The food recipes in the Yucatan include a lot of pulled pork, as we would call them in Alberta in Canada. They do a lot of baking under the ground with meats wrapped in bread. Believe it or not, people in the Yucatan eat a lot of spaghetti but here, it is is made of wieners and ketchup.
Mexicans recipes commonly have chilies. My wife makes a Yucatecan dish quite often called chiles en nogada, which is a stuffed chili with a bunch of nuts and peaches and...
The food recipes in the Yucatan include a lot of pulled pork, as we would call them in Alberta in Canada. They do a lot of baking under the ground with meats wrapped in bread. Believe it or not, people in the Yucatan eat a lot of spaghetti but here, it is is made of wieners and ketchup.
Mexicans recipes commonly have chilies. My wife makes a Yucatecan dish quite often called chiles en nogada, which is a stuffed chili with a bunch of nuts and peaches and meats topped with cream sauce.
The tacos and enchiladas that you see in the US are not like they have here in Mexico. Whoever brought these dishes to the US made them very Americanized. Here in Mexico, they are usually made with soft corn tortillas and you rarely see the hard shell tortillas that are common in the grocery stores in the US.
They use corn tortillas pretty much with every meal. You use it to clean your plate with, you use it to dip in your sauce, etc. Of course, Mexicans also make a lot of burritos but we don’t eat a lot of that in our house because my wife is not crazy about them; she likes Canadian food.
(Ingredients for conchita pibil, Yucatan slow roasted pork, pictured.)
What are the construction standards in Volcan and Cerro Punta, Chiriqui Province, Panama?
Tehany De La Guardia - Tehany Realty
The construction standards in Volcan and Cerro Punta are not very good. There are a lot of builders that they call themselves "builders" but they are not good at all. Just a few I will say are very good. The issue is that they don't care about the details when doing the finish work.
The work done by the plumbers and electricians in the area is generally not good, either. I would recommend just one electrician and one plumber.
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The construction standards in Volcan and Cerro Punta are not very good. There are a lot of builders that they call themselves "builders" but they are not good at all. Just a few I will say are very good. The issue is that they don't care about the details when doing the finish work.
The work done by the plumbers and electricians in the area is generally not good, either. I would recommend just one electrician and one plumber.
I would recommend that you hire an architect or an engineer to supervise the construction and be responsible for the entire job. If you decide to build, this is the best way to "play it safe" and avoid stress.
Are there natural disasters like flooding, earthquakes, fire or hurricanes in Corozal?
Stephen Honeybill - The Crimson Orchid Inn
I haven’t heard of any fire in the town of Corozal. Since most places in Corozal are built of concrete, any fire that was accidentally set would do very little damage. If you are living in a wooden building, the chances are just as anywhere that you could burn it down.
I have seen limited road flooding three or four years ago when we had a very unusual amount of rain, and it came very quickly. It was rain that was draining from many miles inland that...
I haven’t heard of any fire in the town of Corozal. Since most places in Corozal are built of concrete, any fire that was accidentally set would do very little damage. If you are living in a wooden building, the chances are just as anywhere that you could burn it down.
I have seen limited road flooding three or four years ago when we had a very unusual amount of rain, and it came very quickly. It was rain that was draining from many miles inland that flooded some of the back roads. On the way to Sarteneja, the road got so flooded that they had to have buses on each side that drove people across the water. Between Orchid Bay and Corozal, I’ve always been able to drive.
There have been two hurricanes that have been directed at Belize. One was last summer, which hit just north of Belize City. The enter was the International Airport, and just north of that. That hurricane didn’t do much of anything- it destroyed a few of the old wooden buildings, but other than that I was not aware of any substantial damage. Certainly none of the more modern buildings were affected in any way that I know of. They might have had a window break somewhere, but the hurricanes that I’d experienced have not been that bad.
Four years ago, another hurricane was aimed at Ambergris Caye. As the hurricane approached Ambergris Caye, it made a swift right turn and went to Mahahual, Mexico. We only got some residual rain here in Corozal, which can be quite considerable on the outer bands of the hurricane.
There is no comparison living in Belize with living in the southern states in the US where they get hammered all the time by hurricanes and tornadoes, and snow, ice and severely low temperatures as you go further north. Belize is a great place for weather. People visiting Belize in the middle of winter just luxuriate in the warmth. It’s such a relief from the cold north. That’s what brings people here for the first time, and then some consider moving to northern Belize the rest of their lives.
(The beach at Crimson Orchard Inn, Corozal, Belize, pictured.)
It is pretty easy to buy furniture in Managua, Nicaragua, but it depends on what are you looking for in quality. There are malls where you can purchase mass-produced furniture. And then there are stores that offer original and well-crafted furniture, shops like Simplemente Madera, Michael Pierson, Eza Furniture's, among others. It all depends on your budget and taste.
