I moved because I was offered a job, but I had no idea what the job really was (it was a client), and the whole thing from the first approach to boarding a plane was about 6 weeks (UK -> Brazil).

Worked OK, stayed for 10 years.

Nobody in other countries realises I’m a bit wierd, they jut put it down to me being a foreigner.

Also, having spent 10 years in Brazil, as an English person now back in the UK I am in a tiny minority of people who actually speak a second language fluently. It has been useful for my career, I still work with Brazilian clients.

That and the usual mind expanding change of perspective we all get from actually being fully immersed in a different culture.