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Live In Thailand ! A Guide To Living, Retiring, Working and Doing Business in Thailand.  This EscapeArtist Special Report is intended for those readers who are seriously considering moving to Thailand for a prolonged period, or perhaps for the rest of their lives. The contents focus less upon the sort of information usually found in the popular tourist guides (hotels, restaurants, entertainment etc) and more upon the practical realities of moving to and successfully living in the Land of Smiles. Thailand is a wonderful place to live, but a move to the country is not without it’s attendant difficulties. This Report aims to help the reader to achieve a smooth transition to a new life in the Kingdom - Get The Details - Click Here -

<  Disclaimer > New legislation in Belize makes this the best time in years to consider “retiring” there - Belize's newly revised “retiree” law promises to provide you much more flexibility of movement than you'll find under any similar program in another country. The new law allows you to remain in Belize indefinitely as a “tourist.” Until now, you would have had to apply for residency or leave the country every three months to renew your tourist visa. New Zealand Paradise - New Zealand Paradise - So New Zealand is your dream.  There’s no greater location to set your sights on, no country with more to offer the human spirit in search of freedom.  So let’s talk about how to make it happen.  The purpose of this article is to give you a brief overview of what you will need to know and where to begin, in order to move to New Zealand, buy property there, and start a business. Oct./06 New Zealand ~ The Final Chapter…For Now ~ by Rick Adams - Packing up everything you own including that “I just can’t live without this keepsake from the Clinton Presidential Library” and moving to the other side of the world is a big deal. For some it’s a very big deal. For others it’s just another stepping stone in the pathway to life’s adventures. Whatever the case, trust me; putting the wife, kids, cats, dogs your laptop all on a plane all at the same time and hoping for a shred of sanity by the time you settle into your newly adopted country is, well, wishful thinking at best. Aug./05 New Zealand ~ Some Not-So Important Answers To Some Important Questions! ~ by Rick Adams - Happy New Year! There are no poisonous snakes or Wal-Marts in New Zealand. To some people that may be a redundant sentence (and when I say “some people” I mean my wife Sandy and I).  But as far as we’re concerned those are two great reasons to move here. That also answers two of the thoughtful and important questions that I have received about becoming expatriates living in New Zealand. Jan/05 New Zealand - The New Silicon Valley Suburb ~ by Ruth Carlson - If any place knows the next best thing, it must be Silicon Valley, home of the computer and Internet revolution. So when I kept hearing about South Bay residents moving to New Zealand I had to investigate. The buzz started with my neighbor Kristi Ford, a marketing executive who said she was giving up her career to become a yoga instructor in New Zealand. Shortly afterwards I heard that Bardon, a winery owner, had purchased a place in Christchurch to live in half the year. Then I toured a house on the market, because, you guessed it, the couple was moving to New Zealand. May/05 Notes From Costa Rica ~ Shark ~ by Allan Weisbecker - he morning of my sixth day at Anuncio’s little village, I was about to commence my paddle out to the point when I noticed a four-foot-long sicle-shaped fin flowing seaward in the backwash by my feet. I recognized it as once as the disembodied tail fin of a fair-sized thresher shark, no doubt