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Fine Island - Real Estate & Lifestyle in Florianópolis, Brazil
- The Island of Santa Catarina |
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the beaches uncrowded, and the small towns that dot the island are colonial
and picturesque. It's Ilha Santa Catarina, otherwise known as Santa Catarina
Island and simply called Floripa by the locals; a 200 square mile island
located just off the coast of southern Brazil and it's as good a spot as
one could ask for. Imagine a very large and very lovely Brazilian island
with numerous perfect beaches, (there are 49 major beaches, countless small
ones) dozens of lovely towns, and then throw in the city of Florianópolis,
which is a city large enough (pop 260,000) to provide all of the modern
necessities of life without it being an oppressive metropolis. |
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| 10
Years On Margarita Island, Venezuela ~ Making A Business And Living In
The Caribbean |
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Peter van der Hoek - After living some ten years on Margarita Island I
can truly give an honest opinion about life here. First of all let me tell
you that life on an island, especially a tropical one, is incomparable
to life anywhere else! The daily routine is slow paced no matter how important
the stuff you have to do. There is after all, always tomorrow. Because
of the always shining sun people are chronically in a good mood and laid
back. Everybody’s willing to help you with about everything as long as
you aren’t in a hurry to do so. |
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Not So Conventional Reasons to Love Panama |
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is no doubt that Panama possesses numerous advantages, including its strategic
geographic location, incentive program for retirees and a relatively low-cost
of living, amongst others. However, some of the reasons that I particularly
enjoy living in Panama are not the most obvious, such as The Canal (after
showing my 4th visitor the Miraflores Locks, the outing becomes slightly
monotonous) or its proximity to Miami (I’ve never been to Miami in my life!).
Certain pleasures can only be recognized after living in Panama as a foreigner
for some time. |
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Change Of Scenery In Nova Scotia ~ Americans In Canada |
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Kevin Gerard - As Americans, born in Canada’s culturally similar next door
neighbor, we don’t fit the generally understood profile of an immigrant
family in Canada. We’re generally taken for Canadians unless we mention
where we are from. Often it‘s only our Yankee accents that let people know
we’re “from away.” Indeed, few people here actually view us as immigrants
at all. This is because Canadians are so familiar with Americans and American
culture, saturated as the country is with American movies, television and
music. For the most part, Canadians view themselves along with Americans
as fellow “North-Americans” and regard the border as a mere inconvenience. |
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Day In The Life - Thoughts From New Zealand |
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Rick Adams - For the past couple of weeks I’ve been pondering what to write
about for this month’s issue. I don’t have writer’s block but I did feel
like I had covered all of the important issues and answered most of the
important, and not so important, questions people have thoughtfully asked
about moving to New Zealand in previous articles. |
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Day In The Life Of A Siam Escapeartist ~ More On Living In Thailand |
| - by
Tomy Gunn - Tomy has written a number of very informative articles about
Thailand for Escape From America and this time he takes us to the beach
resort of Hua Hin. The town has become a popular spot for the King and
Queen of Thailand as well as some very talented musicians who perform yearly
in Hua Hin at the International Thai Jazz Festival. |
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Family Affair In Chile ~ In the Beginning |
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Bonnie and Gary Paulsson - We are sitting in the living room of our new,
custom designed and built home in the Lakes District of Chile, each of
us sipping a glass of one of Chile's finer Cabernets. Gazing out at the
gathering moonlight as night settles upon our small slice of Paradise,
we look at each other and smile. The last light from the sun's rays, which
graced the tops of the Andes just a few short minutes ago has moved farther
east on its path around the earth. |
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First World City At Third World Prices ~ Curitiba, Brazil |
| - by Kori Crow - On the first
day of December, my husband and I packed our bags and took off on a year-long
journey through South America. This is not our first such expedition, but
it is definitely the longest. The goal of our trip is simply to continue
traveling and exploring the world outside of the United States. This time
around, however, we have a secondary objective of finding a pleasant place
to relocate in a few years. The high cost of living in the U.S. coupled
with the never-ending homogenization of our culture have been the main
factors contributing to our wandering eyes. |
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French Lesson ~ Moving To France |
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Graham Downie - My wife and I moved to Mainxe, a small hamlet in the Charente,
in October 2003. Try looking it up on a map and you’ll struggle as it only
consists of a few houses and a church some 10 km’s outside Saintes (the
twin town of Salisbury). Quite a move as, in my previous life, I worked
in the heart of the West End while my wife stayed at home to look after
Holly (aged 5) and Katie (3). |
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Funny Thing Happened On Our Way To Buying In San Carlos De Bariloche ~
We Bought Rio Salvaje Lodge In Hornopiren, Chile |
| - by
Douglas Harris - I traveled for many years looking for the ideal location
to live. Patagonia, with the incredible vistas of mountains and lakes,
is paradise for me. San Carlos de Bariloche, the capital of the ‘Lake District’
in Argentine Patagonia, was the place I had decided to use as headquarters
for my specific search for a home. |
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| A
Guide to Living in Berlin - Work is Plentiful in This Vibrant City |
| - German business needs global
markets and alliances, so there is a massive need for English language
speakers, particularly as teachers. Hordes of schools in Berlin offer everything
from evening courses to intensive, industry-specific business English.
The best way to find this work is to check the yellow pages under Sprachenschule
and send off resumes. The schools will generally demand either experience
or completion of a training course or both. |
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Hint Of Indian Adds All The More Flavor To The Tangaráense Mix -
Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| - by Ashley Riley Lopes -
Tangará da Serra, Mato Grosso, has become quite “chic” as of late.
