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Win a Free Month in Granada, Nicaragua

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Granada, Nicaragua. It's a charming Colonial city on the shores of beautiful Lake Nicaragua. Home to the iconic yellow cathedral, it's a place expats like to call home. And you have a chance to spend a month there. Free. In fact, International Living is so eager to have you test drive Granada that they'll give you spending money as well! Last year they gave away a trip to Cuenca, Ecuador. This year, it's Granada. Who? "One lucky winner (along with a spouse or friend) will win a four-week …

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Where’s the Best Place in the World to Retire?

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It's a great big world out there. If you want to retire -- or just live -- overseas, where's the best place to go? Naturally there's no one-size-fits-all answer. You can start with a list of questions to ask yourself about what quality of life means to you (and your significant other if you're moving with someone else). Then you start collecting data. Here are the top 15 cities from the newest quality of life index from Numbeo.com. Zurich, Switzerland Canberra, Australia Adelaide, …

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Overseas Residency — What’s the Best Country?

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Residency is what lets you live in a country for as long as you want, and usually lets you enter and leave the country whenever you choose to. It's not the same as citizenship, although it can lead to becoming a citizen. Some countries are easier than others to become a legal resident. Others are easy to stay in without residency. So what's the best choice for an expat. Should you look for residency? As with so many other expat questions, the best answer is, "it depends." My husband and I …

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Portable Computers for Portable Careers

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This month seems to be all about portable careers here at Future Expats. No matter what portable career you choose, you'll need a computer -- even if it's just to handle email and bookkeeping. And when your career is portable, you'll probably want a computer that's, well, easily portable. The Netbook After my first visit to Panama, I wrote about the computer I chose to bring with me on my scouting trip. It had to: Be easy to carry -- in other words, light weight Have features that would …

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Jump-Start Your Portable Career as a Travel Blogger

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Would you like to travel and get paid for it? How about traveling and getting paid for it without a boss, an editor, or selling? Are you already sharing anecdotes and snapshots about the places you go on Facebook, Twitter or other social media? If you answered yes to those questions, you might be a travel blogger. . . Nomadic Matt. . . Wandering Earl. . . Solo Traveler. . . Everything Everywhere . . . A Little Adrift . . . They're all successful travel bloggers. What's the …

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Why We Had to Run for the Border Before We Could Drive in Panama

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One of the challenges of expat life is that you're constantly running up against the unintended consequences of your actions. Last November, after eight months of relying on public transportation in Panama, we broke down and bought a car. Yes, day-to-day life was perfectly fine using cabs and buses, but we weren't seeing much of the country. After all, that was one of the reasons we were here! I knew that as non-residents we couldn't get Panama drivers licenses. I also knew that we could …

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