Etiquette For Traveling, Living, And Retiring In Ecuador
I traveled to Ecuador for the first time nearly 20 years ago and lived in the country—in Cuenca and in ...
Tag: Travel
The Unvarnished Truth About The Digital Nomad Lifestyle
Digital nomads enjoy sharing photos of themselves working from paradisiacal locations. There they sit, laptop in lap, toes in the ...
How I Used My Writing Skills To Build My Own Business
I sat across the street in my car staring at the door to building number 824. I was 21 years ...
How To Beat Jet Lag: A Guide To Avoiding Timezone Tiredness
Tips, Tricks, And Advice To Help You Avoid Jet Lag Ask any frequent flier what they dislike most about long-distance ...
A Look At Copenhagen: Rich History And Real Pleasures
Over the past several summers, Lief and I have been leading our children on a do-it-ourselves Grand Tour in series. ...
[Q&A] Paris Travel Tips, Personal Favorites, And Things To Do
France has always been serious about collecting tax revenues. Starting in the 16th century and continuing until the French Revolution, ...
10 Essential Pieces Of Travel Gear For Every World Traveler
Ready to pack your bags and go satisfy your wanderlust? Be sure to have this list checked first. We’ve put ...
Border Restriction Sparks Tourism Blues For Chiang Mai
Since June 27, 2016, restrictions on tourists driving into Thailand from Laos have been in place as a way to ...
U.S. Flights To Cuba Resume
The first scheduled flight from the United States to Cuba in over 50 years left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 9:45 ...
Question Of The Week: What Nationality Is A Baby Born In Flight?
As you’d expect, there’s no straight answer to this one. And, it happens a lot more than you might think. ...
9 Things They Never Tell You About Living Overseas
Take our word for it. No matter how much due diligence you've done... no matter how ready you are for ...
Best Bookshop In The World
The small town of Oia on Santorini, a Greek island in the South Aegean Sea, is home to what some ...
National Day In Vietnam
Vietnam held a military parade on Wednesday to celebrate the country's 70th anniversary of the August Revolution. Around 30,000 people, ...
Biometric Data Collection At EU Borders
The European Commission seeks to establish a smart borders entry-exit System in the EU. Currently under consideration, this system, reserved ...
Eruptions in Ecuador
Cotopaxi volcano has been erupting since late last week, covering roads and homes with volcanic ash. Eruptions in Ecuador have shot ...
Colombia, Exciting International Travel Bargain
Colombia could be the best travel bargain in the world right now because of great exchange rates in almost any ...
Top 5 Ways To Celebrate Your Retirement
It’s over. A lifetime of work, even if it’s work you love, takes its toll. You’ve probably spent the last ...
Caribbean Holidays Fouled By Stinking Seaweed
Authorities throughout the Caribbean are releasing emergency funds to clean up huge masses of pungent, decaying seaweed. The odor from ...
Travel And Adventure In Kunming, China
Kunming, China—Not Ready For Retire Overseas Prime Time Vicki and I are in Kunming, China, for two months. We walk ...
Brisbane & Sydney, Australia, Appealing Snowbird & Travel Options
The Ups And Downs Of Life Down Under Vicki and I recently flew to Australia to visit friends in Brisbane ...
Rivers, Ruins, And Rainforest In Cayo, Belize
This Place Is Always An Adventure Returning recently to what has been one of my favorite places on earth since ...
Granada, Nicaragua, Is One Of The World’s Top Travel And…
Playing Hooky In Granada—This Place Gets Under Your Skin I felt like a schoolgirl playing hooky. We awoke early Friday ...
Money And Other Tips For Travel In Poland
Seven Things To Know Before Traveling To Poland Vicki and I are in Poland, our first time here. We like ...
Travel And Touring In Istanbul, Turkey
Like Tourists In Istanbul Two weeks anywhere isn't enough time to do anything more than be a tourist. You can't ...
