
15. Sharon Montgomery leaves the building
16. No ordinary New Years Eve
18. The abandoned niños of Cochabamba Seasons
20. Spring in Holland
21. Spring in Sakhalin
22. ADHD
24. A new breed - The expat entrepeneur
25. Home leave
26. Global Outpost Conference 2006 - a personal experience
27. A brief overview from Global Outpost Services
28. A volunteer’s view of the Sourcebook project

Issue 38, March 2006
Focus on the Netherlands

2. Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Going Dutch
6. Bathing belles What’s in a name?
7. Adjusting to Dutch life, Asian style
8. A national obsession
9. Tap Clogs
10. Living Up-Over
12. Dutch contradictions
14. Shell What makes them go?
15. Diversity & inclusiveness It ain’t what you say…
16. My life A broken leg in the Amazon
18. Your career Career sacrifice or opportunity for growth?
20. Your health Obesity: the energy imbalance
22. Your health Depression: a portable illness
23. Outpost news Outpost goes local
24. My life My life as a chatelaine
26. Celebrations Diwali Nite
27. Archive Centre No snow in Texas

Issue 37, December 2005
Focus on Life After Shell

2. Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4. Ari Jungslager: a life through the lens
6. Getting the sums right
7. Be prepared!
8. Keep moving and cherish your friends
10. Putting down roots
11. My sub-contracting days are over…
12. We wanted more
14. I’m not going to rust out
15. Leap out of bed every morning…
16. Interview: Catching the tiger by the tail
18. Far horizons: The last mosaics of Sakhalin
20. Your health: Genes, lifestyle and ageing
22. My life: News from Mwanza
24. Education: Learning on the move
26. An attractive option
27. Archive Center: Celebrating life

Issue 36, September 2005
Focus on New Zealand

2.Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4.Wowed by Wellington
   How to win friends...
6.Gardening with my lamb
   Taranaki
7.Kiwi English
8.Parents on adrenalin
10.The third island
11.It began with the magic bus
12.Does the Prime Minister wear shoes?
13.Outpost news:
     Outpost The Hague
     Outpost London
14.Shell Partners: The Hub hots up
15. My life: A shower in Sierra Leone
16. My life: The high life in Dubai
18.Your career: A new face in Kuala Lumpur
19.Have skills, will travel
20.Education: A new International School in The Hague
22.Your Health: More alternative ways to health
24.Looking back: My suitcase
26.Connections: SPINNING a common thread
27.Archive Centre: Two family albums

Issue 35, June 2005
Focus on China

2.Credits/Editorial: Letter from the Editor
4.Coming home to China
6.Travelling the Silk Road
8.The Nanhai Project: Life in Daya Bay
10.To make a difference: Dayawan GIVES
12.Do you speak Chinese?
14.In love with Yun brocade
16.Professing in Beijing
17.My life in China
18.The expat bubble / The Martians have landed!
19.From Careers & Development
20.Impressions of Nigeria
22.Alternative ways to health
24.A VIP reception
25.Have you read this?
26.A thriving primary school

Issue 34, March 2005
Focus on Canada

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Alberta from A to Z
6. Eight seconds on a rodeo ride
8. Have you got what it takes to be a Canadian?
9. Living in the deep-freeze
    East v West
10.Really going places
11.A different kind of Sunday
12."The mountains shall bring peace to the people"
14.A lifeline of friends
15.Meet our designer
16.Aussies on the loose
18.After the tsunami
20.Natural disasters: helping children to cope
22.Living with job uncertainty
24.Consequences of a posting
25.Football fever!
26.Wedded away from home

Issue 33, December 2004
Focus on Where is home?

