Best Places In The World To Retire

It has been a long time since the last time that I have been in the US, so I am not sure if the cost to maintain a car here in Coronado, Panama is cheaper or more expensive. I can say, however, that I get a 20% discount on labor fees because of the Descuento Jubilado (the discount for being a retiree). Even before the discount, however, the labor fees to fix a car could be less in Panama than how much it is in North America because the labor costs on pretty much everything else is so...

It has been a long time since the last time that I have been in the US, so I am not sure if the cost to maintain a car here in Coronado, Panama is cheaper or more expensive. I can say, however, that I get a 20% discount on labor fees because of the Descuento Jubilado (the discount for being a retiree). Even before the discount, however, the labor fees to fix a car could be less in Panama than how much it is in North America because the labor costs on pretty much everything else is so much less.  However, I don’t get the retiree discount on parts. The discount only applies on the labor fees for the mechanic.

We don’t have sharks in the waters of Nicaragua, but we do have currents. Currents are very treacherous. So you have to ask before going in. You have to respect the sea. Ask how the currents are and how often does the tide go in and out. That way, you know what to expect of the sea. Wherever you go here along the 550 kilometers of coast (341 miles) in Nicaragua, it varies a lot from one place to another.

 

We do have bays like San Juan Del Sur, so the...

We don’t have sharks in the waters of Nicaragua, but we do have currents. Currents are very treacherous. So you have to ask before going in. You have to respect the sea. Ask how the currents are and how often does the tide go in and out. That way, you know what to expect of the sea. Wherever you go here along the 550 kilometers of coast (341 miles) in Nicaragua, it varies a lot from one place to another.

 

We do have bays like San Juan Del Sur, so the currents do not get in and there are no animals. The most that you will get is a bass. You hardly ever hear about anybody being attacked by a shark. We don’t have sharks in the Pacific coast.

Most of the expat communities in Portugal are in Cascais, just west of Lisbon proper.

 

Cascais is a well-known retirement destination for the English people because of the connection that we have with England in the last century. Portugal is the oldest ally of England. We had a Portuguese Queen who married and English King. It is also popular for expats because of the golf courses. There are quite a lot of English clubs in Cascais such as the Rotary Club,...

Most of the expat communities in Portugal are in Cascais, just west of Lisbon proper.

 

Cascais is a well-known retirement destination for the English people because of the connection that we have with England in the last century. Portugal is the oldest ally of England. We had a Portuguese Queen who married and English King. It is also popular for expats because of the golf courses. There are quite a lot of English clubs in Cascais such as the Rotary Club, the Women’s Institute Club, etc. They even have a daily newspaper that is in English. There is also one in the Algarve as well, which is called The Portuguese News. 

 

We have three English high schools in Cascais: Saint Julian’s, Saint Dominic’s, and the international school. These are all big schools so you would see that there is really a big expat community here. My daughter went to St. Dominic’s. The schools here start from primary and finish up and then they leave for the universities. 

 

Another reason Cascais is a top choice for expat communities because it is very near to the airport and it has always catered to expats very well. Cascais has a beautiful landscape and a very nice weather. It’s a beautiful town by the coast. It used to be a fishing village, which has now turned into a tourist town. It’s a very appealing and very nice. It is also about 20 kilometers directly west of Lisbon, which is the capital of Portugal.

 

There are also lots of expats in the Algarve, the majority of whom are also English. The reasons include the golf courses, the beaches, the weather, etc.

 

The main expat communities of Portugal are Cascais, Sintra, and the Algarve.  

 

(Shops with English signs, Sintra, Portugal, pictured.)