Best Places In The World To Retire

Some of the most common food recipes of Mexico are chiles relleno (stuffed chiles), enchiladas, tacos, chicken soup, scrambled eggs, and hotcakes (pancakes), beans, rice, spaghetti, carne asada, salads, etc. These are the kinds of food that you would normally have in a Mexican home. In Mexican homes, normally, the women do the cooking. The women also do the cleaning but you could also get a housekeeper to do all the cleaning for you.
 
Food recipes in Mexico may vary depending on...

Some of the most common food recipes of Mexico are chiles relleno (stuffed chiles), enchiladas, tacos, chicken soup, scrambled eggs, and hotcakes (pancakes), beans, rice, spaghetti, carne asada, salads, etc. These are the kinds of food that you would normally have in a Mexican home. In Mexican homes, normally, the women do the cooking. The women also do the cleaning but you could also get a housekeeper to do all the cleaning for you.
 
Food recipes in Mexico may vary depending on where in Mexico you are located. I believe that Tex-Mex food uses use yellow cheese or cheddar cheese on their tacos but here in Mexico, we don’t do that. We use white cheese in our tacos. 

 

Mexico has different varieties of menudo. We have red menudo, green menudo, and white menudo. In Tijuana, where I come from, you will also find tamales from different places in Mexico since there are lots of people moving from different places in Mexico to Rosarito and Tijuana. Different varieties of Mexican food are available in the area of Baja, California since a lot of people from different parts of Mexico and the US, come here.

 

(Mexican menudo soup with accompaniments, pictured.)

The dress code in the Cayo District, Belize is anything from casual to what you would wear on the beach. For ladies, the fashion is flip-flops, shorts, and tank tops. For guys maybe it’s shorts, flip-flops, maybe just a t-shirt.
 
This is all if you’re not working, of course. That's for both locals and expats. If they're not at work or a special occasion, the dress code is just casual like they're at the beach. Of course if they're working, the clothing will...

The dress code in the Cayo District, Belize is anything from casual to what you would wear on the beach. For ladies, the fashion is flip-flops, shorts, and tank tops. For guys maybe it’s shorts, flip-flops, maybe just a t-shirt.
 
This is all if you’re not working, of course. That's for both locals and expats. If they're not at work or a special occasion, the dress code is just casual like they're at the beach. Of course if they're working, the clothing will be a little bit formal for locals. For example, if they work at any of the government offices, a bank, or an insurance company, they actually where a uniform—either that, or formal attire.
 
The expats are always pretty much in their flip-flops and sandals and shorts. This is because most of them come from North America and they just want to relax, maybe it's a little warm for them, so of course they won't be wearing jeans or hiking boots or tennis shoes. So they just relax. They live here. They go to town, they go the market, no need to dress up. This is all except for when there's a party or a function.
 
I've seen people who maybe go to weddings or maybe go to a Rotary Club meeting who dress nicely.  I've seen guys who wear long trousers tucked in a shirt with collar, whether it's a long sleeve or a short sleeve and a belt. They may choose to just wear dress shoes or in some cases I've seen guys wear leather boots, like cowboy boots. It looks nice. If they are not wearing proper dress trousers they wear them like a jeans, but tucked in, so it looks good.
 
If the occasion is semi-formal, they ladies may wear something like jeans and a bandana shirt tucked in. If they're not, they're wearing a dress, with high heels.

 

(Fashionable woman in Belize, pictured.)

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.
 
As an example, in Cascais, a two-bedroom, furnished apartment without a pool would cost around €1,200 (US $1,300 or £865). The same apartment but unfurnished would be about €800 (US $870 or £587). If it has a pool and a garage, it would...

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.
 
As an example, in Cascais, a two-bedroom, furnished apartment without a pool would cost around €1,200 (US $1,300 or £865). The same apartment but unfurnished would be about €800 (US $870 or £587). If it has a pool and a garage, it would go up to about €2,000 (US 2,180 or £1,450). You pay for the utilities separately. The rental contract would be for one year.
 
The further away from Lisbon you go, the cheaper everything gets. Cascais and Estoril are the most expensive towns in Lisbon. It is even more expensive in Cascais than in the Algarve.  Cascais and Estoril are the Beverly Hills or the Park Lane of Lisbon. Estoril is where the ex-kings live, such as the previous king of Spain, and most of the previous kings of Europe.

 

(The coast of Estoril, Portugal, pictured.)

Unfortunately, in most cases Medicare benefits do not apply to medical care provided outside the US. I would suggest you assess your healthcare needs, and the medical costs in the country you will be retiring in. Depending on which country you plan on retiring in, you may have a public health care system available to you. You should also look into the availability and cost of a private health insurance plan for medical expenses incurred in other countries.

Unfortunately, in most cases Medicare benefits do not apply to medical care provided outside the US. I would suggest you assess your healthcare needs, and the medical costs in the country you will be retiring in. Depending on which country you plan on retiring in, you may have a public health care system available to you. You should also look into the availability and cost of a private health insurance plan for medical expenses incurred in other countries.

Most definitely you can buy furniture in Nicaragua.  If you're on a budget, you could possibly furnish a three bedroom house with a washer and dryer for a couple of thousand dollars.

High-end furniture will cost you more obviously.

 

If you look around, you can find some wonderful dark wood furniture made by Nicaraguan furniture makers for reasonable prices.

Most definitely you can buy furniture in Nicaragua.  If you're on a budget, you could possibly furnish a three bedroom house with a washer and dryer for a couple of thousand dollars.

High-end furniture will cost you more obviously.

 

If you look around, you can find some wonderful dark wood furniture made by Nicaraguan furniture makers for reasonable prices.

Your obligation to pay Uncle Sam extends to wherever you are in the world. Expats who are retired and live in Panama owe no income tax to Panama unless they work here. Panama does not tax income earned in a foreign country such as interest, social security, dividends, etc earned in your home country.

 

The foreign tax credit and the income exclusion apply only to people living and working in Panama.

 

Most of us retired folks continue to file U.S....

Your obligation to pay Uncle Sam extends to wherever you are in the world. Expats who are retired and live in Panama owe no income tax to Panama unless they work here. Panama does not tax income earned in a foreign country such as interest, social security, dividends, etc earned in your home country.

 

The foreign tax credit and the income exclusion apply only to people living and working in Panama.

 

Most of us retired folks continue to file U.S. tax returns and report our Panama bank interest on it.