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Index For Volume Five Issue Number Eight - August 2003
Live Where You Want To Live! ~ Live How You Want To Live! ~ And Make Money Doing It!
Living Overseas
International Real Estate
Investing Overseas
Classified Ads
Letters to the Editor
Unique Products
Unique Travel
Moving Overseas
Commentaries
"Education is that which remains when one has forgotten everything he learned in school ".
Albert Einstein
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Living Overseas
The  Expat’s Guide to Living in Spain - A report on moving to Spain. The nation that produced the twentieth centuries best artists; including Picasso and Miro.  The backdrop for the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, the novel about expats that changed our perspective of the world. Spain is among the quintessential expat destinations. With fine real estate, excellent food, profound culture, and some of Europe's best islands and beaches, Spain is an extremely worthy consideration as an expat destination. This report by Arin Vahanian, eighty pages in length, provides the details that we need when considering Spain as a destination.  Real Estate, Contacts, Employment, Legal Considerations, Citizenship, all laid out in a comprehensive easy to read format.  An Expat’s Guide to Living in Spain will save you money, answer your questions, and prepare you to live in Spain.  An Expat’s Guide to Living in Spain
Bocas Del Toro Waterfront Land  ~ Waterfront Land Plus Cashflow ~ Caribbean Land, Teak trees, an exotic tropical fruit, waterfront property, fifteen minutes from Bocas Town, and the price is right. My calculation a year ago is that even if the property never made a nickel the land even by itself was a bargain.  Tom took a huge chunk of land and converted it into a Teak & Noni Plantation.  If someone would have tired to buy a few hundred acres they couldn't have done it. It was a huge block, over a thousand acres...  and while I haven't walked all thousand acres of it, what I have walked has clearly gone through some dramatic improvements in one years time.  In the photo below you are seeing an area that was covered with dense tropical foliage and is now a park-like setting covered with Noni. Put a house there, a summer retreat, a dock, a house over the water, a fishing retreat, a survival retreat, or just camp out...  When we take into consideration the price these parcels are selling for it is difficult to ignore this opportunity. 
Escape From America Magazine August 2003
Make Money Overseas - Writing eBooks For EscapeArtist.com - Write eBooks for Profit - What we're looking for are ideas, not Pulitzer Prize writers. Ideas are what fuel our magazine and our website.  Now we want to expand that concept into eBooks for expats.  You don't have to be a professional writer to submit a report that provides important information - - information that you yourself have learned by having been there and done it. That is exactly what our readers are seeking, facts about living overseas from people who've done it, facts about buying a barge and sailing down the Danube, what it takes to migrate to Argentina, how to open a business in Prague, buy an island in Belize, get a job in Paris, start a farm in Mozambique, run an internet business out of the Dominican Republic, run a rent-a-scooter shop in Mauritius. 
Re-Entering Panama ~ Returning From A Busy Country ~ By Zvia Leibler-Danon - Want it know what it feels like to enter Panama for the first time or to return to Panama after a long trip overseas, then check out the above article and you'll get an idea of how Panama has the ability to relax you and help you decompress. Lots of shooting and killing going on in the world right now, but little of that kind of depressing news in Panama.
Life In The Dominican Republic ~ Quite A Change After The UK!  Part 3 ~ By Malcolm Couch - In Malcolm's third and final article on the DR he looks at the economy of the country and examines what kinds of things you can see if you decide to move to or visit the DR. The DR has a lot to offer to the expatriate who wants to have calm and excitement: if you are thinking about making a move to the DR make sure to read Part I and II of Malcolm's series on living in the DR. 
Living Like A Native In Morelia, Mexico ~ All The Details ~ By David Wix - Nice article on moving to Morelia, Mexico. The town is one of the oldest colonial towns in Mexico - its known as the most aristocratic of Mexico's colonial towns - and you can see the colonial history in the giant 17th century aquaduct that runs through the town as well as the classic colonial architecture of Morelia's houses and public buildings. If you decide to escape the city and travel through the countryside of the province of Michoacan of which Morelia is the capital, then you will treat your eyes to green mountains and beautiful lakes. Go now! 