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Creating a sense of belonging
6. Home is where the bed is
8. My definition of home
9. A house is just a house...
10. Building homes on shifting sands
12. What makes me Irish?
12. My home is your home
13. Little things that make me a home
14. Snapshots of home
16. Choices for retirement
18. Question time: for John Hofmeister
20. Far horizons: Update on ADESA
22. Celebration: A do-it-yourself Christmast
23. Celebration: Silent night?
24. Your health: Avoiding influenza
25. Outpost Family Archive Centre: Married 'by glove'
26. Outpost News: No problems in Houston
27. Outpost News: Spotlight on careers
28. Outpost News: Outposts on the map

Issue 32, September 2004
Focus on South America

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Touched through glass
6. Island of stone monoliths
7. Close encounters on Galapagos
8. Cruising to Antartica
10. Cataratas Iguazu
12. Carnival in Rio
13. Fact and fiction in Colombia
14. From gauchos to tango
16. Road rules in Rio
17. Your health: Dengue fever
18. Outpost news: Outpost conference report
19. Outpost news: Hidden depths
20. Observations: Life's a beach!
22. My Life: Fast Food with a French flavour
24. Diversity and Inclusiveness: Understanding the Dutch
25. Postcard from the Dominican Republic: Uses for a machete
26. Outpost Family Archive Centre: From the sources
27. Good to know: About ACCESS
28. Good to know: Global Outpost Services

Issue 31, June 2004
Focus on UK

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Do's and Don'ts in the UK
6. What's in a name?
7. Cheap chiq
8. Pennine ramblers
9. Train travel in Britain
10. Teaching the English... English
12. British grub
14. Pity the poor repatriate!
16. Education: Boarding - A Dutch perspective
18. Far horizons: Faces of Cambodia
20. Going Home: Reverse Culture Shock
21. Shell partners: University - the Shell way
21. Shell partners: What makes them go?
22. Your health: Sleep apnoea
24. Events: Global nomads on the move
25. Outpost Family Archive Centre: From the sources
26. Outpost news: Global Outpost Services has arrived
27. Outpost news: SmartWired - a new family initiative

Issue 30 , March 2004
Focus on Brunei Darussalam

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Brunei ABC
6. Unexpected treasures ...Rigs mean fish
7. Rare birds in Panaga
8. Sporrans at the ready!
9. The joys of 'domestic wildlife'
10. A pleasant tropical surprise
11. At the Club
12. New ways of learning
13. Teenagers and camp life
14. First stop: Outpost Brunei
15. Interview with Dawna Markova
16. Diversity and inclusiveness: How to be an Australian
17. Diversity and inclusiveness: Family fun in Ogunu Camp
18. Shell partners: Supporting males
20. Celebrations: Home for Hari Raya
22. We were there: Something was out there!
24. Your health: The risks of heart disease
26. My life: Say it Yorùbá
27. Outpost Archive Centre: From the sources

Issue 29, December 2003
Focus on Children

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Boeings in Bintulu
5. My Life in Abu Dhabi
6. Bamidele's Travels
7. Me and da expats!
8. Starting ........over
9. Nannies I have known
10. Children of Bintulu talk about ...moving around
11. When I left ....
12. What do we think about moving around?
13. I was an expat child
16. Education - Boarding School
18. My Life - a Pilot in Greece
19. My Life - New Hope in Angola
20. Far Horizons - Kazakhstan
22. Shell is learning
23. Archive Centre - Second Anniversary
24. Project Better World: Volunteers in Mongolia
26. Your Health: Common childhood ilnesses
27. Arts - Cinderella on Sakhalin
28. Outpost News: A day in the Life.....

