Here in Chapala and Ajijic, we have a mosquito that is called “bobo”, which means, “dummy” because they do not bite. There is a certain time of the year where we have a lot of bobos on the lake. 
The cost to rent a home in Portugal depends on several things such as the size of the property, whether it is furnished or not, whether it has a pool or not, and whether it is with a garage or without. It is really relative.
The worst thing about living and retiring here in Managua is that everything is slow. The government is slow, and the culture is still is reactive, as opposed to proactive. This means that, until we have a problem, that is the only time we seek for the solution and most of the time, the solution comes very slowly. If, for example, your cable connection is down and you call the cable company, they’ll tell you that they will send someone out to fix it in a couple of days,...
The best thing about retiring here is that you will have a lot of time to enjoy life. In Nicaragua, time is only relative to what you want to do. Time goes by and you will enjoy it more. If you want to go to Costa Rica, it is only an hour and a half away. If you want to go to Honduras, it is only two hours away from Managua. The infrastructure here will impress you. Our highways are new. If you compare them to the highways in Mexico, Honduras, or El Salvador, compared to our highways, theirs look like there has been a war. 
Historically, coming from Montreal, Canada, it is typical to wait up to six months to see a specialist and maybe two months to see a generalist. However, in Panama, I have been pleasantly surprised by the fact that you do not need to wait long for a doctor's appointment.
If you are going to live overseas, you need to research the country you are going to move to beforehand, and you have to visit the country several times a year and at different times because the weather can vary extremely. How Traveling and Living Abroad Gave Me a Better Perspective on Time and Happiness
One of the great advantages of traveling, or better yet, living in a different country, is to see how others live their lives. If we are open to it, we can gain perspective and insight, not only into the human condition in general, but more pointedly, into our own condition. I'll give you an example.
While on a road trip for Best Places in the World to Retire, we have traveled by car thousands of miles through Mexico, from the California border in...
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