Lief and I have tromped a lot of beaches. From Nicaragua to Belize, from Uruguay to Ecuador, from the shores...
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Read moreWhat happens to your assets overseas when you die? None of us likes to think about dying... but today I'll...
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Read moreI was vacationing in the Caribbean all the time. I was working 50 weeks a year, then I spent every...
Read moreWhat if you could go anywhere, do anything, and spend your time and your money any way you wanted? As...
Read moreThree years ago, my wife and I made the leap. We moved halfway around the world, to Portugal. Maybe we...
Read moreHelena Hess was originally attracted to Belize for its diving. She wasn’t even thinking about retirement when she made her...
Read morePortugal is home to Europe’s best beaches, 1,115 miles of coastline, and 300 days a year (3,300 hours) of sunny...
Read moreWhy... how... and where.Those are the three big questions to answer as you consider the world map in the context...
Read moreChristmas In The Emerald Isle iStock/eugene_remizov Our seven Christmases in Ireland, we could never bring ourselves to participate in one...
Read moreWhen I was growing up in Kansas, fish meant Mrs. Paul's Fish Sticks in the frozen department of the grocery...
Read moreThese days, as you know, Lief and I are dividing our time between Panama and Paris. This holiday season 2022,...
Read moreGot a good poker face? Or maybe you have a good pinochle hand? Perhaps you long to meditate or perfect...
Read moreBelize, a nation of immigrants, has adopted and adapted Christmas traditions from abroad and combined them with Mayan traditions that...
Read moreThis is the time of year to remember, recalibrate, regroup, and reset your sights. Where have you been... and, more...
Read moreSince 2004, the Fundación Bolívar has been helping foreigners, both resident and visiting the country, to share their time, their...
Read moreThe FIFA World Cup is nearly here. By now your Panini sticker albums should be complete and days off work...
Read moreTheodore Roosevelt wanted to extend U.S. power and reach. He wanted a strong navy, and he wanted his naval force...
Read moreIt’s been nearly four years since I packed my bags and left the tropics. I have to admit that I...
Read more"In 2013 my wife Carolyn and I decided we needed a change. Our lives in Hawaii were stalled." Dusty Tubbs...
Read moreWe often refer to the Hub of the Americas as the world’s #1 “do-anything haven.” Whether you’re looking to retire,...
Read moreWhile I waited, I wandered from room to room. It was the house I'd had in mind since the day...
Read moreSixteen years ago I flew into sunny, cosmopolitan Barcelona and thought what a great place this would be to live,...
Read moreWorried about soaring utility costs? You're not alone. Over the past year, energy costs across the United States have increased...
Read moreEver gone on vacation and fallen in love with the place you were visiting? Perhaps you even fantasized about what...
Read moreThe friendliest spot in Belize? If you ask me, that's Ambergris Caye, the little island just offshore from where we're...
Read moreFor me and Belize, it was love at first sight. From the first morning I arrived in Belize City, some...
Read moreAs the world continues to push through our pandemic era, working from home has become a fact of life. What...
Read moreThere is a scene in the 2003 movie "Under The Tuscan Sun" that I now can identify as the moment...
Read moreIt might seem that retiring abroad alone could present additional challenges… That taking this big leap on your own could...
Read moreAsia is the world’s cheapest place to live, full stop. However, Latin America also offers a very low cost of...
Read moreIf you could have any view from your window, what would you most like it to be?Over the three-and-a-half decades...
Read moreWhen Peta Lowry looks from her window, she sees a beautiful valley and the Apennine Mountains. “I pinch myself looking...
Read moreI've spoken with lots of potential expats who are trying to choose between Cuenca, Ecuador, and Medellín, Colombia... even though...
Read moreI’ve been hosting conferences on living, retiring, and investing overseas for more than 30 years. At these events I’ve met...
Read moreMexico is still North America... and it can be helpful to remind ourselves of this fact when we think about...
Read moreAs the train pulled into Plunkett Station a week later, I sized up my situation. I was traveling alone with...
Read moreHere’s one of my favorite retire-overseas stories… "About a year ago, my wife and I made the leap," writes Terry...
Read moreIf you’re considering a move overseas and—like most North Americans— you’ve accumulated a lifetime’s worth of stuff, you will need...
Read moreDo I feel more or less American living overseas? I get this question a lot. I've been living outside the...
Read moreWe give a lot of virtual ink to Latin America… And for good reason. This region checks three of the...
Read moreThe strict gun laws in these countries can make owning a gun anywhere from difficult to impossible. If you’re thinking...
Read moreAbove Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus's main tourist town, perched in the foothills of the Kyrenia Mountain Range, is the unbelievably beautiful...
Read moreAsia boasts the most cost-friendly places anywhere on Earth to call home. Pockets of India, Vietnam, and Thailand, for example,...
Read moreThis August, we're hosting our first-ever Live And Invest In Latin America Virtual Conference to help you get acquainted with...
Read moreWhen is the right time for you to make a move overseas? Right now. OK, I don't know you personally,...
Read moreHow does up-and-comer Medellín, Colombia, rate versus long-standing number-one retire-overseas choice Panama City? Here's how I'd lay this out... Panama...
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