Swapping BBQ for Souvlaki: Texans in Cyprus

Swapping BBQ for Souvlaki: Texans in Cyprus

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August 21, 2023

Over the last 6,000 years nearly every major empire around the Mediterranean has occupied Cyprus at some point. And most of them left something behind. The Ancient Greeks left ruins. They built a temple here to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, then forbade women to enter it. The Crusaders left castles. The Knights Templar had their headquarters here and actually owned Cyprus...

Living Without Want on $2,500 a Month in Orosi, Costa Rica

Living Without Want on $2,500 a Month in Orosi, Costa Rica

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August 19, 2023

David Hirabayashi first came to Costa Rica to visit friends who had moved there. "When they told me they were retiring and moving to Costa Rica, I thought they had a screw loose," he says. But when he visited them, he was astonished at the lifestyle on offer. That visit convinced him to move to Costa Rica too. He wanted to be in the mountains...