It is pretty easy to buy furniture in Managua, Nicaragua, but it depends on what are you looking for in quality. There are malls where you can purchase mass-produced furniture. And then there are stores that offer original and well-crafted furniture, shops like Simplemente Madera, Michael Pierson, Eza Furniture's, among others. It all depends on your budget and taste.
The national school system in Portugal is not very great and not to be recommended. However, there are some international private schools in Portugal that are among some of the best in Europe. They are for the high school levels and lower and cater to expats living in Portugal.
There is a German school, a French school, and an American school. My granddaughter goes to an international school in the Algarve. There are about three or four international...
The national school system in Portugal is not very great and not to be recommended. However, there are some international private schools in Portugal that are among some of the best in Europe. They are for the high school levels and lower and cater to expats living in Portugal.
There is a German school, a French school, and an American school. My granddaughter goes to an international school in the Algarve. There are about three or four international schools in the Algarve, all of which are very good.
However, the private international schools here in Portugal are not cheap. If there is one thing that is expensive in Portugal, it’s a top-rank education.
(Carlucci American International School of Lisbon girl's soccer team, Lisbon, Portugal, pictured.)
The worst reason for retiring overseas would be moving to another place and wanting it to be like home, because sometimes things do not work the same way as they do back home.
For example, the work ethic here in Panama is different from the work ethic back home, where I'm from, in the US. Here in Panama, if you want to have internet connection in your house, you would not get it by just asking for it. You have to make an extra effort. After I...
The worst reason for retiring overseas would be moving to another place and wanting it to be like home, because sometimes things do not work the same way as they do back home.
For example, the work ethic here in Panama is different from the work ethic back home, where I'm from, in the US. Here in Panama, if you want to have internet connection in your house, you would not get it by just asking for it. You have to make an extra effort. After I applied for an internet connection, I waited for a month, but they had not done anything. So when I got the opportunity, I parked my car in a way that one of their company vehicles could not escape and asked them to give me the internet connection I applied for a month ago. I am not a bad guy; I just need the internet. So if you decide to live overseas, you have to be ready to do things differently because sometimes if you do things the proper way, it just doesn’t work.
My husband pulled our high-top white van with the dogs in the backseat into the Pemex, the ubiquitous gas stations of Baja California, Mexico. We were returning to the outskirts of La Paz, a busy little town that fronts a bay and is held in by the mountains. He spoke in Spanglish to the attendant about the price of gas as the van was serviced. I sat inside, drowsy from a day of walking along soft surf. From my side of the van, I watched a woman approach the car to the right of me....
I have met and spoken with many North American ex-pats while in Panama. I'm a curious guy, and one of the questions I often asked was why they were there. The answers weren't all that surprising to me.
A guy waiting to get at his safety deposit box, in my Panamanian bank, told me he retired to Panama at age 58 because he could. He could never, he said, do that in the United States. Was he happy with his decision? Yes.
Jet Metier first heard of the term “tail twisting” from Kent Payne, who explained that it’s a way to get a cow to move where it should go by twisting its tail. Kent expounded that the same principle could be applied to people. Jet learns it did not take much tail twisting for Kent and his wife to settle down in beautiful Gran Pacifica, Nicaragua.
Jet Metier: Good morning, Kent! This interview is our way on behalf of our visitors to thank you for all...
The food recipes in the Yucatan include a lot of pulled pork, as we would call them in Alberta in Canada. They do a lot of baking under the ground with meats wrapped in bread. Believe it or not, people in the Yucatan eat a lot of spaghetti but here, it is is made of wieners and ketchup. 
I haven’t heard of any fire in the town of Corozal. Since most places in Corozal are built of concrete, any fire that was accidentally set would do very little damage. If you are living in a wooden building, the chances are just as anywhere that you could burn it down. 
The national school system in Portugal is not very great and not to be recommended. However, there are some international private schools in Portugal that are among some of the best in Europe. They are for the high school levels and lower and cater to expats living in Portugal. 
My husband pulled our high-top white van with the dogs in the backseat into the Pemex, the ubiquitous gas stations of Baja California, Mexico. We were returning to the outskirts of La Paz, a busy little town that fronts a bay and is held in by the mountains. He spoke in Spanglish to the attendant about the price of gas as the van was serviced. I sat inside, drowsy from a day of walking along soft surf. From my side of the van, I watched a woman approach the car to the right of me....
I have met and spoken with many North American ex-pats while in Panama. I'm a curious guy, and one of the questions I often asked was why they were there. The answers weren't all that surprising to me. 