What happens when a global crisis forces you to rethink everything? For Mark and Hazel, two long-time British expats, COVID wasn’t just an inconvenience.

Living under some of the harshest restrictions imaginable in Australia opened their eyes to the truth about the direction of the Western world and led them to seek Plan-B options elsewhere.

In today’s episode, my colleague Marc Clair sits down with Mark and Hazel to unpack their remarkable journey.

From their time as corporate expats in Germany to escaping Australian lockdowns to building a Plan-B with multiple flags planted across Latin America, they lay out their full journey for the Expat Money Show audience.

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https://expatmoneyshow.com/episodes/381-escaping-australia

 IN TODAY’S EPISODE

• Listen in as Mark & Hazel reveal what it was really like inside Australia during COVID—and why the government’s extreme lockdowns pushed them to take action
• Learn how they rescued their daughter from Europe before Australia sealed its borders, before later facing the challenge of being forbidden to leave themselves
• Explore why Mexico became their first landing spot, and how the quiet charm of Puerto Morelos offered the calm and freedom they were seeking
• Hear why they no longer consider the UK part of their future…and how decades abroad helped them embrace a freer, more flexible way of living

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RELATED EPISODES

• 379: Retirement Beyond Borders: Tanya & Carl’s Plan-B Journey
• 377: Building an International Plan-B While Still Living in the U.S.
• 213: From The Bay Area To Mexico: An Expat Story - Ken

Speak soon,

Mikkel

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