Index
For Volume Three - Issue Number Five - April 2001
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Korea as a Potential Expat Haven - Click
Here - Compared to
other destinations around the world, South Korea has been overlooked
as a destination for those looking for alternatives to life in North America.
Most expatriates know about Japan, Thailand, and the Philippines—but few
have made an effort to settle in South Korea.Those who choose to expatriate
to South Korea can take advantage of opportunities in the following areas:
business and consulting, education and training, and, of course, the Internet.
And, retired professionals and retired military personnel are living quite
happily here.
Getting
a Domestic Helper: Employing and Managing a Necessity - Click
Here - Margaret Short Sierakowski has written
a book about hiring a domestic helper. Anyone who has lived abroad
for any length of time has probably had a maid or two, but choosing the
right maid can be a real challenge. The editor of this webzine has
been known to go through as many as two maids a year. The author writes,
"Even people who are perfectly level-headed in the office strangely find
themselves at a loss when they have to hire full-time domestic help for
their homes." This article, taken by permission from Sierakowski's book,
The
Guide to Employing and Managing a Live-in Maid, offers some good tips
in hiring maids abroad.
From
Idea to Reality: The Story of Expatboxes Start-up - Click
Here - Four expat escape artists from England band together
and form Expatboxes.com, a new internet site e-commerce company based in
the heart of Devon, England. The company went online in November
2000. Founder Susan Ubl has lived abroad for 20 years. Susan says,
“After returning to the UK five years ago I have been constantly asked
by all my expat friends to send them various essential things they miss
from home!" This is the story of their start-up, a feat easily accomplished
with a little of that ol' British fortitude and ingenuity.
Iowa
Yankee in King Castro's Court - Click
Here - Steeping back through time, the author, recounts
the events of a short trip to Cuba -- his fifth. "Though recovering, my
energy level was hovering around zero plus 2 or so. I told my girlfriend
I would pay her plane ticket to come to Havana from Santiago de Cuba, but
this was tantamount to telling a North American girl in Los Angeles that
her lover from Europe had arrived, but she'd have to travel to New York
in order to see him! All this was compounded by the fact that Cubans
aren't allowed to just travel about at will, but Havana is starting to
shape up. In the next couple of years, I guess, it'll be looking
a lot more like it did in the old capitalist glory days." photos by Håkan
Rönnblad.
Resonant,
Lonesome Donegal: Travels in Dunfanaghy, Ireland - Click
Here - Donegal, the wind-swept
and rugged northernmost province of Ireland, is arguably also
Ireland’s most beautiful region. A stark and serene beauty
pervades the barren fields and rocky hills that make up the
majority of Donegal. The author writes, "Legs aching from the hilly ride,
a firm wind tearing through the clear autumn sky, I saw an impressive feature
of the Celtic past -- one of the high, rounded ‘Viking signal-towers’ utilized
in the 8th century to watch for maurauding Norsemen. All alone on the edge
of the world, with the waves pounding off of the black crags
and no sign of human existence save for this one forgotten tower, I felt
supremely at peace with the world."
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Investing,
Business & Real Estate
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Analysis:
Dominica Remains an Excellent Choice for Economic Citizenship - Click
Here - Economic citizenship programs give you the opportunity
to legally acquire a new nationality quickly and simply, without major
disruptions to your life. While there are many “instant citizenship” schemes |
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Hail the rule of sun
on earth
for, Spring is here again;
Molten lakes and rippling
streams
quench every meadow and
plain.Rekha Kamath 1995 |
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promoted on the Internet and
elsewhere, currently only five countries offer legal and clearly defined
citizenship for investment programs on a statutory basis, commonly known
as economic citizenship programs. This article focuses on Dominica. Dominica’s
economic citizenship program is based on a solid legal foundation. It is
clearly defined in the laws and in the constitution of Dominica.