The city’s 60,000 or so inhabitants have become the envy of many of their
fellow Mato Grossenses, promising residents of the small, peaceful town
the advantages of shopping malls, boutiques and high-speed agribusiness
without the scorching heat of its neighbor Cuiaba or the rough, unbearable
roads of Sapezal. |
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Journey Into Undiscovered Andalucia ~ A Stone Cottage And Beautiful Landscapes |
| - By Mark Medley - Living
in the mountains of Spain just beyond the sea sounds like a wonderful experience.
Mark Medley reports from the mountains of Andalucia and lets us know that
there are some great old stone cottages in the abandon towns of Andalucia.
Internet service is available in these remote regions and most other services
are nearby, but you still have the old rural life of Spain going on around
you. More likely than not you will have to refurbish your cottage and there
are plenty of people who can help you do this. And as anyone who has visited
Spain knows the people the parties and everything else that has to do with
Spain is great fun. |
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Little More On Living In San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina ~ Escaping
To Patagonia |
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Douglas Harris - What is the square area of Paradise? In so many of the
world’s beauty spots there is an annoying city or freeway that degrades
the view. There are a few still pristine places, but the crush of people
is so heavy, you are always surrounded. There is noise. There is car exhaust.
There is...Patagonia to escape to. San Carlos de Bariloche is perched above
the lovely Nahuel Huapi Lake with brazos(arms) stretching off as far as
the imagination can wander. El Bolson a couple of hours south doesn’t have
the downtown lake but just turn to the west and the massive wall of rock
rises thousands of feet above you. |
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Property & Lifestyles Magazine - All about Living,
Working & Investing in the Caribbean! Subscribe Free! - Our Magazine
provides features and articles on how to "up-sticks" and move on down to
the blue water tropics of the Caribbean and relax under a palm tree. Information
on retirement possibilities, buying property, Caribbean lifestyles, job
opportunities, investing, Caribbean culture, classifieds and the Caribbean
Marketplace. Our stories of successes & failures are told by those
who have made that lifestyle change and moved to the Caribbean themselves.
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Paradise On Water ~ Talking With Expats In Bocas Del Toro |
| - By Zvia Leibler-Danon -
There has been a lot of talk over the past few years about Bocas del Toro,
located on Panama's northeastern Caribbean coast. A number of expats are
now fulfilling their dream of living in a tropical paradise by buying property
in Bocas. Find out what it takes to make it in Bocas and what is daily
life like for expats who have made it their home. The water, the sun and
the forest are attracting people all the time. See if Bocas is a place
you might want to settle down in for a couple or years or a spot where
you might want to own some land. |
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Place in the Sun - Renting a Flat in Cairo |
| - Cairo is an unpredictable
city. It is a place where life moves both quickly and slowly and
one must find the rhythm quickly if one wishes to not only survive but
to live well. Once one finds a place to live one feels more at ease.
One has a base of operations from which to sally out against the magnificent
and ancient streets, which teem and seethe in ways alien to the western
mind. With this information however you should be able to quickly
and efficiently locate and rent a flat. |
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Soon-to-be-Expat’s Relocation to Thailand (and Beyond) |
| - This is after all the Land
of Smiles. I’m not dreaming this. It is however, my personal vision of
my very near future. You see, I’m in what I call my “pre-expat” mode (according
to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary; the definition of expatriate is: to
leave one's native country to live elsewhere). Now, there are numerous
reasons why one chooses to become an Expat. In my case there are a few
but the biggest of all is “money” (as in the lack of it), especially since
I’m basically going to survive on Social Security. Then of course, there’s
that great big catastrophic storm cloud that’s being prophesized for the
U.S.A. in the very near future (both financially and politically). |
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Spanish Love Affair ~ Living On Ibiza |
| - by Katharina Bishop - In
March 2003 I found myself in a travel agent’s office together with my husband
Charles and our seven month old son Kiran. England had been cold, dark
and rainy for the past six months and we felt that it was time for a family
holiday. Two weeks soaking up the rays on a Mediterranean island seemed
like a very good idea. Given the choice between various last minute packages
to Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, we breezily opted for the latter. |
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Tale of Two Low-Cost Retirement Towns - Corozal in Belize and Boquete in
Panama |
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and Canadian baby boomers just a bank CD or two away from retirement, the
race to find low-cost retirement destinations is off and running.
That’s particularly true in Mexico and Central America, where many prospective
expat gringos see the potential of stretching their dollars and living
better for less than is possible back home, yet being within two to four
hours by jet from their old home towns. By Lan Sluder |
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Villa B&B in the Czech Republic - Real Estate in the Czech Republic |
| - Ronald Winkles spent 25
years in the U.S. Army. Now retired, he runs a BB in the Czech Republic
six months out of the year. It's what he's always wanted to do.
Moreover, Winkles says, "The Czech real estate market is poised for another
explosion with their entry into the European Union. Thereafter, all
EU member nations will be allowed to buy real estate without restriction.
Czech has never had fewer than 18 million tourists a year since its borders
first opened in 1990. This is one and half times the number of people
who live in Czech. Buy now." |
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| Abandon
The Rat Race ~ Become A Caretaker Overseas |
| - by Gary Dunn - Bob and Camille
Armantrout could hardly contain their excitement as they packed for their
next adventure. They had recently responded to an ad in The Caretaker Gazette
and received an offer. In a couple of weeks they were leaving Maui, Hawaii
to assumemanagement responsibilities at Casa Iguana on Little Corn Island
off the coast of Nicaragua. |
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| More!
- Much More - Overseas Retirement Library Index |
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Index; there are a number of different options and a number of different
access points and a wide range of material. Access to the library is free
of cost. Note that there are complete reports for many nations and subjects;
which are promoted by way of the advertisements you see above. The cost
of these reports is minimal; in most cases the fee is $20. If you have
made a decision on a secific nation; the reports will provide a great deal
of information that will save you time, hassles and money. |
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