Best Places In The World To Retire

Most buildings in Coronado have over 50% Panamanian residents. Coronado is what you’d call their weekend vacation place.  So if you’re in an apartment building, that means in most cases over half the units are owned by someone who lives in Panama. In certain buildings that are more attractive to the international market then it’s the other half of the building is going to be occupied by people from the US, Canada, all parts of Europe, Australia, Venezuela,...

Most buildings in Coronado have over 50% Panamanian residents. Coronado is what you’d call their weekend vacation place.  So if you’re in an apartment building, that means in most cases over half the units are owned by someone who lives in Panama. In certain buildings that are more attractive to the international market then it’s the other half of the building is going to be occupied by people from the US, Canada, all parts of Europe, Australia, Venezuela, Chile, Colombia, etc.; we’re a melting pot of virtually every version of everything.  When you go to your pool, you’ll see people from all those different countries.

 

You’ll never be without somebody who is going to be able to speak to you in English in the Coronado area. In the restaurants Wednesday is what you would call the international happy hour at one of the restaurants. There will be 150 people from all over the world and that melting pot of fun is really what people love to see. It just goes on and on from different events; golf tournaments that are primarily going to be for the international market to anything that you find that you’re interested in, including learning how to make ceramics. You’re going to be meeting a lady from the US who lives in Italy who makes ceramics and teaches people how to make them. So life in Coronado goes all the way to the simplest and most common thread of a very international experience.  

 

(Painting session at La Teca restaurant, Coronado, Panama, pictured.)

YES!!!  You can most certainly bring your pets to Nicaragua and you do not have to quarantine most pets, such as dogs or cats.

 

Traveling to and from Nicaragua with your pet is relatively easy as long as you are prepared. Whether coming to or leaving Nicaragua, you will need an International Heath Certificate issued by a veterinarian and certified by the appropriate agency in your county of departure.  In the United States, it is the US...

YES!!!  You can most certainly bring your pets to Nicaragua and you do not have to quarantine most pets, such as dogs or cats.

 

Traveling to and from Nicaragua with your pet is relatively easy as long as you are prepared. Whether coming to or leaving Nicaragua, you will need an International Heath Certificate issued by a veterinarian and certified by the appropriate agency in your county of departure.  In the United States, it is the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and in Nicaragua it is the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAGFOR).

 

The only tricky part is the certificate is only valid for 10 days so plan ahead!

The mosquitoes and other insects are not that bad here in Algarve. We are not Florida and we are not Central America. Anyone who is accustomed to living in those places would find Algarve to be a welcomed relief. We clearly do get some flies and mosquitoes in the summer but they are not at the epidemic level. Some houses here have pools so sometimes mosquitoes breed in the water and we have to swat them away but it’s not a big deal. People here often get wax candles that have a...

The mosquitoes and other insects are not that bad here in Algarve. We are not Florida and we are not Central America. Anyone who is accustomed to living in those places would find Algarve to be a welcomed relief. We clearly do get some flies and mosquitoes in the summer but they are not at the epidemic level. Some houses here have pools so sometimes mosquitoes breed in the water and we have to swat them away but it’s not a big deal. People here often get wax candles that have a scent that repels mosquitoes. These candles are easily available at the department stores or hardware stores and cost between €1 (US $1.10 or £ 0.75) and €5 ($5.50 or £ 3.69) depending on the size of the content. It’s a very efficient way of getting rid of mosquitoes. 

 

Inside houses, you can also have electric, plug-in mosquito repellant units, but overall, there is no need to use mosquito repellant all the time here in the Algarve. To date, there has not been any outbreaks of any kind of diseases which are brought about by mosquitoes, such as malaria or dengue.

 

(Medieval castle,  Castelo de Alcoutim on the San Marcos River, Algarve, Portugal, pictured. )