"After 12 ½ years living overseas, we feel like tourists now when we return to these United States." That's Kathleen Peddicord speaking, publisher of Live and Invest Overseas and author of the recent book How to Retire Overseas. (You can click here to read a review. "We're appreciating the history, the shopping, and the museums of one of our favorite U.S. cities, but, as we wander and explore, we're also coming face-to-face with the realities of life in this part of the world right now. …
Cost of Renting in Panama
Panama is one of the countries my husband and I are considering, so I was very interested to see a recent post in Live and Invest Overseas detailing costs of renting in three Panama locations. Panama City, specifically the El Cangrejo neighborhood. It's necessary to be neighborhood-specific because, as in any other big city, there are areas that are more or less desireable with pricing to match. The neighborhood is described as "cool, hip, safe, welcoming and increasingly affordable." "Prices …
Are You A Boomer or A Hammock Swinging Adventurer?
Kathleen Peddicord of Live and Invest Overseas revisited Nicaragua recently, and had some interesting comparisons between Nicaragua and Panama. I can't help but draw comparisons between this place and the place I left early yesterday morning, Panama City. Granada, Nicaragua, from where I write, and Panama City, Panama, couldn't be more different, and I've been trying to put my finger on, exactly, why that is. Finally, the gentleman who was kind enough to collect me in Managua last night and …
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Which Countries Have the Best Health Care?
In the Expat Web group on LinkedIn, a member asked recently, “As an Expat, which countries do you think have the best and worst health care systems?” Belgium, Spain, Switzerland, Canada, Malta and France all received positive comments. One poster said Japan’s was “the worst I ever experienced.” The US was mentioned favorably, but “only if you have good insurance. Prices are about 5 to 10 times the costs of France or Belgium.” This kind of anecdotal information is interesting, but not all that …
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Top 10 Retirement Havens
Live and Invest Overseas publisher Kathleen Peddicord has named the Top 10 Retirement Havens for 2010, and the list includes some surprises. Panama occupies the top spot, and Peddicord comments that "this country manages to become more appealing all the time." Her Top 10 picks include: Panama France "World's best quality of life, world's best health care, world's best infrastructure, world's most romantic city" Uruguay for "The banking, residency, and tax advantages of Panama without the …