Best Places In The World To Retire

There’s an international airport in Puerto Vallarta called the Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport which is 20 minutes from downtown. There are direct flights from the Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Chicago, LA, Denver, and Atlanta. From the Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, you can go anywhere you want to go in the States and in other parts of the world. 

 

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There’s an international airport in Puerto Vallarta called the Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport which is 20 minutes from downtown. There are direct flights from the Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport to Chicago, LA, Denver, and Atlanta. From the Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, you can go anywhere you want to go in the States and in other parts of the world. 

 

Living close to the international airport is a big advantage for me because if I needed to fly a lot and I lived in some other places that are far from the airport, it might take me a while to get to the airport, and then there may not be a lot of direct flights. I know a lot of work-from-home Americans who live here in Puerto Vallarta and travel and use the airport all the time, which is probably one of the reasons that they’re here in Puerto Vallarta.  

 

 

 

(PVR  Puerto Vallarta airport, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, pictured.)

Of  these, the most popular for ecotourism in Panama are El Valle, Chiriqui Province and Metropolitan Park in Panama City.​

 

Many of the places I mentioned are actually not overly prepared for tourism.  They have their paths, but everything is natural. 

 

We have many companies that do ecotourism in Panama.

One of the best things to buy in Portugal is the Portuguese wine.  Portuguese wine is not exported as much as in other places, which is a great shame because the wines here are really prize-winning and they are excellent.

 

Pastries are excellent as well. If you like codfish, that’s good here, but most foreigners don’t seem to like codfish. There’s a huge variety of things that you can buy. There’s silver Portugal, which is very...

One of the best things to buy in Portugal is the Portuguese wine.  Portuguese wine is not exported as much as in other places, which is a great shame because the wines here are really prize-winning and they are excellent.

 

Pastries are excellent as well. If you like codfish, that’s good here, but most foreigners don’t seem to like codfish. There’s a huge variety of things that you can buy. There’s silver Portugal, which is very good. The porcelain is very good, as is the crystal, and there’s very good antiques.

 

If you want the “cheap and cheerful” things, there’s plenty of that as well.

 

And then you have what they call “custard tarts” which are in the Pastéis de Belém area (about half way between Lisbon Cascais, which is on the coast), and which is almost like a religion here. These are very good little custard tarts.

 

You really can get everything here in Portugal now and there are many countries that have what they call a “one-shop” where they’ve got mainly South African and British products from England. You’ve got a shop that is a Russian shop. There is an Ikea so the Swedes can get what they are missing from home.  

 

It’s amazing that as small as Portugal is, when you’re down in the Alenteijo, which is an area that is just before the Algarve or even in the Algarve, the food is completely different. The area is different; it’s much more farm land. You have a lot of cork plantations there. As you start going up north, there as well, the food is different. Like any country, the pronunciations are different in the north of Portugal, but you have the same sort of things. You would have perhaps more lamb to eat down in Alenteijo than you would here. But Portugal is a bit of melting pot of everything. So at Christmas time, here they have the codfish on the 24th and then they’ll have turkey or lamb for the 25th and that’s pretty well all over now. 

 

In addition to food, Portugal has arts and crafts. There’s a lot of very, very good pottery and china and porcelain. And, of course, what Portugal is very known for the hand painted tiles, a lot of which are antiques that are extremely expensive.

 

(Portuguese cookbook and tableware made and bought in Portugal, pictured.)

 

We can mention a few, but most of all, the way you feel about the overall situation, is the most important issue.

 

For example, if you have very close family, especially children and grandchildren that, leaving them behind, would be a tremendous impact on your health, then by all means, never consider this possibility. Once you're established in your new destination, it is difficult to go...

 

We can mention a few, but most of all, the way you feel about the overall situation, is the most important issue.

 

For example, if you have very close family, especially children and grandchildren that, leaving them behind, would be a tremendous impact on your health, then by all means, never consider this possibility. Once you're established in your new destination, it is difficult to go back.

 

Let's take Panamá as an example.

 

With the new modern technology, which Panamá is privileged to have, it is easy to connect with family and friends on a daily basis.  And you can always visit them in your original country.

 

Analyzing some of the reasons why a retiree should consider moving out of their country, what might be in first place is their financial situation.  Some countries are getting so expensive that when a person reaches retirement age it is very difficult to cope with expenses that they are used to having when they worked and had salary income.  Taxes goes up almost every year, and so does health insurance.  These are facts that are important to consider for a retiree, especially if you only have Social Security income.

 

After you consider above mentioned facts, then we can talk about the great benefits Panamá offers as a great destination to retire.

​​(Cultivating corn in Los Santos, Panama, pictured.)

      

    

 

Among the best things to buy in Belize I personally find the Rainforest Remedies products to be really interesting. The Mayan culture allowed the Mayan healers to use the indigenous plants in Belize. The healers translated that information to various individuals, who are now harvesting the plants to save people. The name of the company that does this is called the Rainforest Remedies.  So they go in and extract from all the plants that have aspirin-like qualities or from...

Among the best things to buy in Belize I personally find the Rainforest Remedies products to be really interesting. The Mayan culture allowed the Mayan healers to use the indigenous plants in Belize. The healers translated that information to various individuals, who are now harvesting the plants to save people. The name of the company that does this is called the Rainforest Remedies.  So they go in and extract from all the plants that have aspirin-like qualities or from plants you can use the extract for detox. They turn that into a product and they sell it back into the pharmaceutical market. They have the moringa plant (pictured), which is called the miracle plant, and which grows in the most mountainous soil in the worst regions of agriculture.  The moringa plant has seven times the vitamin C of an orange and three times the potassium of a banana. It has so many healing properties.
 
The other thing that Belize has that's pretty exceptional because of its latitude is their cacao, which is what chocolate is made from. They can grow high quality cacao beans, dry it, and turn it into beautiful chocolate. That is another Belizean anomaly, because of their latitude.  I don't know why the cacao grows in the latitude at 17 degrees, but all around the planet that’s where good cacao beans grow and from which they make high quality organic chocolates.

There are no golf courses in and around San Juan Del Sur. The closest golf course you can go to is about an hour and a half away, north of San Juan Del Sur. There are two golf courses there, which are Hacienda Iguana in Tola and the other one is in Mokul Hotel.

 

The golf course in Hacienda Iguana is an 18-hole course. It is nothing out of the ordinary. but if you are a golfer, it will ease your itch to play. You do not have to be a member to play in...

There are no golf courses in and around San Juan Del Sur. The closest golf course you can go to is about an hour and a half away, north of San Juan Del Sur. There are two golf courses there, which are Hacienda Iguana in Tola and the other one is in Mokul Hotel.

 

The golf course in Hacienda Iguana is an 18-hole course. It is nothing out of the ordinary. but if you are a golfer, it will ease your itch to play. You do not have to be a member to play in Hacienda Iguana, but you have to make a reservation. The rates are higher for people who do not live there.

 

Mukul Hotel is very close to Hacienda Iguana, no less than 10 kilometers (about 6 miles) away. The golf course in Mukul Hotel is a top of the line course, which was designed by the famous golf course designer, David McLay Kidd. I do not play golf, but even I find it very beautiful. If you want to play in Mukul, you can also make a reservation.