IL Magazine: Discover the World's Best Retirement Haven for 2021 + 24 more
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Nicaragua happens to be one of the most underrated and misunderstood countries on the planet. Its physical beauty rivals that of any other. For a country that is no bigger than New York State, it is blessed with 910 km (566 miles) of stunning coastline. You can enjoy the calm, clear turquoise water where snorkeling is...
Flamboyant, contradictory, and soaked with a defiant natural energy, Cuba beguiles all who visit her. This small country is projected to entertain over 5 million visitors in 2019 alone. In 2017, 600,000 American travelers (without Cuban family ties) visited the nation...
During high season in Nicaragua, “head for the hills” is the phrase of choice for many expats who live near the beach. Because the beach is where everyone else goes. When the sun is at its hottest, work-weary people from all over the country head for the beautiful waters to refresh, rejuvenate, and party.
Remember the days when you had to hire a travel agent to plan your vacation, and accept any prices they gave you for your flight, hotel, car rental, and activities? You often didn’t know what to pack. If you didn’t speak the language, it was difficult to communicate and find the latest and best restaurants...
My home is close to the beach town of San Juan del Sur. But if you’re looking for your own bargain property in Nicaragua right now, nowhere offers more choice of lifestyles and more appealing bargains than the area I recently scouted, around the northern colonial city of León.
Leaving the comfort of your home to live in another country can seem daunting to anyone—couples or singles. But since single people must make all the decisions and create a new life for themselves alone, the experience will naturally be different...
I’ve lived in Nicaragua for seven years, and I can tell you that this is one of the most beautiful, affordable, and exciting countries in Central America. You can leave your stressful life behind and relax in the tranquility of a liquid gold touched sunset, listen to a gentle forest rain, or watch from your patio as thousands of fireflies make it look as though the stars have descended from the sky. And if you like excitement and adventure, Nicaragua will not disappoint.
The best thing about your diet in Nicaragua is that you are eating healthier by default. GMO is not allowed and many farmers use homemade herbal pesticides because it’s much cheaper. It’s strange, because my friends and family in the U.S. and Australia go to great lengths to find “grass-fed and finished,” “free-range and uncaged,” and fruits and vegetables that haven’t been injected, painted, and waxed. No problem in Nicaragua. We don’t have that stuff. Everything here is how it used to be in the U.S.—fresh, unadulterated food.
If you can't have the retirement of your dreams in the U.S. or Canada, you can have it somewhere else. Just the other day my retired friend who lives in Manhattan lamented...
Wherever you choose to live in Nicaragua, it takes about a year to “get into the swing of things.” Moving abroad from your home country takes guts, fortitude, and patience. But one day, you sit on your patio in Paradise and say...