caught by one of the panga crews, the tail discarded after the butchering of the animal at water’s edge. I looked around for someone to ask about the prevalence of inshore sharks in the area, but both dories had already gone to sea and Anuncio was nowhere to be seen. He’d probably gone off on one of his extended beachcombing forays. Jun/05 Nova Scotia ~ Cheap Living And Retirement In Canada's Hidden Paradise ~ by Phillip Townsend - A beautiful and inexpensive place in North America where oceanfront and lakeside lots can be had for as little as $10,000 (or a charming 3-bedroom home on several acres can be yours for under $50,000). Sound like a dream? It's not. This slice of Heaven does exist. Nestled in the North Atlantic on Canada's east coast, Nova Scotia is a little-known paradise steeped in Scottish, Irish and English history. For the potential expatriate or retiree, Nova Scotia has a lot to offer...inexpensive real estate, a low cost of living, unspoiled natural environment, friendly people and lifestyle opportunities to suit virtually every taste. Jun/05 Nova Scotia by the Sea - Nova Scotia by the Sea - Sadly however there is only on thing you cannot do here in Nova Scotia.  You cannot leave with your heart intact, because I can guarantee you, a piece of your heart will remain here forever. Jun/06 Nova Scotia, Canada ~ The Unlikely PT Getaway ~ by Phillip Townsend - As an old friend of W.G. Hill, the most prolific author on the PT concept, which extols the merits of personal liberty, privacy and international living, I thought I’d address some of the advantages Nova Scotia has as haven for PT’s (Perpetual Travelers).  Being a PT means different things to different people, but Nova Scotia has a lot to offer PTs across the board: privacy, cheap real estate, a low cost of living, unspoiled natural beauty, friendly people and lifestyle opportunities to suit virtually every taste. Nov./05 On An Olive Farm In Spain ~ Zen And The Art Of Gorse Clearance ~ by Paul Read - Lets try and be positive about this. Gorse can provide a useful sanctuary for some animals and birds, I’ve seen toads and wasps for example happily co-existing within this hardy plant. Its presence, one has to admit prevents soil erosion in places that perhaps few other plants would grow.  Jun/05 On Learning The Awful Chinese Language ~ In China ~ by Antonio Graceffo - The first night I was on my own in Taichung City, I went out for some dinner. But, one problem with China is that you can’t read the street signs. Basically, I never go more than a few blocks from my house, because I can’t ask for directions. And, even if I could, I don’t know my address. Coming out of the restaurant, I got a little turned around. I knew that I was probably not more than a block from the apartment, but didn’t know where it was, exactly. On The Coast Of Spain ~ A Look At The Ecology Of Coastal Livng ~ by Paul Read - Over the last twelve months, we have seen nature at its most unforgiving: whilst the tragic tsunami hit Asia, Spain experienced freak frosts that decimated crops and fruit trees followed up a drought that many believe is one of the worst in living memory. This summer, whilst the USA was hit by Katrina we have witnessed jelly-fish invasions on the coast and tornados in Barcelona.  Jan/06 One reader writes:  “Why I’m packing up and moving to Ecuador” - Dear Fellow Reader, I returned recently from 10 days in and around Quito, Ecuador. Did I like it? The day after I returned to Sacramento, my wife and I listed our house for sale. Eight days later, we had a firm sales contract. We are now sorting furniture and personal items, giving away as much as we can, and arranging for eight weeks of one-on-one classes at Simon Bolivar Spanish School in Quito..

