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Running Away To Home - Robin Sparks in Paris - Running Away To Home - Robin Sparks in Paris - The place is filling now with an interesting crowd. People are buzzing around, moving into the main room. The techno music has changed to jazz and the volume has been turned up a notch. Tres interessant, and here I sit pecking away. A blonde man leans over my table and begins speaking to me in French. I take off my glasses, look him in the eye, and say, "Je ne parle pas beaucoup Francais. Parle vous Anglais?" "Un petite peu,"? he says. Letter From Cornwall - Letter From Cornwall - I was looking for a quiet, inspirational place to write, a place far removed from the expense, noise and crowds of London. ‘Why not Cornwall?’ I thought, with that memory of the beach below the cliffs stuck in my mind. As things turned out, I came for a break and stayed for two years. I was seduced by landscape and seascape, by the lure of mythology and romantic legends. But the reality of life in Cornwall turns out to be both more and less than anyone could imagine. The 5 Best Ways To Live, Retire, Or Profit In New Zealand - The 5 Best Ways To Live, Retire, Or Profit In New Zealand - New Zealand is one of my favorite places in the world. It’s a lot like the western coast of the United States, only turned upside down. The North Island is tropical, like San Diego…the South is cool, like Portland or Seattle. As a California native, I have a funny requirement when looking for a place to live, work, or “retire.” It’s this: I look to see whether or not avocados grow there. You see, avocados like it warm...with lots of sunlight. So do I. So if they grow there, I know I’ll at least like the weather. Avocados grow very well in northern New Zealand. by Rick Rule [From The Best Of International Living]
Caretaking Overseas - Caretaking Overseas - An interesting, though seldom considered option for adventurous souls seeking a new life outside of their home countries is property caretaking. This increasingly popular strategy provides prospective expats with insight and experience into the culture and lifestyle of another country - all while enjoying the benefits of living rent-free.
A Short Course In Clearing Customs - A Short Course In Clearing Customs - by Doug Casey "I probably enter and leave the U.S. about two dozen times a year. By far the most unpleasant part of traveling --- more than the delays, the endless hours in a flying cigar tube, the irregular schedules it entails --- is going through customs and immigration. The people working for these agencies are about the bottom of the barrel." From Bodrum, Turkey To Lappland - From Bodrum, Turkey To Lappland - Where else in the world can you take a reindeer tour or an icebreaker cruise then hit the green for some midnight golf? Dina Street is an expatriate living in Bodrum, Turkey... she just took a trip to Lappland to visit a childhood friend - - a very usual destination from a very unusal destination. No?
Evolution of Modern Offshore Practice and Strategy for Americans - Evolution of Modern Offshore Practice and Strategy for Americans - by Philip S. LaMar - This is Part 2 of a two-part examination of current trends shaping the offshore financial industry for Americans. Part 1 covered the declining role of the Trust and Part 2 introduces its successor, the Private Interest Foundation). The Caribbean “Country Squire” - Real Estate Bargains In The Dominican Republic - The Caribbean “Country Squire” - Real Estate Bargains In The Dominican Republic - When you think of the Caribbean, you think beaches, beaches, and more beaches. The reality is, plenty of beautiful beachfront property does exist, but there is an equal opportunity to become a “country squire” as well. Sound too good to be true? We took a look around at what was available in the Dominican Republic real estate market recently and found some very reasonably priced building lots and acreage for our clients. Some of these properties are located in the beautiful mountain region near Santiago. We also found some new homes and new residential projects in sections of the Santo Domingo area that may be ideal for an inexpensive get-a-way or retirement home. The Sovereign Society A-Letter - The Sovereign Society A-Letter - The Sovereign Society A-Letter is published by The Sovereign Society, a global community of Sovereign Individuals - international investors and entrepreneurs, expatriates, dual nationals and second passport holders, individuals concerned about privacy, citizens of the offshore world. The Sovereign Society states, "Throughout history, intelligent individuals have sought environments where personal freedom is maximized and risks to themselves and their assets minimized. Today, an escalating international migration is under way in direct response to threats by governments against their most productive citizens." The Sovereign Society arose as a central source of information and assistance for these new Sovereign Individuals. Getting What You Need - Getting What You Need - The Wit & Wisdom of Bill Bonner. "I remind myself that beauty is only skin deep. And like money, it is superficial. But superficial seems plenty deep enough. Money can't buy love. But it can buy those Russian women in the Bois de Boulogne. And what would be nicer - a 30 minutes of cheap, imitation love with the woman on the bicycle...or a lifetime of the real thing with Janet Reno? " The Kinder and Gentler IRS - The Kinder and Gentler IRS - If you, like many Americans fled abroad to a foreign country to escape to greener pastures and then inadvertently blundered back into the USA guilty of not paying your U.S. taxes while you were away, then potential amnesty or forgiveness may now be at hand. Yes, you may be able to return to the U.S. without the pressure and burden of looking over your shoulder waiting for the IRS to show up and grab everything you own.
Submit an Article - Submit
an Article - Living Overseas? Tell us about it! Running
a hamburger stand in Tegucigalpa? 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,
jobs overseas, those who've started overseas businesses, worked overseas
as a telecommuter, internet businesses and 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 are continually looking for articles on living
overseas and overseas lifestyles - let us hear from you.
EscapeArtist Has A New Search Engine - EscapeArtist Has A New Search Engine - We now have a search engine. Why so long to build one, you might ask. Our website is a directory with various categories and a standard search engine would not do. We had to build a data-base driven search engine that searched by categories and topics. A fuzzy search engine wouldn't work for our website. We have to enter each topic into the database by hand. As you might imagine this is one heck of a job, but we believe the end results are going to very worthwhile. It's now on our home page only, going through beta testing and being added to on a daily basis. Try it out, let us know what you think. Your comments are important to us. We will begin to add links to exterior websites within the next month or so. At this point it provides links to our own website only. Send This Webpage to a Friend - Send This Webpage to a Friend - Isn't it time you've helped your friends find escape? |