Great
Income Stream with IBC - Click
Here - Ken Barker is an international merger and acquisition
specialist. Formally a vice-president at one of the United States' “front
line” brokerage firms. Mr. Barker presently focuses on the development,
investment in, starting of international venture limited partnership funds.
Mr. Barker has initiated
and completed transactions totaling over a billion dollars, globally. Mr.
Barker writes, "This article is about a sheltered income stream, coupled
with an IBC. An International Business Corporation buys tax mortgages.
The IBC that owns the note is free to conduct any other form of business
that is so desired. There are no restrictions on moving the funds.
A
Painful Visit - Click
Here - This article chronicles an emigrant's experiences
at a medical clinic and questions the high price of medical care in the
US, compared with his home country of Poland. "As an old Polish saying
goes," writes Ryszard Krasowski, "The further in, the deeper. I had sunk
so deep I felt I'd been swallowed up by a sea of questions. I'd had
complete confidence in the clinic, so when the doctor proposed surgery,
my only concern was where I would find the money to pay for it. Why
did he tell me I had to have surgery if I didn't need it? Why did I have
to pay more for the first visit if I wasn't sure if I would have to come
back for a second visit? Maybe I'd choose to go to a different doctor.
When I was going to pay a doctor a visit in Poland, I wasn't afraid of
it. Here, in America, I am scared to death. I am scared to death, not because
I have a health problem to solve, but because the visit makes me sick even
more." All oil paintings are by the author.
16th Annual Premier Offshore Advantage
Seminar - Click
Here - The 16th Annual Premier Offshore Advantage Seminar
is hosted by two of the world's most powerful private financial alliances
- The Sovereign Society and The Oxford Club. Those who attend the
conference will have the opportunity to meet and learn from over 20 international
advisors. Some of those present include J. Richard Duke JD; privacy
expert and editor of The Sovereign Individual, Mark Nestmann; Peter Zipper,
Senior Vice President of Anglo Irish Bank - Austria; Jack Sturgis, Vice
President of DEXIA Banque á Luxembourg; Michael Checkan, President
of Asset Strategies International; Bob Bauman, former U.S. Congressman
and offshore author and A-Letter editor; C.A. Green, Investment Director
for the Oxford Club -- plus many more. The cost of this four-day, event-filled
seminar starts at $945 and will be held on May 16-20, 2001 in the Bahamas.
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Story Continues! - Click
Here - Due to popular demand we are now
posting Classified Advertisements in this and all future issues of Escape
From America Magazine. We wanted to create a low cost way for EscapeArtists
to advertise, and for other EscapeArtists to make contact with their services,
products, ideas, real estate and escape routes. For 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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to the Editor ~ Now an even more interactive magazine ~ Click
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New
- Exotic Real Estate Around The World - Click
Here - Our new section on exotic real estate around the
world will soon be online. What will you find here? Bargain real
estate, discovery property, property that isn't in the mainstream press,
enclaves where the living is easy, the ambiance exciting, the environment
safe and the property a bargain.
Submit
an Article - Click
Here - 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're continually looking for
articles on overseas living lifestyles - let us hear from you.
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20 back issues of Escape from America Magazine for a long list of articles
related to living and working abroad, investing overseas, unique travel,
real estate opportunities, commentary, and much, much more to help you
find your way to a new and exciting life abroad.
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welcome the season of rejuvenation and growth, and we're right in step
with it. We're presenting a new feature on the front page of each article.
You'll be able to have easier access to more escape resources. Grab hold
of your means of mobility and motor away to meccas destined to quench your
thirst for excitement, thrills, and adventure. Boredom's
gone, and Spring is here. Get ready for a brand new day.
here's
news of opportunities in South Korea. There's the story of four expat Brits
and their e-commerce start-up. Internet fuels mobility..
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correspondent in Cuba says there's growth in that arable land for progress.
Another of our travel writers beckons you to the Irish coast and peace
with the world..
ominica
remains the choice for economic citizenship, and income may exist with
an International Business Corporation..
