The Good (And Affordable) Life In Playa Del Carmen Playa del Carmen is a little beach town that sits about an hour south of Cancún on Mexico’s Riviera Maya. Once a sleepy fishing town, the port was inadvertently put on the map by Jacques Cousteau in 1954 when he filmed an underwater documentary of the…
Bienvenidos A Mexico: Halfway House For Expats Panama has been called the ultimate halfway house for American expats. But I disagree… For those who aren’t ready to launch themselves into a truly foreign culture… who want some familiar comforts, reliable services, and to be able to get by in English… Mexico is the ticket. It’s…
Medellín: A Modern-Day Cinderella Story With our virtual event on Colombia coming up soon, I’ve been thinking back on good memories of this wonderful country… Again this week I refer to Wendy Howarter’s recent Overseas Living Letter issue on her adopted home town of Medellín…
What We’re Getting Up To In Lockdown… Last week I wrote about not letting lockdown keep you down… specifically, that we should all keep dreaming our travel dreams and making our plans despite the delays that the coronavirus will impose on us all. I spoke with our Events Team this past week about their lockdown…
I’m Back… But What’s Going On Here? It was 10:30 on a Saturday night, just when we were deciding on dessert or not… Our phones dinged… along with everyone else’s in the restaurant. The text message was an announcement from the French government. We only had another hour to eat before this café—along with all the…
Top 4 Overseas Investments To Make Right Now When considering any potential investment, begin by asking yourself whether you are buying more for capital appreciation or for cash flow. At this stage of my investment career… as I get closer each day to “retirement”—I’m looking to add more cash flow components to my real estate…
Last week I began a list of things you’ll need to think about when you’re planning for a move overseas. This week, we continue… 6. Get Your Affairs In Order Go paperless on all accounts and make sure you know how to use online banking. Don’t close any bank accounts, but change your address on file…
New Year, New Home—Part I We’re but a couple of days to the New Year… The last holiday in the seasonal marathon and one that causes excitement and anxiety in equal measures around the world. The potential and the promise… yet also the expectation and the daunting. The optimist sees the shiny, golden path paved…
Feliz Navidad In Panama We’re just two days from Christmas, and, in Panama, parrots fly from palm tree to palm tree overhead, the heat doesn’t let up from its consistent 80+ degrees, but, nonetheless, the fact that the holidays are near is no less evident than it is in colder places around the globe… Panama loves…
Overseas For The Holidays—Part II We’re just over a week from Christmas, and for the past few weeks most of the world has been gripped by the seasonal rush… buying gifts, decorating indoors and out, baking cookies, and humming along to the Christmas songs that have taken over store radios. I’ll admit I’m a sucker…
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