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San Ignacio, Belize

Hawksworth Bridge, San Ignacio, Belize – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingA bridge.  Some hills.  A river.  Interesting?  Taken individually, maybe not so much.  But wait!  If you can find all three together, then you almost have a match made in heaven.  I say almost.  Now if you throw in a town, then – and only then – you have attained nirvana!
 
To be sure, the third largest urban setting in Belize is not quite paradise.  However, San Ignacio sports enough merits for city sainthood, and that will do in...

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Highway 1 in Baja: From a Yurt in San Ignacio to the Perfect Beach South of Mulegé

Man and dog at the Santispac, Baja California – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingDriving south on Highway 1 from after it intersects Highway 5 is fairly uneventful, if by “uneventful” you mean "the hundreds of times when you’re confronted with the fact that even a slight miscalculation on your steering wheel will result in certain death."  A half inch to the left, and you’ll crash head-on into a semi barreling towards you at 60 miles per hour.  A half inch to the right, and you’ll go over the roughly 12-inch shoulder to plunge either into...

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Panama's South Caribbean Coast, The City and Province Of Colon

Sometimes when people hear about Colon, Panama they quickly think "not Colon, that's not where I want to be".  That is what I thought years ago when I arrived in Panama at the Port of Colon on a cruise ship. The cruise ship posted cautions about going into the City of Colon.  The ship did offer many side-tours from the Port of Colon, however.
 
Back then on the cruise ship - 1985 if I remember correctly, all I needed to hear was one thing ... don't...

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