When you buy international real estate you can generate income in another currency. All your eggs aren’t in one basket. If the value of your dollar goes down, for example, you might be very happy to have an income stream in Brazilian reais…or Colombian pesos. Diversification…particularly in turbulent times…is just plain common sense.
This café is one of dozens of new businesses springing up to handle the recent tourist upswing in Santa Marta. Things are changing rapidly here as the city goes through a major renaissance.
I have traveled to almost every country in Latin America in search of the top spots for living, investing, and retiring abroad. From the mountains of Honduras to the beaches of Brazil, I’ve discovered hundreds of great lifestyle options. But I’ve never seen anything like Medellín, Colombia.
IL editor Lee Harrison is in El Rodadero—just a block in from the beach, just down the Caribbean coast from Santa Marta city in Colombia. Here you’ll find open-air markets, shops, casual restaurants of all types, and residential sectors.
In this video, IL editor Lee Harrison is in Santa Marta, Colombia. At night, Santa Marta comes alive. The waterfront often turns into an impromptu beach party; especially on weekends.
At first, it was every two months. Then once a month. But that wasn’t often enough for Larry Snyder. So in 2008 he packed his bags, and he and his German shepherd took a one-way flight to Medellin, Colombia.
IL editor Eoin Bassett is in Medellin, Colombia. In this video, he shows a snapshot of Plaza Botero in central Medellin. When you visit this city, don’t miss out on this plaza.
In this video, IL editor Eoin Bassett shows a panoramic view of the lush, upmarket neighborhood of El Poblado—the most exclusive area of Medellin, Colombia. Yet you can still find property with views like the one in this video for around $115,000.
Every day, I walk to work past houses framed with bright bursts of flowers, whose owners unfailingly smile and call out a greeting. I have moved to Chia, Colombia, 45 minutes north of Bogota.
IL editors Dan Prescher and Suzan Haskins visit the Sanctuario de las Lajas near Ipiales, Colombia, where, in 1754, Maria Mueses and her deaf mute daughter, Rosa, were caught in a violent thunderstorm. While sheltering in a cave, Rosa saw a vision of the Virgin Mary and, although being deaf and mute, said to her mother, “Momma, the mestiza calls to me!”
At first, it was every two months. Then once a month. But that wasn’t often enough for Larry Snyder. So in 2008 he packed his bags, and he and his German shepherd, Hans, took a one-way flight to Medellin, Colombia.
House Republicans are steamrolling President Obama to submit three pending free-trade deals. This is great news for the three key emerging markets involved.
If I had to pick just one city for year-round living in Colombia, I’d have to recommend Medellín. Despite the old stereotypes, today’s Medellín is modern and cosmopolitan…clean and safe. And it’s also a great buy right now.
In this video, IL editor Dan Prescher is in the Old City section of Cartagena, Colombia, which is steeped in history. Las Bovedas, originally built as a storehouse, also found use as a prison. Today it has been converted into a market where shops occupy the former cells.
If I had to pick just one city for year-round living in Colombia, I’d have to recommend Medellín. Despite the old stereotypes, today’s Medellín is modern and cosmopolitan…clean and safe. And it’s also a great buy right now.
Mention that you’re going to Colombia, and people think you’re crazy. But they haven’t been. My husband Dan Prescher and I are just back…and wow….
Mention that you’re going to Colombia, and people think you’re crazy. But they haven’t been. My husband Dan Prescher and I visited three months ago…and wow…
Foremost is the sunset. It caught me by surprise. When that huge orange ball drops slowly into the emerald-green sea, it brings the beach areas to a halt as everyone stops to watch.
Foremost is the sunset. It caught me by surprise. When that huge orange ball drops slowly into the emerald-green sea, it brings the beach areas to a halt as everyone stops to watch.
At first, it was every two months. Then once a month. But that wasn’t often enough for Larry Snyder. So in 2008 he packed his bags, and he and his German shepherd took a one-way flight to Medellin, Colombia.
Suzan Haskins and Dan Prescher are in Medellin, Colombia on a scouting trip for International Living. See the video for more on a new tasty treat they just discovered.
Look out BRICs… the CIVETS are coming, and the new Colombia is one of them.
See the video, where Dan Prescher reports from Cotacachi in Ecuador with the weekly wrap-up of InternationalLiving.com free postcards for the week ending July 9.
See the video for Dan Prescher’s weekly wrap-up of InternationalLiving.com postcards for the week ending June 28. This week, Dan is reporting from Quito, Ecuador.
For most people, the words “Colombian Caribbean” conjure up images of Cartagena, Colombia’s famous walled city and UNESCO World Heritage Site. And I’ll admit that Cartagena is an absolute “must see” if you go to Colombia.
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