A Rich Life in Costa Rica with Panoramic Views, Friends, and Fun

A Rich Life in Costa Rica with Panoramic Views, Friends, and Fun

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June 24, 2022

“We wanted to live in a place where we didn’t need heat or AC, outside of the hurricane belt, with ample water, a stable democratic government, and good healthcare,” says Jim Just, 73. “If you apply those parameters to countries of the world,” says Jim, “It narrows down the list quite a bit.” Costa Rica’s Central Valley region fit the bill.

World’s Best Places for “Digital Nomads” Over 50

World’s Best Places for “Digital Nomads” Over 50

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June 22, 2022

It’s our list of the world’s best places to go if you’ve got the flexibility of a laptop job and you’re ready to relax, take it easy, and start earning from a beautiful, interesting, lower-cost spot overseas. In this report, we give you our picks for the top 10 places in the world to earn a portable income. We compare them across a list of categories that includes cost of living...

Surfers, Templars, and €170,000 Homes on Portugal’s Silver Coast

Surfers, Templars, and €170,000 Homes on Portugal’s Silver Coast

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June 20, 2022

Peniche on Portugal’s Silver Coast has the best waves I’ve ever seen. Huge waves. Fast, barreling waves. The kind that will whip you off your feet. Tube waves that surfers travel half-way across the world to find. Indeed, surfers are everywhere. Tall, bronzed, with chiseled good looks. Barefoot and bare-chested. But I didn’t come here to surf. For the past few days, I’ve been...

What I Learned From the Worst Café in Lisbon

What I Learned From the Worst Café in Lisbon

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June 13, 2022

This is Lisbon in June and the busy summer tourist season is in full swing. That means that if you don't want to wait in a queue or put your name on a waitlist, you need to compromise. (It took me a good 30 minutes to find my Pollock jewel.) Ten years ago, an establishment like this would have been far more commonplace. But today it's the exception. A relic from Lisbon's...

Swapping Stress for Serenity in Costa Rica’s Southern Zone

Swapping Stress for Serenity in Costa Rica’s Southern Zone

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June 7, 2022

"It's a crazed, high-energy life in the U.S.," David Bohn says, from the comfort of his Spanish Colonial-styled living room in the Southern Zone of Costa Rica. That's not the case where David now resides. If Costa Rica is one of the world's most relaxed countries, the Southern Zone is its version of Hawaii—the calm, unspoiled region that even Costa Ricans consider...