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If you were to listen to the mainstream news, visiting Mexico doesn’t sound like a great idea. Previously it has had a bad reputation for crime—frequent headlines of narco-violence and multiple U.S. State Department travel warnings.
Although only the size of West Virginia, Costa Rica offers you a lot of choice when it comes to places to live in terms of landscape, climate, amenities, and lifestyle. Quiet countryside with your own little homestead carved out of the jungle. A bustling beach town with a party every night....
When moving to Costa Rica, many newly-arrived expats decide to forgo having their own car. In retirement on a limited budget they want to eliminate the added expense of maintenance and fuel for a vehicle. Cars can be expensive to purchase in country and import from North America too, so that's another reason to go car-less.
Barbara Poole's 14-room boutique B&B is the only one in San Miguel de Allende that can boast of having been a bordello until it closed in the mid-1960s. These days...
When Rebecca Eichler, and her husband, Paul Carlino, got to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, with their two kids, they were ready for a break from their hectic lives working as lawyers in Washington, D.C.
I’m lost in the backstreets of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico…and it’s a good thing. I took a left at a hand-painted shrine to Mexico’s patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, and strolled down a callejon so narrow I can almost reach out and touch the walls on both sides...
Costa Rica is one of the most popular and well-known vacation, second-home, and retirement destinations for North Americans. Though a small country, Costa Rica’s regions offer a wide variety of climate, lifestyle, and landscape. And renting in Costa Rica is a great way to experience day-to-day life while looking for your own place under the tropical sun. Much of Costa Rica’s lush tropical forests and sun-splashed shoreline has been designated as national parkland or reserve. Costa Rica is rapidly approaching carbon-neutral status in energy production and emissions, and its health care system is one of the most affordable and highly rated in the world.
In terms of numbers, Mexico is the most popular expat destination for North Americans in the world. And it’s no wonder why. With over 5,800 miles of coastline on the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and Pacific, there are no shortage of postcard worthy...
For many in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, the Dominican Republic is a go-to Caribbean vacation destination. Just under 6.2 million tourists visited the country in 2017 (2 million of those from the U.S.)—that's a 3.9% jump from the previous year...
Dia de Muertos (day of the dead) is one of Mexico’s most famous religious traditions and takes place every year on November 1 and 2. It is not a “Mexican Halloween” as some may think, in fact, it has nothing to do with this American tradition...