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There are good reasons for a second passport…travel is easier, opening offshore bank accounts is simpler, and you could end your U.S. tax liabilities…
Your heritage might make getting one easy – just apply if your grandma or grandpa were Irish for instance – but if you’re not so lucky there is another way. Some countries will sell you citizenship, as IL Offshore expert Bob Bauman reveals in your issue this month.
Jessica has been on the road, exploring the best of Panama’s “close-in” havens. And in your February issue she reveals the places you’ll enjoy stunning natural beauty, yet have the modern amenities of Panama City on your doorstep… Farther north and closer to home, IL Mexico Editor, Glynna Prentice, discovers big discounts on beach-town properties in beautiful Baja California. Lisa Marie Mercer moved to the coastal town of Atlantida, Uruguay, to benefit her health, but she’s staying for the affordability and quality of life. In your issue this month she explains how much she saves on health care and what she likes most about her friendly, convenient new home.
In your issue this month we bring you choices—the 19 top retirement havens on the planet today.
There’s no better way to start the year. In any one of our top havens for 2012, a lifestyle well beyond your reach in the States could be yours for pennies on the dollar.
Pick from among beachfront hideaways, arts-rich colonial cities, cosmopolitan capitals, and small highland villages. Whatever it is, there’s an overseas haven to fit your fantasy…and your budget.
After months of planning and hard work it’s finally ready…your new and super-improved online International Living magazine. Of course you’ll still receive your print issue every month…that goes without saying…
But this is something special, something extra for you.
Maybe it’s a palapa bar on a white-sand beach, deep sea fishing tours, a restaurant, a surf shop, teaching English, making cheese or exporting art work…
Whatever your idea, there’s a place overseas where you can make it a profitable reality and live better for less. That’s why this year, we’ve put together International Living’s first-ever Business Index.
“First-World infrastructure, an honest culture, a beach-strewn coast, and a heartland of small cities and towns with cobblestone streets and historic stone homes… a place where gauchos still tend their herds on the rolling pampas, as they have for centuries…”
In this month’s issue of International Living Lee Harrison takes us on a tour of Uruguay, a 21st-century safe haven, a place where you can live beachside for $1,424 a month, and where expats are now arriving in record numbers… Find out what he’s learned living in the “Europe of South America” on page 18 of your issue.
We’re constantly on the lookout for those countries around the world where you can live cheaper, enjoy better weather, pay less tax, be healthier, happier… where you can start a new life, start a business, retire…
But which country is best of all?
That’s the question we answer in your September issue of International Living magazine with our 2011 Global Retirement Index.
An overseas adventure. The romance is built-in. The idea that you could escape your world and embrace a new one—a life filled with the things you love, enjoyed in a place you choose. What freedom…
Yet, as we know from the emails readers send, the “what ifs” can be paralyzing. What if I’m single? What if I can’t speak Spanish? What if I don’t meet other people with my interests? Spend too much time fretting, and you’ll never head for better shores.
A move overseas doesn’t have to be overwhelming. That’s why we’ve devoted the current issue of International Living magazine to your smooth and comfortable transition abroad.
Imagine waking to a symphony of tropical birds and brilliant sunshine. You walk into the open-air, center courtyard of your colonial home and pour yourself a rich cup of locally grown coffee.
You might start the day with a dip in your pool…or perhaps walk the narrow, cobblestoned streets to a nearby café to enjoy the company of your friends and neighbors.
Maybe you’ll spend the afternoon on Lake Nicaragua or exploring the countryside…or just relaxing in town, in one of the best and oldest colonial environments in the Americas.
There is graceful, Old World living to be enjoyed today in Nicaragua’s two best colonial cities—and enjoyed at bargain prices…
So says Lee Harrison in your July issue of International Living magazine.
