quality of life

Considering A Live Aboard Retirement Peace, harmony, and romance are words that came to mind when my husband and I contemplated living aboard a boat. In 1964, a desire for adventure…
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Tonga is a wonderful mix of culture and humor. Humor prevails in Tonga. Like a theme park, Tonga has all the characters. Living here is challenging, elusive and most interesting.…
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Living abroad has been the stuff of dreams since the beginning of humanity, complete with adventure, exotic locations, and new cultures.  However, one of the biggest deterring factors…
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The “old Asia” of violence and war is a thing of the past. I repeat: Asia is now the most beautiful, the most exciting, the most user friendly continent on Earth! Perhaps you don’t…
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Retiring overseas with the ocean at your front door in Panama or in nestled in the foothills of Ecuador is a romantic idea in theory, but before you start packing, you’ll want to make…
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Are you looking for a change, both in lifestyle and location?  Luckily, there are lots of options available for places to live that are big on healthy living.  What qualifies a location…
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Living In Paris And Adjusting To The French Way My trusty American Heritage Dictionary says that an "intricacy" is something having many complexly arranged elements, elaborate, and…
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Living In Paradise Without Working So, you’ve decided to move to “paradise”... but how are you going to survive financially? As Cecil Lewis says in The Trumpet is Mine, the whole…
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Living In The Himalayan Highlands Of India For the last four years, my husband and I have been traveling the world looking for a place to call home. We have considered, visited, and…
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by Bonnie and Gary Paulsson December 2005 The Final Cut Okay, so now we were left with the following: Costa Rica Panama Chile Costa Rica is warm, amazingly beautiful,…
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Finding A UN Job In Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland is the longtime home of the UN family and supports a thriving community of expats on long and short term contracts. For…
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Many often think about and yet so few act upon it. The idea of escaping the rat race and opting for a new revitalized life of freedom of the stresses of daily life back home, somehow…
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Choices: Costa Rica Versus Mexico? Expat Lifestyle Choices series is a collection of articles that highlights the pros and cons of two countries in which expats are comparing. So…
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Choices: Costa Rica Versus Belize Expat Lifestyle Choices series is a collection of articles that highlights the pros and cons of two countries which expats are comparing. So you’ve…
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