Guest Post by Suzan Haskins, International Living Ah, Christmas in Mexico. There’s nothing better. Before Dan and I moved from the States, back when our son was a teenager, we always went on holiday for Christmas…one year to Belize, another year on a cruise to the Bahamas. But more often than not, we went to Mexico. We have fond memories of Christmas Eve dinners at El Pescador, in my opinion the best seafood restaurant in the “old town” of Cancun (if there is such a thing in such a new …
Being a US Expat at Christmas Time
Here are a few thoughts about expat Christmas time that I thought were interesting. Expat kids believe in Santa longer. According to Mary Mimouma of Expat Abroad: "My daughter believed in Santa (and the tooth fairy) until she was ten. I found that in most expat families that have “Santa,” all the expat kids continue to believe in him until much older ages than the kids back home. I have hardly heard of anyone whose children stopped believing in Santa before the ages of eight, or even nine." …
Finance Your Life Overseas by Starting a Business
In previous posts, we looked at financing your new life overseas by teaching English as a second language, or by writing. These are a couple of very popular ways to earn money in your new country. There are many other options as well, including starting a business. Shelter Offshore advises that you must be sure your business idea is unique, but “not so unique that it is totally unlikely to succeed.” They point out that self-employment is a tough road in any case, and if you haven’t been …
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Expat Films: Across the Universe
At its most basic, Across the Universe (2007) is a coming-of-age love story. Young man from Liverpool, England, takes a job on a trans-Atlantic ship, then disappears into the US on arrival. Boy meets girl, they fall in love, find obstacles in their path, are temporarily separated and ultimately reunited. All set to music of the Beatles. I have to admit up-front that I am an avid Beatles fan. I was in the 6th grade when the Fab Four made their first American tour, so I spent some of my most …
Save Up To 50% on Health Care Costs
In Mexico, that is. That's the headline in today's email postcard from the Overseas Opportunity Letter. I thought I was done writing about health care, for a little while anyway. But this postcard caught my attention. Author Therese Lewis goes on to discuss in some detail the upside of Mexican health care: It costs a quarter to a half of what you'd pay in the US You don't have to cut back on quality Visits to doctors, even specialists, cost about $27-38 A hospital stay, overnight, will set …
Health Care and Expatriation
A few days ago, I asked the question, “Is US health care driving Americans to move abroad?” The response was swift. “Of course it is,” wrote Lya Sorano, Atlanta businesswoman. “Hardly a month passes in which I do not hear about a friend-of-a-friend or former neighbor decamping to Mexico or Costa Rica. I may be next . . . :-)" Mary Duckworth Mimouna, living in Morocco, responded: "It was one of the major factors prompting me to move overseas in 1993 when I did with my foreign husband. We had no …