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Volume One - Issue Number Eight

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1,000 Mile Bike Ride to Spain - Click Here - In October 1999, I set out alone on a bike from Zurich, Switzerland to Cadiz, Spain to get back in shape. The plan was to get in condition as I biked along. Switzerland was probably the wrong place to start - like training to fight Tyson while fighting him. An article by Jerry Ritter - When Jerald Ritter isn't riding his bike he is publishing a magazine on living in the Caribbean. He has lived in and invested in the Caribbean and Latin America for much of the past thirty years. He publishes the Caribbean Property List Magazine, the largest online directory of Caribbean and Latin Americans properties on the Internet.

Looking At Chile As A Place To Live & Invest - Click Here - From the Best of Doug Casey series, an article on Chile. ~ "Buy real estate. When I visited Chile in 1980, 1 spent some time with a wealthy local at his house in one of Santiago's most fashionable suburbs. The house was typical of those owned by the upper classes in a Third World country; large, lots of handcarved fittings and furniture, swimming pool, tennis court, extensive landscaping, etc. At the time, it was worth about $25,000; today it's worth well over $1,000,000."

Making Choices - Trying to Pick a New Country to Live In - Click Here - There are opportunities everywhere. I’ve heard from reliable sources that no one, I repeat, no one is supplying fresh produce or vegetables on any of the American Virgin Islands. Produce has to shipped into the Virgins from afar at great shipping cost. (causing the available produce in V.I. markets to be high in price and dated in flavor.) The reason for the lack of locally grown produce, or so we’ve been told, is a scarcity of water. There are several ways to grow fresh vegetables hydroponically that utilize low water-consumption methods. As a matter of fact, upon hearing about that lack of fresh produce in the Virgins I spent several days reading about hydroponic methods and thinking about what it would take to set up such a venture. It was a rather intriguing few days. It would be lots of hard work, but in our opinion it would be fun, in addition to it’s having the potential of being extremely lucrative. There are numerous nearby islands that would also be interested in purchasing fresh produce. The venture would take some serious research. Hydroponics is a science; but it isn’t rocket science and we believe that anyone with a brain could learn what is required to be successful.

Parlez-Vous Français? – How to Work the Web for Learning French in France - Click Here - The moment you have to interact with the Parisians in non-tourist situations (like a conference with your kid's teacher or seeking an obscure little piece of hardware in the "sous-sol" [basement] of the "BHV") you're in big trouble without the language. So, if you want to do more than just exist in Paris, I suggest you think through the best, fastest and easiest ways to learn the language. ~ Writing from Paris, Adrian Leeds gives us the word about what it takes to learn Français

Gaviota, The Last Cowgirl in Cuba - Click Here - This ratiocination of events in Cuba leads me to a bizarre vision of the future: Havana stands very little chance of not becoming another Juarez or Tijuana, with their controlled and horrific professional prostitution, gambling and gangsterism (a lot like present day Russia, too). Historically, this has been the payback for cultures which deny and try to suppress the natural instincts of their peoples. Kirk Stephan doesn't pull any punches when he writes about Cuba. Andrei Codrescu would like his writing... we know we like his writing, but perhaps it's good advice that weaker souls should stay away.

Former Hit Artist Turns Restaurateur - Click Here - So why come to Bangkok? Loveland pauses and says, "Six years ago everyone said that Asia was the place to put your money, and specifically Thailand. But they said to do it quickly, because the opportunity wouldn't last. When I bought this place we were the only ones out here. Now the development is just booming, and soon there are going to be two more expressways passing right by here, so I couldn't have asked for a better location. Our clientele is also much better behaved because we are far away from the Sukhumvit, and the Patpong crowd."

Prague, “City of a Hundred Spires”- a quarter the price of Berlin or Paris and equally as charming - Click Here - From The Best of International Living an article on living in Prague. To live in Prague is to live in a city of enchantment. Here, amid Gothic cathedrals, ancient palaces, and cobblestoned streets, it is easy to believe that Mozart and Einstein were born. As an added bonus, it is easily one of cheapest beautiful cities you will ever visit. I have lived in over a dozen of the world's major cities, and Prague is assuredly one of my favourites.

The Other Side of the Gold Market - Click Here - A friend and his family from Costa Rica just visited us here in Panama. One of the things he mentioned was gold. We had a long and exacting discussion about gold. He convinced me it's about to go up. As someone who made money on gold in the 70's I've always been a 'gold bug' but my enthusiasm for it has waned over the years. None-the-less my friend convinced me that it's about to make an upwards move that may send it quite high. As it's always been a standard of value, gold is always a good thing to keep on hand. For expatriates and escapeartists, making sure that there is food and money stashed away for an emergency is an important subject. We asked Mark Smalley of BullionCoin.Com to give us an article on gold to wet our appetites on the subject. With the new millennium coming - and potential social breakdown looming perhaps now is a good time to stock up on a few essentials. Gold is one of them.

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