El Cope, Cocle ~ And Some Other Ideas ~ By Matthew Atlee - Went in search of a very remote place in Cocle province, Panama where you can see both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans on a clear day. I searched and searched and was never able to find the beautiful spot that I had visited six years before, but in the process of looking found some nice rivers and towns that I will visit again in the near future. 
 
Thoughts On South Africa And New Zealand ~ Hitchhiking And Economics ~ By Juergen Hans Klemann - Very good article on passing time around the globe. Jurgen has worked and traveled around the world and in the above article he gives you some ideas about the places he has lived in and what to look out for as well as a little history. For Jurgen South Africa and New Zealand are the two most beautiful countries in the world. Read his article and find out why. 

In Wellington ~ Adventure In New Zealand ~ By Varoon Anand - Varoon is an old friend though we never see each other anymore. He is originally from India, spent loads of time in Panama and is now off living in New Zealand where he has been exploring and having what I imagine is a very good time. Anyway, check out the above article; hope to have more articles from Varoon in the near future. 
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Living In Thailand
Live Better For Less Money 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
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A Survivor’s Guide To Living In Ireland - The Honest Report On Moving To Ireland - Don't move to Ireland without reading this report.   What are the real facts about moving to Ireland and living in Ireland? Will you be looking out the window of your own thatched-roof cottage enjoying the view of rolling green hills, quiet country lanes, and neatly trimmed hedgerows?  Or is that just a overly poetic rose colored fantasy? Will you be buying a cottage in the country side for $15,000, or are those prices long gone?  If you've been thinking about moving to Ireland then you should know the facts and this report has the real facts, not poetic nonsense.  Written by an American who has lived in Ireland for over twenty years this report will provide you with the proper information so you will know exactly what to expect. He is not in real estate, he has nothing to sell you. But he can tell you about real estate and the reality of the $15,000 thatched roof cottage. (He did buy a house for around that price...)  Can you buy one for that price today?  The author, Tom Richards wouldn't leave Ireland on a bet.  ...and you can be sure that when you read this report that you'll learn the real facts that you are going to need before moving to Ireland. Written without any punches pulled. If you've everthought about moving to Ireland, this is the report to read. 
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International Real Estate
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International Real Estate
International Real Estate Marketplace Featured Listings - See this month's featured real estate listings - Real estate from Chile, Brazil, Croatia, Panama, Costa Rica, and around the world. Each month we feature new properties in our featured listings, colored photographs and access to our entire database of properties around the world. Find your dream property and plan your escape. 
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Exotic Fruit & Teak Wood Plantation Cash Flow Beachfront near San Blas  ~
Bocas Del Toro - Panama's Best Expatriate Haven - Plenty to do and see -
Live In A Garden In The Mountains Of Panama Perfect Temp. Breath-Taking Views
Tours -Tropical Pathways Real Estate Investment & Retirement Tours -
Real Estate In Panama
Kingfisher Bay Island Estates & Marina - 5 Star Project in Panama in the Perlas Islands
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Commentary
The Division Of Labor...And Gold ~ Squash Gold ~ By Bill Bonner - Bill Bonner touches on a very simple but important thought in his commentary on gold: some things remain constant no matter the storm that surrounds us. Gold is one of those constants as is the search for food. The world is in constant flux with some people moving up and others falling, still others change shape and specialize into new areas, but there is always a bedrock at the bottom, and that bedrock is made up of materials and places people run to when trouble begins. And gold will always be one of those places and one of those materials that will offer safety during uncertain times.
Europe ~ Explorations ~ By Jon Steele - Jon gives us all the details we need to know in order to make our way through Europe. He really is an experienced traveller and you can tell that by all the little details he gives us about how to make our way through a country with the least amount of friction. Jon I hope will continue on with his other writings on Chile, a country he knows very well. 
