From the archives. . . There are as many different ways to retire overseas as there are retirees. You can: live full time in your new country abroad divide your time between your home country and overseas country travel all the time I know people from each category, and each style has its pros and cons. Part-Time Expats Certainly the easiest way to enjoy life abroad is to keep one foot firmly at "home" for part of the year. That way you can keep all that's familiar wrapped snugly around …
3 No-Nonsense Reasons You Should Attend an Expat Conference
If you're contemplating your first move overseas, attending an expat conference can be an excellent way to start. I've been to a few, and you can read about them: Top 20 Country Choices for your Overseas Retirement How to Jumpstart your Overseas Move Why you should NEVER Attend an Expat Conference Panama Expat Conference -- Hot Air or Helpful? When you attend an expat conference you get a lot of information. You also get more -- much more. #1 Country Information You'll get scads of …
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Overseas Retirement — How to Choose the Best Country for YOU
The ideal way to find the best country for your overseas adventure is to visit and fall in love. If you've been fortunate enough to spend time in other countries, you can use that experience to choose your overseas retirement spot -- or at least whittle down your list of choices. But for the rest of us, there's a process in determining which country, and then which city, town or region, is the best spot for us to retire overseas. Here are the major points to consider. Climate Do …
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Driving While Gringo in Panama
Last month I let you know about the speeding ticket my husband got while we were driving from Las Tablas to Chitre. We drove around a sweeping curve and saw the policeman right away -- talking with another driver by the side of the road. He never turned around to face us until after he pulled us over. We believed the cop couldn't possibly have clocked us, no matter what speed we were going, because he had his back to us the entire time he was within our line of sight. Nevertheless, he …
My First Year as a Panama Expat
I became a Panama expat one year ago. On March 13, 2012, I landed -- along with my mini-mountain of luggage -- at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City. My first few days here were pretty stressful. I'd flown down by myself to find us a place to live. My husband and the dogs would follow once I'd accomplished that mission. I had no definite plans. I'd reserved a room at the Centrum Tower Hotel in Panama City for the first night, but everything after that was a mystery. My …
The Pains, Perils and Joys of Buying Panama Oceanfront Property
Over this past weekend, I looked at two very different pieces of Panama beachfront property. The first belongs to an expat couple we met. They're not selling it, and I can see why. It's absolutely beautiful! Directly on the beach near Chitre, it was built as a collection of small buildings all opening up to a central, covered, open-air courtyard. They have trees, grass, bougainvillea, and lots of other plants in this courtyard. Lovely ocean breezes waft through, and they can open their …
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