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Retirement Planning for Offshore Living - Retirement Planning for Offshore Living - Click Here - The advantages of outsourcing your retirement have never been better! Why not start a second "dream" career, or retire in a low cost, tropical country? Spend less than 25% of your present monthly budget while maintaining or even enhancing your lifestyle.  Say "goodbye" to your financial planner and her "advice" that you must accumulate at least $1,000,000 or more in liquid assets before you retire or leave your "day job". "Retirement Planning for Offshore Living" will become your personal coach and roadmap to "offshore living". Use the standards provided to identify, compare and analyze your optimal country and retirement or second career haven.

Quality of Life in Bogota - Quality of Life in Bogota - When I retired a few years ago I discovered that for the most part, old people in the US are forced into doing old people things, generally with other old people. I knew I wanted more than that. I had lived for the previous 15 years on a beautifully wooded ranch in a pretty rural area near Houston in Texas, but by the time I stopped work, it was surrounded by upscale subdivisions, shopping malls and Walmart. By Russel Stanley May/06
Raising a Blonde Samurai ~ Moving to Japan with Kids - Moving to Japan with Kids - Cynthia Cudmore-Mulder has lived in Fukuoka, Japan, with her Dutch-Curaçaoan husband and their young son for the past five years. In January, they'll be moving to Isla Taboga and into retirement. Of Japan, Cynthia says, "Our five years in Japan is coming to a close. With tears, affection, anger and laughter we’ve embraced our adopted culture. Japan is a wonderful country, full of new opportunities and experiences, but we are constantly reminded that we are outsiders in their contradictory world of ancient tradition, discipline, state-of-the-art electronics, and the birthplace of Pokemon. In order to survive and function here we had to be open-minded and adaptable. It is, after all, their culture, and we have loved our years in Japan." July/02.
RCBS – Irreverent Charitable Involvement ~ In Thailand? ~ by T.E. Banker - Eight empty large tour buses were arrogantly parked out there in front of the Pakred Crippled Children’s Home at 06:00AM on my way to the gym one Thursday last March.  What in God’s name are so many tourists doing out here in these boondocks at such a non-tourist-like hour, I asked myself?  Although I do not consider myself a particularly nosy person, this certainly warranted a bit more investigation, so I parked my car down the Soi a bit and strolled on in to the school itself. Aug./05
Really Rural Spain - Really Rural Spain - The city of Jaén city sprawls around the base of a pine sloped hill and a magnificent 16th century cathedral draws the eye.  Rest on stone weathered benches on the cathedral plaza under monstrous magnolia trees. There are many smaller monuments, well deserving of a maze-like stroll around the cobbled narrow streets with their profusion of flowers tumbling through wrought-iron railings. By Rachel Webb May/06
Reflections On An Expatriate Life ~ Escaping To Asia ~ by Bruce E. Pohlmann - My wife asks where I would like to drink my coffee. I take it on the veranda of our new house on the island of Sumbawa in eastern Indonesia. Feathery clouds float in an azure sky; a soothing westerly breeze ruffles the palm leaves in the front yard. It’s another day in paradise. Feb/05
Relocation and the Currency Market: Understanding the Risks - Relocation and the Currency Market: Understanding the Risks - Large corporations employ market professionals to manage billions of dollars worth of currency risk, private individuals are often left at the whim of this massive market feeling uneducated and at risk. April/06
Relocation, Relocation, Relocation! - Moving To The South Of Spain ~ by Mark FR Wilkins - Over the last few years we have heard an increasing number, perhaps apocryphal tales of UK citizens “not recognising “ the country they grew up in. Feeling alienated in their own country and looking for a way out. When you decide that you are nearing the end a busy working life, your family have fled the nest or you simply want a better quality of life for your family, your mind will inevitably wander to questions of whether there is a better quality of life to be found elsewhere. We’ve all attended those “lifestyle” shows at the NEC or Olympia where the prospect of 330 days a year of sun, a milder climate for arthritic bones, a golf course for every day of the week, international quality schooling and a magnificently diversity of influences are dangled carrot like beneath our noses. Mar/05
Relocation to Shanghai - Our Move - "My first impression is that Shanghai is BIG, exotic, with lots and lots of people, bicycles,and cars- but easy to navigate and relatively cheap to live if I don't attempt maintain a totally american lifestyle - which I didn't want to do anyway. The few chinese people I have had contact with after 5 days have been very friendly, helpful, and tolerant. A surprising number of chinese I have encountered speak some English. English is taught as a required subject in most schools. Taxis and bicycles are everywhere. I can get anywhere in the city for 2 or 3 dollars. We won't need a car here."
Renovating A Home In Mexico ~ Expats In Mexico ~ by Sandy Caputo - So you think you’d like to own a home in your newly adopted Mexico.  You’ve overcome your fear of all those horror stories of years past that the government could somehow reclaim the property. You’ve found a city that meets all your climate, cultural, cost-of-living and required services criteria. Now you’re faced with another major decision: build or renovate? Jan/05
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Offshore Real Estate Quarterly - Index - Special Edition Fall / Winter  2002 - Offshore Real Estate Quarterly - Fall / Winter - 2002 - Buy a historic castle cheap in the former East German States, bargain properties with a fine ambiance  ~You can have your own private global telephone number with a U.S. prefix in Palm Beach, North Beach, or Greenwich Village that rings you anywhere in  the world, no matter where you live or where you travel to ~Attend MIT tuition-free from anywhere in the world ~  Never thought about moving to Patagonia? ...when you see the images in our article on Patagonia you're going to think again! ~ Brazil, Panama, Nova Scotia, the Philippines, ~ All that & a great deal more....

Retirement in Malaysia - Retirement in Malaysia ~ As  long as you are comfortable in the heat, the lifestyle of expatriate retirees in Malaysia is an enviable one. With temperatures ranging from 32°C during the day to 22°C at night, Malaysia is a tropical paradise of friendly people, wonderful food, beautiful beaches, cool hill stations, historic towns, a dynamic capital and the world's oldest rainforests. The ticket to this lush retirement paradise is Malaysia’s MM2H scheme which allows retirees with sufficient, but modest, funds to take up residence. By Bob Holland

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