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Investing Overseas
Thoughts On Investing In The Ukraine ~Isolating The Variables ~ By Jason Jones - Very good article on the investment climate in the Ukraine. The article looks at how the Ukraine has done over the past few years in its attempts to attract international capital. Historically, there has always been a strong connection between Poland and the Ukraine and in the above article Poland is used as one of the guideposts to determine whether or not the Ukraine is headed in the right direction. The article also looks at politics and its role on how the Ukraine will fair in the short-term. 
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Classified Ads
The Classified Advertisement Section of Escape from America Magazine is the only one of its kind on the Internet. It's ahead of its time, and it's your place to browse the marketplace, near and far, for deals on international real estate, 2nd citizenships, boats and live aboards, international health insurance, job opportunities, language instruction, asset protection, mail drops, unique services and products, and much much more. Take a look - Classified Ads
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Offshore Stock Broker - Offshore & Online
Offshore Stock Broker - Offshore & Online - In an article that first appeared in the September 2002 issue of Escape From America Magazine we spoke about a Swiss style securities broker here in Panama  Since then we've had more than sufficient feedback to determine that clients are happy with the firm mentioned in that article.  To facilitate dealing with the firm we have added secure chat so that clients can communicate with the firm in real time and ask relevant questions.  The secure chat is hosted on our offshore servers in a high security lock down facility. ~ To Contact The Firm Please Click Here ~ Our contact form is hosted and remains on our secure server. None of the  information that you input  into our contact  form will be transmitted via email, all the information you place into the form remains on our secure server and can only be viewed by those who are authorized to view it, and only through a password protected section.  For more information click here
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Unique Products
Electric Scooter Dealerships Available Worldwide - Electric Scooter Dealerships Available Worldwide - Electric Scooter Dealerships are now available.  Regardless of where you live, from Cape Verde to the Caribbean you can have your own Electric Scooter Dealership. Popular and inexpensive, Electric Scooters appeal to young and old. The designer of these scooters, Geno Sola, has created an entirely new breed of scooter that has tremendous appeal.  There is no sign up fee to become a dealer, simply contact Geno and he'll get you started. 
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Unique Travel
What Doesn't Kill You...  ~ Noel Kempff National Park, Bolivia ~ By Mark McMahon - Mark is off again on one of his adventures in the depths of South America. This time he heads off into the Noel Kempff National Park and finds himself and his little sister trapped on a dirt road in the deep, remote interior of Bolivia. As always with Mark, high adventure and near escapes.
A Breathtaking Brazilian Inland Alternative ~ Carnival In Brazil ~ By Ashley Riley Lopes - Heading off into the interior of Brazil rather than the worn out, overcrowded Brazilian Coast, could make your Carnival experience much more exciting. Ashley heads into Minas Gerias province and finds a world of waterfalls, wide-open grasslands and friendly people as well as some adventure and vivid memories. And if you know what you're doing during Carnival then that's how it all should feel when you see the sun come up on Ash Wednesday. 
Sacred Mountain Sanctuary ~ An Indonesian Resort ~ By Sylvia - Well, what can I say, it's Bali and my mind races to the people, the beauty, the peaceful green setting. Sacred Mountain Sanctuary is located in the highlands of Bali. The resort offers a perfect enviroment for meditation as well as trekking into the nearby mountains. The resort has become a favorite within Indonesia earning a silver medal in the Tri Hita Karana Award Competition - an award for hotel excellence. Remember, if you make a reservation through the above article and you mention that you saw the resort on Escapeartist.com you will get 15% off on all room-rates. 
Powell River British Columbia, Canada ~ On Canada's West Coast ~ By Carl McIntosh - Never heard of Powell River before but like what I see. The author of the above article gives us a very good idea of what there is to do in Powell River. He outlines prices of real estate as well as what kinds of people make up the communtiy of Powell River. If you visit Canada and decide you like what you see than Powell River may be a place to settle down in. 
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Ancient Ruins Of The Turkish Northern Aegean Sea ~ Traveling Through Ruins ~ By Jason Jones - Man do I want to go to Turkey and see the ancient ruins. Troy, Assos and Ephesus are all places I've read about but have never had the opportunity to visit. The above article just wets the appetite enough to make you want to jump on a plane and fly to Turkey in order absorb the atmosphere of the ancient world, the world of Homer. Hope to make it to Turkey and soon.
