In general, expats are well respected in Yucatan. The people in the whole Yucatan Peninsula are very nice. The Mayan culture is very open and very nice to people who come from the outside of Yucatan. This culture is very friendly to foreigners.
The number one sport in Portugal is soccer. Then I would say, all these basketball, handball, and all these other sports with balls, that tend to be second and third steps. But basically it’s soccer, which here in Portugal, we call soccer.
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You don’t even need a 2nd residency to live overseas, but it certainly makes life easier and more convenient. Many people for the first year stay in country on a tourist visa and either leave the country periodically or go to immigration to have the tourist visa renewed periodically. Obtaining a permanent residency takes time and some hassle, but is worth it in the end if you decide to stay in your new home country.
The range in the cost of living here in Cayo is huge, just like anywhere in the world. Realistically, a couple that has their own house can live comfortably on US $2,000 a month, which happens to be the amount required to qualify under the Qualified Retired Persons (QRP) Program here in Belize. To qualify for the QRP Program, you need to prove that you have an income of $2,000 per month per family. If you fail to meet this income requirement, you cannot come to Belize under the...Bill Edsell, of Ventana Bay Resort in Baja California Sur Gives a History: From the Luck of Odd Shaped Lots to Why the Community is So Great
From an interview in July, 2016 by Chuck Bolotin, Best Places' VP. Business Development:Chuck: Bill, you are a real legend and pioneer here in the La Ventana area, which we should let everyone know is a little seaside village about 40 miles southeast of La Paz. Everybody knows “Mr. Bill.” Please let our visitors know your story in the area.
Bill: My story starts in 1982. I had been to Mexico and I wanted to open a wind surfing school. I looked around all...
Driving south on Highway 1 from after it intersects Highway 5 is fairly uneventful, if by “uneventful” you mean "the hundreds of times when you’re confronted with the fact that even a slight miscalculation on your steering wheel will result in certain death." A half inch to the left, and you’ll crash head-on into a semi barreling towards you at 60 miles per hour. A half inch to the right, and you’ll go over the roughly 12-inch shoulder to plunge either into...
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.