Index To Volume One - Issue Number Nine - Escape From America eZine

Index to Volume One - Issue Number Nine -Escape From America eZine

Escape From America Magazine
Volume One - Issue Number Nine

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Female, In Search Of A Country - Click Here - In Placencia, Belize, unlike Paris, I settled in for a nap every afternoon in an audio space saturated with the melodious songs of birds. On the other hand, the sand flies in my bed kept me twitching and slapping, preventing me from napping as assuredly as the landscapers in the Paris garden below. ~ The first in a series of articles by Robin Sparks Daugherty. Join her in our webZine as she interviews expatriates around the world and shares the individual tales of escape artists from Belize to Paris, to China and the Middle East, down to South America and beyond. You won't want to miss this series.

Belize's New Residency Program - Some Say It's The Best In The World! - Click Here - You can set up an office in Belize and run your business from there, (taking advantage of the low overhead costs , and tax free status we might add ) and still qualify for this program, as long as none of the money your company earns comes from a source within Belize. In this age of e-commerce and telecommuting , this scenario could work for a vast number of people. ~ Bill & Claire Gray tell us how to move to Belize - Sounds good, but who in their right mind wants to live on a white-sand beach when they could be living in Detroit?

~ According to a recent Gallup poll 3.7 million Americans believe that they have been abducted by extraterrestrials at one time or another ...EscapeArtist recommends that you Escape from America before you become yet another gruesome statistic.

Xcalak, Mexico, a few miles north of Belize.
The photo shows what was left of a pier after Hurricane Mitch. From the article by staff writer Robin Sparks Daugherty - photo by Robin
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The Gold Coast - Making Millions In Ghana - Click Here - Doug Casey always seems to write stuff that's fun to read. In this article he has us believing that we can make zillions in Ghana. As he puts it, "Making a zillion dollars in a country like Ghana is potentially much easier than making it in the U.S. That's because you (the reader) have unique experiences, connections, knowledge, and capital that - while they're commonplace in more advanced countries - go a long way in an less developed countries (like Ghana), where you're automatically a big fish in a little pond." ~

Trying to Pick a New Country to Live In - Part Two - Click Here - Last month we looked at the subtleties in making judgments about an expatriate destination. We saw that while a country like Belgium has excellent schools, high culture, fine art, good food, great beer and all of the amenities we might desire, it doesn't have the open spaces, excellent real estate prices and low population density of a country like Belize. Which is better? - Escape From America Editor Roger Gallo provides more wit and wisdom in part two of this inquiry.

Operation: Dollar Storm - Click Here - Just six weeks ago, the price of gold reversed its steady decline of the past several years. The European Central Bank (ECB), as well as the central banks of 14 other European countries, announced a moratorium on more gold sales and loans for the next five years. ...this was just the first shot in war that will force new highs in the dollar price of gold, and make fundamental changes in the balance of economic power between Europe and the US. ~ Hard metal advocate Willy Smith lives in Costa Rica with his wife and three daughters. In this article he talks to us about our monetary future.

From Roatan to Bocas - Click Here - Why we moved from Honduras’ Bay Islands to Caribbean Panama - "Prices in Bocas right now are below what we found in Roatan when we arrived there in 1994. It’s a smart time to buy. We were lucky enough to have been in Roatan for the boom there and see the same dynamic is at work here in Bocas." From The Best Of International Living Series -

Iowa City Yankee in King Castro’s Court - Click Here - Obviously the situation here on the island was closer to the opposite: Nearly everyone was HIGHLY educated and had had in the past many varying opportunities, cultures, and comfort-levels. This probably was a significant contribution to their becoming what they are: one of the most articulate, bright, and passionate peoples. ...they exhibited daily their tremendous joy in living. Without the comforts which most of the world enjoys (TV, computers, magazines, presidential sex-scandal-entertainments, etc.) they resort to music and dance, poetry and art, dialogue and personal interactions... life as we used to know it.

A Laowai in China - A Foreigner in the Middle Kingdom - Click Here - I was now in China, the infamous Middle Kingdom, the land of the forbidden "Three T's" - Taiwan, Tibet and Tianamen Square. This was to be the start of my long and ongoing love/hate relationship with China.

New Sections - New Resources & Upgrades to EscapeArtist.com - Click Here - We've added some interesting things in the past month. We'd like to draw your attention to them. If it's your intention to move abroad, or if you are looking for international resources, we think you will find our new resources of interest to you.

International Relocation And Dual-Career Issues - Click Here - Nearly 74 percent of employees moving to a foreign country have a partner with a separate career. If your husband or your wife is evaluating an overseas job transfer, you may have some decisions to make regarding your own career. Beverly D. Roman gives discusses some of the options such a situation might engender.

Feedback! - Yes, feedback. You've told us you like our magazine. Our subscription rate is up and our hit count is very high, but it isn't possible to create anything in a vacuum. Your feedback is our guiding source and our inspiration to continue. Keep it coming! - Click Here - We'll see you next issue, also check our editors page for occasional mumblings from our editor in between issues. - Click Here -

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