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Gallo pinto is the number one daily food in Nicaragua. It is made of small red beans and rice. It’s the national food that is eaten daily by Nicaraguans.  How they use it varies.  For example, on the weekends, they might have gallo pinto with cheese or eggs or other ingredients. They would make a special dish if it was a weekend. 

 

Naca tamale is a national favorite, which is a weekend food. Sopa de queso (cheese soup) is another great...

Gallo pinto is the number one daily food in Nicaragua. It is made of small red beans and rice. It’s the national food that is eaten daily by Nicaraguans.  How they use it varies.  For example, on the weekends, they might have gallo pinto with cheese or eggs or other ingredients. They would make a special dish if it was a weekend. 

 

Naca tamale is a national favorite, which is a weekend food. Sopa de queso (cheese soup) is another great dish in Nicaragua. Their cheese is different from what we experience in the US, but nevertheless, their cheese soup is delicious. Sopa de res, which is a beef soup, is also another delicious dish.

 

You will encounter different recipes in Nicaragua depending on the different classes of people. I noticed that if you are in the lower income group, your staple foods would be gallo pinto and the fruits, which you can get from the trees, such as mangoes, while, if you were middle class, could afford to eat more and what you eat would vary considerably more than if you were poor.

 

(Gallo pinto, cheese, eggs, tortillas and salsa in Nicaragua, pictured.)

I am very happy to answer this question because the police in Portugal are not corrupt at all. There is no corruption on that level in Portugal. I would highly recommend that people do not try any Latin American or African tricks of trying to slip in dollar notes into a driver’s license or any funny business like that because that doesn’t work in Europe. That is completely frowned upon and you could well be arrested if you do something like that. If you are coming to...

I am very happy to answer this question because the police in Portugal are not corrupt at all. There is no corruption on that level in Portugal. I would highly recommend that people do not try any Latin American or African tricks of trying to slip in dollar notes into a driver’s license or any funny business like that because that doesn’t work in Europe. That is completely frowned upon and you could well be arrested if you do something like that. If you are coming to Portugal, don’t try it. No one expects for corruption to happen at that level. 

 

Unfortunately, however, there is still some corruption that happens at other levels. For example, you may find relative to obtaining planning permission for certain projects, you sometimes wonder how certain properties were built. They may be too large or too close to a natural reserve so it is questionable how they managed to build there and so there might be some corruption that happened at the political level. There is still some suspicion of corruption in those areas around Portugal but it is not by any means commonplace nor is it of the kind of level that you would find in Africa or Latin America. Having lived in both Africa and Latin America, I can comment based on my observation and comparison of these different regions. There is a huge difference.

 

(São Gonçalo church, Porto, Portugal, pictured.)

I am not a very sickly person, so when my daughter or I get ill, we go first to the local Polyclinic here on Ambergris Caye. It is a local, free, 24 hour manned clinic, but they are really great.  They also have the little tuktuks  that drive around anytime of the day that can pick you up and take you to the clinic.

 

When we first arrived here on Ambergris Caye, I had lots of insect bites, so the doctor at the Polyclinic always gave me...

I am not a very sickly person, so when my daughter or I get ill, we go first to the local Polyclinic here on Ambergris Caye. It is a local, free, 24 hour manned clinic, but they are really great.  They also have the little tuktuks  that drive around anytime of the day that can pick you up and take you to the clinic.

 

When we first arrived here on Ambergris Caye, I had lots of insect bites, so the doctor at the Polyclinic always gave me the right cream and the right antibiotic and I was well within a couple of days. When I needed to get my lab tests done for my residency visa, I had to go and see a doctor. They took a blood test and the results were all ready in half an hour. Medical care is very quick here on Ambergris Caye.

 

Pills for older people can be gotten quite easily and there are doctors here on Ambergris Caye who can look after you. There are also specialists in Belize City that you can fly over to see. But if you have problems with mobility, it might be a bit difficult to live on Ambergris Caye, since the island is not that wheelchair friendly. I think people come to see the heyday of their retirement in Ambergris Caye. If it comes to the point that you need to be in assisted living, then it might be time to go back home. That is what most people do. They go back to their own jurisdictions to see their last days with special and assisted living communities. It breaks some people’s hearts. I have known a couple of gentlemen who have gotten very old and they cannot move, but they won’t accept help, so we had to call their families and tell them that it was time for them to go home.

You can buy real estate in Panama even as a foreigner. There is no difference at all on the terms under which a foreigner can buy real estate compared to the terms under which a Panamanian can buy real estate.

You can buy real estate in Panama even as a foreigner. There is no difference at all on the terms under which a foreigner can buy real estate compared to the terms under which a Panamanian can buy real estate.