Best Places In The World To Retire

In most cases, living in Mexico is cheap. If you’re living in Mexico as an expat long-term, your monthly cost of living should definitely be lower than in the US. If you are moving around a lot or renting places short-term, renting fully furnished properties or luxurious properties, you could actually end up spending more. Costs for things such as electricity for example could cost you more than in the US, or if you’re buying only imported goods and only imported food then...

In most cases, living in Mexico is cheap. If you’re living in Mexico as an expat long-term, your monthly cost of living should definitely be lower than in the US. If you are moving around a lot or renting places short-term, renting fully furnished properties or luxurious properties, you could actually end up spending more. Costs for things such as electricity for example could cost you more than in the US, or if you’re buying only imported goods and only imported food then things are going to be highly taxed or expensive, like cheese from Europe or really high end products.
 
For the most part, if you’re just maintaining a regular standard of living, the cost to live in Mexico should be lower. You should be paying less on rent, you should be spending less on food, less on going out to eat, and less on transportation, especially if you don’t have a car. You don’t have any car maintenance, gas, things like that. And overall, you should be spending less. But what happens is sometimes people hear that maids are affordable, different services are very affordable and they start adding on a lot of services that they never used in the US, and as a result, they can inflate their cost of living that way.  As an example, if you go from an unfurnished one-bedroom apartment in the States to like living in a beachfront mansion in Mexico, you could increase your cost of living a bit.  

 

(Kristin Wilson helping expats relocate with the ocean at her back in Mexico, pictured.)

There is a long list of outdoor activities in and around Ambergris Caye. For water sports, we have the following:

All these water sports are available to do every day on Ambergris Caye. There...

There is a long list of outdoor activities in and around Ambergris Caye. For water sports, we have the following:

All these water sports are available to do every day on Ambergris Caye. There used to be some water skiing, but not any more.

 

On land, there are more outdoor activities to do, including:

Social Security will mail/fwd/deposit your check here. I have mine going to my credit union account in the US, & I transfer funds to an account here in Panama  I can also use my US debit card to withdraw $ from the ATM; however there are fees. I can also deposit checks from my US credit union to my bank here, & there's a fee ($5.35).

Here in Panama they don't accept Medicare, but they do VA at a hospital. We use US currency ($, coins) & also...

Social Security will mail/fwd/deposit your check here. I have mine going to my credit union account in the US, & I transfer funds to an account here in Panama  I can also use my US debit card to withdraw $ from the ATM; however there are fees. I can also deposit checks from my US credit union to my bank here, & there's a fee ($5.35).

Here in Panama they don't accept Medicare, but they do VA at a hospital. We use US currency ($, coins) & also Panamanian coins.

 

To the right is a picture I took from my balcony at the Westin Playa Bonita Hotel in Veracruz, Panama.

In San Juan del Sur there is only a basic clinic, just for basic treatments or for an emergency.  If you have a more serious healthcare problem, you should get it treated in a hospital, which San Juan del Sur does not have.
 
Depending on the severity of your health emergency, you could go to the public hospital in Rivas (20 – 25 minutes away) or, preferably, to Managua (two hours away).  Managua has the best hospitals in Nicaragua, up to the standards of the US.

In San Juan del Sur there is only a basic clinic, just for basic treatments or for an emergency.  If you have a more serious healthcare problem, you should get it treated in a hospital, which San Juan del Sur does not have.
 
Depending on the severity of your health emergency, you could go to the public hospital in Rivas (20 – 25 minutes away) or, preferably, to Managua (two hours away).  Managua has the best hospitals in Nicaragua, up to the standards of the US.

Yes. Portugal is a laic state with religious freedom and tolerance. Although Portugal has a long lasting Catholic tradition, it is one of the best European examples of religious tolerance with successful integration of the minority religions, as there is no track record of any religious conflicts.

 

(Batalha Monastery, Leiria, Portugal, pictured.)

Yes. Portugal is a laic state with religious freedom and tolerance. Although Portugal has a long lasting Catholic tradition, it is one of the best European examples of religious tolerance with successful integration of the minority religions, as there is no track record of any religious conflicts.

 

(Batalha Monastery, Leiria, Portugal, pictured.)