IL Magazine: Discover the Greatest Retirement Town +6 More SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE 35% about subscribing to International Living Magazine When my wife, Suzan Haskins, and I started writing for International Living nearly 18 years ago, it didn't really occur to us that we were becoming digital nomads. When we sold our house in Omaha, Nebraska, and moved to Quito, Ecuador...
My love of photography began at the age of eight, when my Dad gave me a Kodak Instamatic camera for Christmas. Together, we composed photographs in the backyard. He shot images of his roses and sunflowers, while I preferred taking action adventure shots: photos of my friends falling off the tire swing, splashing into the pond below, or my neighbors' daredevil bike and skateboarding stunts.
I remember the first time the Maasai warrior grabbed my hand and pulled me in to his house. He offered me a bracelet and a necklace that his wife made, and said, "Now, you dance with us."
Diane Pearl is best known around Ajijic for her popular craft store, Diane Pearl Colecciones, where she sells unique, hand-crafted wares by local artists and Mexican craftspeople. But beyond that she has extended her love of art into painting classes and home parties...
My partner Stacey and I moved to Cuenca, Ecuador, about three-and-a-half years ago, searching for a simpler, less frenetic, and more enjoyable life after her recovery from cancer...
I’m wearing a chic-robe that’s downy soft, the color of creamy butter. A soft-spoken attendant approaches, directing me to an inviting lounge chair, set in the middle of a spacious room.
Several years ago, my partner, Gary, and I gave up our business and took an early retirement. Basing ourselves in the beach town of Salinas, we started traveling throughout Ecuador and documenting our journey along the way...
Eight years ago, I met a woman at a craft fair who regaled me with her plans to move her business to Ecuador. Intrigued, I researched Cuenca, Ecuador, planning a two-week trip with my ex-husband to see if retiring to a country outside the U.S. was feasible...
It all started with a bagel. Deborah Rodeheaver had prepared it for her niece, Dawn Wolfe, who couldn't find the old-fashioned, home-cooked bagels she was craving while living in Cuenca Ecuador...
“When we’re gazing out at the sunset over the Pacific from our Day Beach Resort here in Salinas Grandes, Nicaragua, about 12 miles from León, it’s hard to recall all the steps that brought us here. We just kept moving forward, step by step, until we arrived,” says Christian Rodrigue.