Why You Should Be Considering Cali, Colombia
Friendly, Pleasant, Welcoming, Safe, And Cheap—This City Is Not What You Think It Is We started the afternoon with a ...
Choose The Overseas Retirement Haven That’s Right For You
Who Should Retire Overseas Where? Where should you retire overseas? Or, considered from a different angle, who should retire overseas ...
Reasons Expats Are Moving To Panama
No More Rat Race—One More Case For Panama While Lief and others from our Panama City office have spent the ...
The Exodus Of Expats Overseas
Yep, It's A Trend “Would you say this is a trend...and that it is growing?” the reporter who interviewed me ...
Belize Cost Of Living
The Secret To Getting The Best Deals Even If You're A Gringo "Whether it's to escape the cold, to get out ...
Retiring In Belize Part II
Belize Real Estate Round-up Belize is a small country (about the size of Massachusetts) that offers amazing geographic and ecological ...
Benefits Of A Second Passport
Reciprocity, Baby! Panama is truly a convenient place to live if you want to travel around Latin America. A recent ...
Panama’s Jungle Community
Gamboa—Real Rain Forest Escape Just Outside Panama City A friend and I hopped in the car a few Saturdays ago ...
20,000 Readers And Counting
More Than 20,000 Real-Life Success Stories And Counting A reporter recently got in touch to ask how many people I've inspired ...
One Of The Greatest Melting Pots
A German And A Venezuelan Meet In Costa Rica And Move To Panama... Our Marketing Manager, Ines, is German. Ines ...
Top 10 Warm Weather Havens
10 Sunniest Places To Launch A New Life Abroad Here are the top 10 most affordable tropical destinations, the best places ...
Your Guide To Overseas Retirement
How To Retire Overseas, Part 1 On this final Sunday of 2013, I challenge you to get up and get ...
Christmas Traditions Overseas
Christmas In Ecuador--The Sacred And The Profane For tourists and foreign residents, Cuenca's Christmas Eve Pase del Niño parade, or Passing ...
Culture And History In Paris
From Swamp To Marsh To Magnifique—Life In Paris' Historic Marais The Marais literally means "marsh," and that is exactly what this ...
Trader Jack’s Bazaar
Ever On The Trail Of The World’s Most Awesome Stuff When he was 9-years-old, our son Jack declared that he ...
Worldwide Corruption
Lessons Learned In 20+ Years Living And Investing Overseas—The Time I Paid A Bribe We Americans seem to believe that ...
Staying Compliant With FATCA
The Prince, The Oil Heiress, And A Tax Legacy For Us All In 1964, Prince von Furstenburg was invited by ...
Recent News On The Philippines
This City Of Gentle People Remains A Top Retirement Choice This month’s Overseas Retirement Letter, in subscribers’ e-mailboxes now, features ...
French Lifestyle
La Belle France (Your New Life Here Could Be More Affordable Than You Think) In rural France, businesses and shops ...
Build Your Own Hostel Overseas
Clearly a tourism-based establishment, running a hostel can be a lucrative endeavor if you do it right. The market for ...
International Living: Paris To Panama
A Paris Perspective I wrote the feature article for this month’s issue of my Panama Letter (on Casco Viejo, due ...
Culture And Tradition In Paris
Just Choose A Direction (Why Paris Is The Most Visited City On Earth) Paris is possibility. All the best of ...
Spanish-Colonial Colombia
Celebrating 200 Years Of Freedom And Memories Of Things Forgotten In Santa Fe De Antioquia It’s a big year for ...
Retiring To Colombia
Cobblestones And Courtyards—The Best Of Spanish-Colonial Retirement I appreciate few things more than the charm and splendor of a well-kept ...
Tour de France
Champagne For Breakfast And Tastings All Afternoon Three generations work together at Ruffin et Fils, a small champagne house in ...
Life In Medellin
Sunday At The Finca—Country Life At Its Most Appealing Above urbane and sophisticated Medellin is another plane. Up here, in ...
