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In this thesis I focus on the day-to-day experiences of those doing aid work. The basic unit of my research entails company backed Western expatriate aid professionals. Throughout this research I examine how the motives to migrate and their cultural background shape their experience of home in Kampala, Uganda. The main focus is on their home creation and its relationship with lifestyle migration. I begin with an explanation of what drives expatriates, which lifestyle they strive for, and which suppositions are at the basis of their migration. Then I go into detail in the factors that make them feel 'at home in the world'. This evokes an explanation of the peculiar spaces that they establish and inhabit during their stay abroad, referred to as 'bubble' or 'cocoon'. More specifically, I explore how they form a social home, organized in a lifestyle enclave and how this relates to lifestyle migration. Subsequently, I reflect upon the challenges, unexpected realities, and feelings of connection and disconnection. Despite their privileged travel, I question whether their life is as good, easy, and worthwhile as they hoped for.