Issue 28, September 2003
Focus on Houston

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Positively Houston
5. Sweet Deals
6. Memories of Houston
7. Urban Cowboys
8. Re-educating Drivers, Texan style
9. Texan family in Europe
9. The Agony and the Ecstasy
10. Two Nations, Divided...
11. The Joy of Loneliness
12. America: Land of Opportunity
13. Outpost News: Calling Houston
14. Feedback: Is it true what they say about Nigeria?
16. Framing the Cadman Medal
18. But Where is Home?
20. Claudine's Story
21. The Geological Dining Society
22. Congo Rescue
24. Your Health: The Changes of Puberty
26. Marketing Yourself
28. Getting a Visa for Nigeria

Issue 27, June 2003
Focus on Japan

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Life in the land of the Rising Sun
5. Did you know?
6. Ice Festival in Hokkaido
7. Yokohama - Whre's That?
8. A Room with a View
9. Japanese Arts & Craft
11. The Outpost Page
12. Making a Difference...Caravan for Cancer
14. Making a Difference...Autism Support Group
15. Postcard from...Australia - Kangaroo Island
16. Saudi Wedding
18. Outpost Year of the Child
19. Third Culture Kids
22. Health matters: Depression and Anxiety Disorders
24. Four Decades of diving in Brunei
26. Woman on Board
28. Dimension of the Expat Worksforce

Issue 26, March 2003
Focus on Nigeria

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Calabar’s top five attractions: Golf courses in Port Harcourt
5. A househusband in Port Harcourt
6. Another kind of life
7. Travelling in Northern Nigeria
8. Obudu Cattle Ranch
9. Climbing Mount Cameroun
10. The arrival: Mixing business with pleasure
11. Informations Centres around the world
12. Postcard from…Santo Domingo
13. Postcard from…Australia: Paronella Park
14. A partner’s view: To go or not to go?
16. Raising globe trotters
18. Health matters: Are you really fit to travel?
20. Frequent flyer blues
22. Outpost Website news
23. Spouse Employment Centre
24. The ideal house
26. Looking back...on Brunei
28. Variety is the spice of life

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Bintulu: then ...... and now
6. Home and garden companions
    Scuba Diving at Beting Nyabau
7. Gawai Antu: a celebration of life and death
8. A multicultural society
9. Volunteering in Miri:
    From down under to Borneo
10. Good Evans! A female firefighter!
12. Health Matters: Menopause
14. Human Interest: Report from Courtroom
16. Making a Difference: An open door to Indonesia
18. Outpost Library News
19. SEC
20. A poem of a different kind
21. Sports Page: On the brown in two
22. Shell participants in the 5th World Master Games
23. Coping with unaccompanied status
24. Letters to the Editor

Issue 24, September 2002
Focus on The Caribbean and Central America

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Men with machetes
5. Top ten sights
6. Life on the island
7. Matthew's letter
8. One of the greatest pleasures ever
9. The quetzal and the chainsaw
10. Postcard from Oman: A day at the races
11. The Arts Page: When Tai-chi meets Yoga
12. Health Matters: Learning disabilities
14. Interview with Ewout Holst: Wunderkind of the waves
16. Making a Difference: An ocean of wisdom
17. Making a Difference: Smaller in stature, but not in spirit
18. Human Interest: Education matters
20. Outpost BARBADOS
21. Outpost ARCHIVE CENTRE
22. SEC's networking reception
23. Humour: Furniture

Issue 23, June 2002
Focus on Sakhalin

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Sakhalin: paradise or hell?
5. Earthquake!
6. To school by sledge
7. Extra hug for orphans
8. Getting outdoors
9. Painting
10. Expets
11. To have or have not....
12. Education matters
14. The boarding option
15. Small shop, big business
16. Abu Dhabi
18. Shell Health Services
20. Fourth global Outpost conference
21. A century of families in oil
22. Shell joins partnerjob.com
23. Noticeboard

Issue 22, March 2002
Focus on Norway

2. Letter from the Editor
4. Focus on Sweden
5. Focus on Norway
10. Education
12. First Impression of Prague
14. Last letter from Santo Domingo
16. Health Matters: Ectopic Pregnancy
18. Spouse Employment Centre
19. OUTPOST News
20. Cappadocia visited
22. Humour
23. Looking Back on Venezuela
24. Whale and Dolphins of Oman