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Getting a cell phone in Portugal could be free if you are on a contract or a postpaid plan. Otherwise, it could cost anything from zero to € 1,000 (US $ 1,100 or £ 740). An iPhone 6S costs around €800 (US $ 880 or £ 590) at the moment. The latest Samsung would cost you about the same amount, more or less. Cellphone service is cheap. You can get unlimited calls for just €7.50 (US $8.25 or £ 5.50) a month.

 

Generally,...

Getting a cell phone in Portugal could be free if you are on a contract or a postpaid plan. Otherwise, it could cost anything from zero to € 1,000 (US $ 1,100 or £ 740). An iPhone 6S costs around €800 (US $ 880 or £ 590) at the moment. The latest Samsung would cost you about the same amount, more or less. Cellphone service is cheap. You can get unlimited calls for just €7.50 (US $8.25 or £ 5.50) a month.

 

Generally, telecommunications is neither cheap nor expensive.  You can get a full package, which includes your fixed line phone that also includes your cable TV with a couple hundred channels, a couple of mobiles for that package, and unlimited calls to European landline numbers in the evenings and weekends for around €30 (US $ 33 or £ 22) to €40 (US $ 45 or £ 30) a month. You can also add special services like unlimited calls to Europe during the day, which is great if you have business calls, for an additional €5 (US $5.50 or £ 4) a month. You can personalize the package according to your needs.

 

(Vodafone logo in Portugal, pictured.)

 

When living or retiring abroad, you need to look into taxation, financial planning, and citizenship. It’s important to know how these factors would affect making the decision of living or retiring abroad. You need to know the limitations in the length of stay allowed in certain countries, as well as financial restrictions.

 

For example, countries within the European Union allow only 90 days of stay, and you need to know this before visiting any of...

When living or retiring abroad, you need to look into taxation, financial planning, and citizenship. It’s important to know how these factors would affect making the decision of living or retiring abroad. You need to know the limitations in the length of stay allowed in certain countries, as well as financial restrictions.

 

For example, countries within the European Union allow only 90 days of stay, and you need to know this before visiting any of those countries.

 

There are limitations in every country and you need to get the most updated information on the travel and financial restrictions; what you can and can’t do financially, how you need to report income, etc. I would get advice from professionals before I make the decision of which country in which to retire.  

 

(Greek Orthodox church in Santorini, Greece, pictured.)

We have good restaurants in San Juan Del Sur. They have a nice ambience, they serve good food, and the rates are affordable.  The restaurants in San Juan Del Sur serve a lot of Nicaraguan food, but I also know a couple of Italian restaurants here.

 

There are typical restaurants that offer seafood, too. You can also eat at the hotels, which have a wide variety of food on the menu. There is also an ice cream parlor in San Juan Del Sur and there are...

We have good restaurants in San Juan Del Sur. They have a nice ambience, they serve good food, and the rates are affordable.  The restaurants in San Juan Del Sur serve a lot of Nicaraguan food, but I also know a couple of Italian restaurants here.

 

There are typical restaurants that offer seafood, too. You can also eat at the hotels, which have a wide variety of food on the menu. There is also an ice cream parlor in San Juan Del Sur and there are several cafes, too. There are taco trucks and a fried chicken store. You will also find fritangas here in San Juan Del Sur, where a homeowner will set up a full kitchen set in front of his house on the sidewalk and sell local Nicaraguan food.

There are poisonous reptiles, snakes, insects and dangerous animals, like jaguars in Belize. Most animals shy away from human contact. But if you’re trudging through the rainforest, you would definitely want some bug repellant. And then there’s always the worry about snakes and anything similar. Machetes are common tools to carry with you when on an adventure.  You would use it the same way as you would a baseball bat.

Obviously, reptiles are a...

There are poisonous reptiles, snakes, insects and dangerous animals, like jaguars in Belize. Most animals shy away from human contact. But if you’re trudging through the rainforest, you would definitely want some bug repellant. And then there’s always the worry about snakes and anything similar. Machetes are common tools to carry with you when on an adventure.  You would use it the same way as you would a baseball bat.

Obviously, reptiles are a different story. There’s a refuge for alligators in central Belize and the few that we have encountered down there were small.  We just notified the refuge, whose personnel came and hauled them off. They are treated humanely. Walking around town, you’re not going to run into any dangerous animals.

Dangerous animals are probably a concern for people who have houses out of town. I wouldn’t say that encountering poisonous reptiles, snakes and insects and dangerous animals would be a life threatening concern, but it is more of a heightened awareness concern. If you live near water, be mindful because there could be an alligator who wants to take refuge in your lake, pond or nearby stream at some point.

As for pet dogs, you have to worry about them getting eaten by a jaguar, if your house is outside of town. However, jaguars rarely attack people. For example, we have one jaguar near our property. It creeps around at night. We have people on site, but it has never approached them. It just walks around and enjoys the beautiful beachfront.  

Alligators and snakes would more than likely attack you than jaguars. As for mosquitoes, you expect them in Belize, so it is best to have bug spray.  In the day-to-day life of an expat living in Belize, these thing are very insignificant.  The only issue is if you go out into the jungle.