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Index
For Volume Three - Issue Number Four - March 2001
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 Living
Abroad with Children: It’s Easier Than You Think - Click
Here - Maura Madigan, her husband, and their two-year-old
daughter are currently living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Maura writes
that friends and relatives think it's outrageous to move and travel abroad
with children. Their friends keep urging them to settle in
the US. Maura's article focuses on the benefits for children living
an international life, such as increased cultural awareness and tolerance
of differences. The article helps to dispel some of the misconceptions
and fears surrounding life outside the USA. At the end of the article is
a link to Directmoving.com®, a new resource to call upon when people
are faced with moving their children abroad.
A
Villa B&B in the Czech Republic - Click
Here - 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."
Retire
to an English-speaking, crime-free land of rainforests, headhunters, and
tropical beaches - Click
Here - Malaysia is a place where most visitors consider staying
longer. The government is inviting foreign retirees to Malaysia as
permanent tourists, and you don't have to be British or have silver hair
to qualify. It's cheap, it's safe, there's little or no language
barrier, and the diversity is astounding. Here's the A-Z on why living
in Malaysia on a permanent or semi-permanent basis is a concieveable prospect.
Doing
the Dishes in County Kerry: My Brilliant Waitressing Career - Click
Here - After a brilliant and fruitful career in advertising,
escape artist Lynette Chiang writes about the comedy of waitressing in
County Kerry, Ireland, bicycling in Currabeg, falling in love at first
sight, and getting the boot for unrequited devotion to job, although, she
recovered quickly, she says. Lynette recently made her way to Costa Rica
to work in advertising.
Building
Self-help in a Cambodian Community - Click
Here - On a sweltering February day, balancing unsteadily on a thin
strip of wood five meters above ground, I twisted my body enough to accomplish
a simple feat: hammering a nail. My small triumph was part of a much larger
undertaking—building homes for the poorest of the poor in a threadbare
country. After three decades of war and instability, Cambodia, which has
experienced horror rivaling anything in history, is on the mend, and the
people are cautiously optimistic about the future. Optimism exists because
of Tabitha-Cambodia, a nonprofit organization based in Phnom Penh.
Return
to Adventure - Click
Here - This informative article on adventure desitinations draws
on excerpts from our friend Harold Stephens' newest book Return to Adventure:
Southeast Asia. Stephens, an adventurer and early escape artist, is
a well known expatriate in Asia having written thousands of newspaper and
magazine articles and 19 books. Stephens says, "How few of us ever stop
to realize that adventure is not something in the past. It's now. It's
happening all around us, all the time. The problem is knowing where to
look. We turn to new horizons. Adventure awaits in SE Asia." |
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And the
river bank talks
of the
waters of March
It's the
end of the strain
It's the
joy in your heart* |
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Ireland to the Czech Republic, from the Greek Isles to the Middle East,
and from SE Asia to New Zealand, Spring or Autumn, joy is in the air. Escape
Artists the world over are living their lives abroad enjoying what they
like to do best.
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hear from an expat family in Dubai heralding the benefits of raising children
abroad; there's perceptive news from a B&B near Prague; the Aegean
Sea is rockin'; there's volunteer work in Cambodia; and adventurous liberation
in blarneyland, SE Asia, and Malaysia still awaits your arrival.
 anaging
money and making it go as far as it can are the focus of this month's articles
in our business and investment section. Doug Casey's article on using PPP
to help you compare costs of living indicates relocating to New Zealand
can mean real bargains to expats. Using discretion in portfolio management
and international life insurance in tax planning can mean greater earnings,
too.
 his
month, Escape from America Magazine also displays the works of artist and
writer Ryszard Krasowski, a US immigrant, in The Card.
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magazine will continue to bring you the latest from those who've already
escaped and always provide you with the most favorable destinations for
joy and happiness, free of stress and strain. One such place is a hidden
valley near the border of Costa Rica and Panama.
Charlie McElroy
Editor
* from The Waters of March
by Antonio Carlos Jobim |
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The
Fun Lovers Guide to IOS - One of the Rockin' Greek Isles - Click
Here - The beautiful Greek islands, synonymous with the pursuit
of wisdom, the birthplace of democracy, the evolvement of language.
It is a country drenched in historical profundity. Great builders, great
thinkers, (great lamb!) . . . everything you'd ever want, and then there’s
IOS. The village center in Chora, is where it all starts, and it
doesn’t even get GOING until midnight where the remarkably peaceful and
clean nucleus transforms into an all night rave filled with song and dance.
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Investing,
Business & Real Estate
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Two
Dollars - Click
Here - This article by Casey shows readers a way to evaluate
the economy of a foreign destination so as to make certain their accustomed
standard of living won't be endangered. Using Purchasing Power Parity
can enable escape artists to compair cost-of-living in various destinations,
live more cheaply abroad, and live their dreams now before it's too late.
Using New Zealand as a good example, Casey writes, "The world’s weakest
currency since January 1—not counting units issued by Afghanistan, the
Congo and surprisingly few other places that are currently in that class—has
been the New Zealand dollar. It started down from a recent high of about
70 cents US in 1996, drifting down to about US$.50 this time last year
(at which time it became a genuine bargain). Based on PPP, the same meal,
the same cab ride, the same work, cost about half what they did in the
US. That wouldn’t be surprising in a Third World country, but NZ has pretty
much the same standard of living as the US. With a Kiwi dollar buying as
much in NZ as a US dollar did in the US, and American could move (or vacation)
there for half what it would cost at home. But now that number is 40%.
The place is so cheap I feel like I ought to be wearing a mask when I go
into a store."
The
Advantages of Independent Discretionary Portfolio Management - Click
Here - To invest in securities, you need expertise. Either you have
this expertise yourself, or you retain a professional who will provide
it for a fee. If you decide to utilise professional expertise rather than
making all the investment decisions yourself, you can choose from a vast
range of products and services: you can buy mutual funds, or maybe you
prefer to use the investment management services of a brokerage firm or
bank, or you can decide to engage the services of an independent portfolio
manager. This article shows the advantages of using an independent professional
firm managing a client’s portfolio on an individual, discretionary basis.
International
Life Insurance in Tax Planning - Click
Here - Innovative Benefits Consultants (IBC) is a consultant
and broker for international life and health insurance programs targeted
to expatriates. Among the programs IBC offers include life and health insurance
for people living abroad. IBC also handles Global Health Insurance covering
treatment anywhere in the world. The insured does not have to seek the
approval of the Insurance Company to go to a specific country or doctor/hospital
to be teated.
The
Card - Click
Here - This story by Ryszard Krasowski is a personal and illuminating
commentary on the bureaucracy faced by one immigrant entering
the United States, seeking residency, seeking the right to work for one's
living, and seeking the better life portrayed so well in the American Dream.
Ryszard spent no less 15 years in his battle to acheive all of the above.
Today, Ryszard lives on Long Island with his wife. He writes in his
spare time and enjoys his passion for drawing and painting. Six of
his works are included in his story.
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now posting Classified Advertisements in this and all future issues of
Escape From America Magazine. We wanted to create a low cost way
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those of us who spent countless hours peering through the classified sections
of magazines like Mechanics Illustrated or similar classified sections,
a classified section is like looking through a collectable store for those
surprises that make the hunt a pleasure as great the discovery. This is
the fifth issue featuring the classified. If reader feedback is any
indication the classifieds are a resounding success. |
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Additional
Resources For This Issue - Click
Here - Information, Links, Contacts, Maps, Books and additional resources
relating to the articles in this issue
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- Exotic Real Estate Around The World - Click
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an Article - Click
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