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Eco-Tourism, Charity and Shopping in Panama

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Here in Las Tablas, Panama, a pleasant breeze blows through town during most of the day. We saw some rain yesterday morning for a few hours, but the afternoon was sunny with bright blue skies. The sun is hot, but overall we're finding the temperatures here much more tolerable than David. Before I get into details about our travels through Panama, though, I want to share one more time about some of the events of the Live & Invest in Panama conference I attended last week. Eco-Tourism in …

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Cheap Cities for Expats — But Would You Really Want to Live There?

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Last week we published the top cities in the world for high cost of expat living. Now it's time to flip it around and show you the lowest-cost cities. I explained the methodology here. While most of the high cost-of-living cities are in the Pacific Rim and Europe, most of the lowest cost cities are in Africa. So, without further ado, here are the least expensive cities for expats in the world. Sanaa, Yemen NukuAlofa, Tonga Tripoli, Libya Thimpu, Bhutan Colombo, Sri Lanka Phnom Penh, …

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Highest Cost of Living Cities for Expats

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It's that time of year again -- time to list the "best of" 2010. From XPatulator, here are the 10 most expensive cities in the world to live in. "Expensive" was determined by looking at the cost of a basket of items in each location. How They Rank Xpatulator ranks the cost of living based on prices for the same goods and services in each city. They use New York City as their baseline, with a cost of living rank of 100. They choose their 13 basket groups of goods and services based on what's …

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Quality of Life Index for 2011: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

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Wow! The January, 2011 International Living just arrived in my mailbox and I am speechless. . . stunned. They've named the 2011 Top Quality of Life countries and they've put the USA at the top of the list. Since I saw the article, I've been thinking and doing more reading, because my level of "stunned" has not gone down. How could International Living, which usually is right on target, be so far off on this one? Now, to give them credit, they issued a bunch of disclaimers in the article. In …

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How Thanksgiving Reminded Me to be Thankful

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A lot of blogs featured "things I feel thankful for" types of posts just before Thanksgiving, which was yesterday here in the US. I didn't join them because, frankly, I haven't been feeling I had much to be thankful for recently. However, spending Thanksgiving Day with my husband's family, and a long phone conversation in the evening, put a few things into perspective for me. One Man's Yummy is Another Man's Disgusting Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday. While many cultures celebrate …

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An Antidote to Doom and Gloom

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Occasionally I reprint articles here that appeared on other expat websites. This one struck a chord with me, and I hope it will with you too. Thanks to Live and Invest Overseas, where you can read the original in its entirety. "Vicki and I recently returned to Argentina after a six-month absence," writes Intrepid Correspondent Paul Terhorst. "The seasons are reversed here, and, like the song says, spring is 'bustin' out all over.' We see new leaves on trees, migrant birds returning, more …

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