IL Magazine: Discover the Best Retirement Haven + 24 More SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE 35% about subscribing to International Living Magazine My wife, Dolly, and I were in our early 50s when we decided to retire to Central America. Now fully retired at age 62, I can look back on the last 10 years of our life as expats with immense gratification. We were wildlife photographers and, having spent the best part of 20 years working in Europe and Africa, the American continent beckoned...
Close to two decades ago, when I was not long out of college, I started my real estate investment career. For me, real estate had a lot of benefits that other investment types just couldn’t match. Unlike stocks or bonds, it was an asset that you could touch, see, and enjoy; unlike something like precious metals or jewels...
With a spring-like climate all year round, tree-covered mountains sloping to the warm waters of the Pacific, and a great sense of community, Panama's Chiriquí region, and particularly the town of Boquete, has attracted savvy expats for decades...
Evening has arrived, and a tangerine-colored sun sets behind the limestone arches of a 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheater. Above, seagulls dance on a warm sea breeze—a peaceful contrast to the line of Roman gladiators marching into the arena...
My love affair with Medellín, Colombia began after only my third day in the city. I woke to the sound of the birds chirping in the tree outside my window. I spent the day wandering through the neighborhood taking in the sights and sounds of my new surroundings...
When I was a kid, I had an abiding vision of the life I’d like to lead. It involved sailboats, sand, and palm trees…preferably cocos nucifera, a lovely pinnate-leaved palm common in the Windward Islands...
There’s one thing about the concept of living, working, or retiring abroad that I value above all else: It gives me options. Options are good. Having options is much better than not having options, even if you never make a choice...
The ancient Polynesians traveled among thousands of tiny islands and atolls across the Pacific in double-hulled sailing canoes. Using celestial navigation, an intimate knowledge of tides and currents, and following the flight patterns of birds, their reach...
I see proof that a major bull market is coming back in mining, the kind of bull market that can make us rich. The upturn is specific to smaller, leaner concerns—junior mines—which have survived a five-year period from 2011 to 2016, when investors were fleeing...
From our elevated position, the lush green jungle tumbled down the hillside to the ocean below, and the neighboring island of Phangnan loomed large on the horizon. It was time for a cold Chang beer ($2.80). We stopped at...