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Our Life in the Little Town of La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Nayarit, Just North of Puerto Vallarta

Man eating a taco in Nayarit, just north of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingWe have just recently retired and plan to spend winters in our condo in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Nayarit. We bought the condo 3 years ago and have spent school holidays (I am a retired school teacher) setting up our condo and exploring our village and neighbourhood a little. We barely scratched the surface but look forward to learning more about the area in our 6-month trip this year!
 
What we have discovered, we love. The locals are so generous and accepting of us "gringos'...

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Highway 1 in Baja: From a Yurt in San Ignacio to the Perfect Beach South of Mulegé

Man and dog at the Santispac, Baja California – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingDriving south on Highway 1 from after it intersects Highway 5 is fairly uneventful, if by “uneventful” you mean "the hundreds of times when you’re confronted with the fact that even a slight miscalculation on your steering wheel will result in certain death."  A half inch to the left, and you’ll crash head-on into a semi barreling towards you at 60 miles per hour.  A half inch to the right, and you’ll go over the roughly 12-inch shoulder to plunge either into...

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A Second Generation Immigrant’s Dream in Panama

Once Wee-Yiong Fung obtained his education in the US, he headed back to the land of opportunity, the place where his immigrant parents from China and Yugoslavia found hope: Panama.  Along with other visitors to the Best Places site who were treated to a video of a narrated car ride Wee-Yiong provided as part of his answer to the question “What's it like to drive in Volcan and Cerro Punta, Chiriqui Province?” Jet now takes us on another journey with Wee-Yiong, one that is marked...

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