Best Places In The World To Retire

Yes, you can see lots of beautiful flowers, plants, and trees in Belize. Mostly in the jungles of San Ignacio in the Cayo District, there are areas where medicinal plants are grown. You can go to these areas on a tour with a naturalist guide. They talk a lot about the herbs and the medicinal plants in the area. A lot of these plants are used in the pharmaceutical industry and so it is a very good experience to do go on this tour.

 

We also have very nice flowering...

Yes, you can see lots of beautiful flowers, plants, and trees in Belize. Mostly in the jungles of San Ignacio in the Cayo District, there are areas where medicinal plants are grown. You can go to these areas on a tour with a naturalist guide. They talk a lot about the herbs and the medicinal plants in the area. A lot of these plants are used in the pharmaceutical industry and so it is a very good experience to do go on this tour.

 

We also have very nice flowering plants. We have native orchids and you will find a lot of that in the Mountain Pine Ridge area, which is a protected area, as it is a nature reserve. It is one of the places in Belize where you will find very unique species of orchids. We have mountain orchids, vanilla orchids, and the famous black orchid, which is the national flower of Belize.

 

Most of Belize is forest but Mountain Pine Ridge is a pine forest. It is an upland pine savanna that is surrounded by the Maya mountains, which is a tropical big leaf forest. So it is very unique geographical region in Belize.

 

(The logwood tree prized for its dye found on the property of Black Orchid Resort, Burrell Boom Village, Belize, pictured.)

In retiring abroad, you should be more concerned about choosing a place that you truly love. There are so many different places and different ways of living, and it’s very important that before anyone makes that big decision to plunge in, he or she should explore the place a little bit. 
 
I don’t see myself staying put in one country for five or ten years. I see myself throughout my retirement for example spending six months in Panama and another six months in...

In retiring abroad, you should be more concerned about choosing a place that you truly love. There are so many different places and different ways of living, and it’s very important that before anyone makes that big decision to plunge in, he or she should explore the place a little bit. 
 
I don’t see myself staying put in one country for five or ten years. I see myself throughout my retirement for example spending six months in Panama and another six months in Ecuador. When retiring abroad, it’s important to experience the different cultures. Personally, I like the idea of experiencing as many cultures as I can. 

 

(Native Quechua family in Ecuador, pictured.)

In Granada Nicaragua the wait time for a doctor is virtually non existent.

 

There are numerous English-speaking doctors there that specialize in everything from knee replacements to a personal friend of mine who is a cardiologist.

 

I have had great experiences with with doctors and dentists and loads of expats are coming here just from medical and dental work. $20 is the most I've paid for a lengthy conversation and consultation...

In Granada Nicaragua the wait time for a doctor is virtually non existent.

 

There are numerous English-speaking doctors there that specialize in everything from knee replacements to a personal friend of mine who is a cardiologist.

 

I have had great experiences with with doctors and dentists and loads of expats are coming here just from medical and dental work. $20 is the most I've paid for a lengthy conversation and consultation and prescription for any ailment.

Many people (including myself) are saying that they want to be a better healthier person coinciding with the change in their life and becoming an expat, and thank goodness this area has such great weather to support growing things all the time.  I’m getting fresh pineapples and watermelons and mayacuya (passion fruit), tomatoes that takes like tomatoes, zucchini that takes like zucchini; things that you just take for granted here in Coronado, so I buy a lot of my produce and my...

Many people (including myself) are saying that they want to be a better healthier person coinciding with the change in their life and becoming an expat, and thank goodness this area has such great weather to support growing things all the time.  I’m getting fresh pineapples and watermelons and mayacuya (passion fruit), tomatoes that takes like tomatoes, zucchini that takes like zucchini; things that you just take for granted here in Coronado, so I buy a lot of my produce and my vegetables from these markets that are regular markets on the side of the road, up the hill. You can get delivery to your door if you don’t want travel. The organic growers will deliver a box of mixed organics to your door every week.
 
I have never seen more people concerned about their health follow through by buying all the fresh food we have here in Coronado that we get so easily and in such abundance.  The fish that the boat out in front of me catching right now is fish that I can go buy right off the beach this afternoon. Our cows are even fed by grass. People complain that the beef is not as tender as it is in the US and that’s because our cows actually eat grass. It’s delicious, it’s great, and it’s healthy.

 

(Fruit and vegetable stand in Valle de Anton, near Coronado, Panama, pictured.)