Dan and Suzan covering hundreds of miles on their latest scouting trip and found some truly amazing deals. Prices of beachfront properties along certain stretches of Costa Rica’s coast have tumbled. The time to strike is now; prices are down by as much as 30% in places…
“As we descended into the valley the netherworld fog that enveloped Quito melted away revealing gorgeous green foliage and multi-colored flowers of every shade and hue. Brilliant flat-leafed bromeliads, silver-hued orchids and bright, tiny orange geraniums lined the road,” writes Suzan Haskins in the May issue of International Living magazine.
What if you could collect your paychecks from the beach? Or from the terrace of a café in Rome? Or both? What if you could spend six months living la dolce vita and the rest of the year working on your tan…?
You don’t have to go to an office in the U.S. or Canada to maintain a respectable and well-paid career. With modern technology you can make a living from anywhere in the world.
“You may think Panama City is just another megalopolis of steel and concrete. But don’t be so quick to judge. Yes, it’s bustling. And yes, it’s booming, but take a street-level survey, and you’ll find distinct neighborhoods, each with their own character and charm,” writes IL Panama Editor, Jessica Ramesch, in this month’s issue of International Living magazine.
“You may think Panama City is just another megalopolis of steel and concrete. But don’t be so quick to judge. Yes, it’s bustling. And yes, it’s booming, but take a street-level survey, and you’ll find distinct neighborhoods, each with their own character and charm,” writes IL Panama Editor, Jessica Ramesch, in this month’s issue of International Living magazine.
There’s a new champion. A surprise winner of our annual Quality of Life Index.
Eleven months of the year, we consider where you can live well for less, pay less tax, enjoy better weather and leverage the growth of emerging markets. Where you can best escape, retire, start over, and take off on a grand adventure…
But every January, we take a different perspective. We scour official sources and statistics, considering every number we can get our hands on, tapping into outfits like the World Health Organization, government departments, UNESCO and many more to rate and rank almost every country on Earth and ask: How do they stack up against one another?
“Everyone knows the world is in crisis. Yet I’m looking forward to the New Year…and you should be, too…because you could make some serious money,” writes IL real estate guru Ronan McMahon in this month’s issue of International Living magazine.
From fire sales in Panama to a market meltdown in Ireland, Ronan writes about the best chances you have to make money from crisis investment in 2011.
These aren’t the kind of opportunities that announce themselves. You have to know where to look. Ronan’s traveled to 15 countries in the past 12 months in search of these opportunities and he reveals them here in the December issue of International Living magazine…before most people even know they exist.
In this issue of the Lifetime Society Communiqué, we stroll the cobbled streets of one of Europe’s most atmospheric and beautifully preserved cities.
The glory days of the great transatlantic liners may be over…but in this month’s cover story, Paul Lewis finds you can embark on your own odyssey, trailing the heroes and gods of classical legend in the Mediterranean, or searching for buried treasure in a Caribbean pirate-cove—there’s still romance in cruise travel.
In your February issue, our travel correspondent, Paul Lewis, writes about the world’s rarest and most expensive wools. Shahtoosh shawls, made from the fine hair of the dwindling flock of Chiru, can retail today for $10,000 or more.
In our cover story, Paul Lewis writes about Cape Town’s wine regions. It’s a fascinating account, spanning 350 years, of how vineyards quickly spread across the Western Cape.
Museums are battling over the exhibited antiquities with the countries where the artifacts originated. Repossessions have occurred…and you can read just some of the examples of this in our cover story this month.
In this issue of the Lifetime Society Communiqué, we profile American Cynthia Mulder. Cynthia first visited Panama with her husband and son in 2001 and liked what she saw.
Meet one of your fellow VIPs, a woman who’s turning her love of good wine into a canny travel plan. And you’ll also discover a restaurant that showcases local bottles with fresh food at reasonable prices, even during harvest.
I understand that in some countries or cities, the car is the only option—Shenzhen in southern China is easier navigated by taxi than bus, as is Casablanca, Morocco as I discovered recently.
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