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An Extended Vacation ~ Galway, Ireland ~ By Kelly Jenson - Article talks about what can happen on your way from one place to the next. A visit to a friend in Ireland turns into a lesson on what travel can mean and how travel experiences can change your perspective on life. Sometimes missing a plane, overspending and worrying can yield gold - but not always.
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Moving  & Retiring Overseas
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Finding A Place To Stay In Geneva ~ A Guide To English Resources ~ By Michele Ann Jenkins - Very good article on what you need to know when looking for an apartment in Geneva. Geneva is the European home of the UN and the city is famous for its diplomatic history - Geneva was the home of the League of Nations. The town is a fun place to live in from what friends tell me. If you find a job with an international organization and find yourself based in Geneva, then take a look at the above article and get the "heads up" on what you need to know in order to find a place to live. 
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The Seafaring Caretaker ~ A Profile Of Captain JackBy Jack Neiman - Capt. Jack has been caretaking for over 40 years and has had lots of adventures and known many countries through his caretaking experiences. Most recently Capt. Jack has been caretaking for a doctor who owns a house on the Honduran Island of Roatan. The doctor visits for two-months of the year and the rest of the time Capt. Jack can sit back and take care of the house and enjoy the view. 80 is not too old for adventure. 
My Swiss Bank Affair ~ Opening An Account ~ By Bonnie Burns - No matter where you live banking practices can seem quite mysterious or idiosyncratic when compared to the country you come from. Banking is very different from place to place and that is what is exceptionally translated in the above article. A wonderful and comical piece about being told what you need to live on by your friendly Swiss banker. If you want to know what a person really thinks then watch what they do with their money, and if you really want to insult a person tell them how much of their money they need and why they can't withdrawl more. Remember, Switzerland is not America. 
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International Real Estate Market Place
The EscapeArtist Real Estate Marketplace - International Real Estate Market Place - has become the number one international real estate market place on the internet.  Over 20,000 people a day now visit that section of our website alone. Find the property you want, sell the property you want. ... or just browse and dream. Plenty of color photos.
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Letters to the Editor
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The Escape from America Magazine ezine is sent to over 200,000 subscribers each month, and an additional 25,000 people per day view the online edition of the magazine. In each and every issue of the magazine, you'll find classified advertisements directed specifically towards your type of individual. You can place a Classified Ad within the pages of Escape from America Magazine at a very low cost. - Click Here -
Back Issues of Escape From America Magazine
Yes, see almost three years of very fine articles on moving overseas, jobs overseas, overseas real estate, offshore opportunities, unique travel, overseas retirement, and other subjects for those seeking to live an international lifestyle. Our archived issues are posted in full with all our past articles.  Find just what you're looking for in the Escape from America Magazine Archives. - Click Here -Also see our new article section with articles listed by country and by subject. Articles About Living, Working, Investing & Traveling Overseas - Including International Real Estate -
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Are you Living Overseas?  Are you traveling in one of the four corners of the world?  Running a hamburger stand in Tegucigalpa?  Tell like-minded people about it!  We can assure you that our readers want to know about what you're doing!  We want articles from anyone living an usual lifestyle. What we're looking for are ideas, not Pulitzer Prize writers. Ideas are what fuel our magazine, and our website. You don't have to be a professional writer to submit an article - especially if you've walked the walk. Send us your article ideas, we are very interested in hearing from you.  We are currently seeking articles on living overseas, adventure and discovery travel, jobs overseas, those who've started overseas businesses, worked overseas as a telecommuter,  internet businesses, and articles on the subject of offshore investing. We are also seeking articles by those who have invested offshore who will share their experiences, both positive and negative.  Anonymous bylines are okay.  We are seeking articles from those who have been successful at starting and running businesses abroad or on-line from overseas locations. We're continually looking for articles on overseas living lifestyles - let us hear from you. - Click Here -
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