You are going to get different answers to the question of how much it costs for a housekeeper or maid in Yucatan and you are going to get people who will tell you that you are paying too much. We pay our house staff US $15 per day and here at the beach, we pay maybe a little higher than some but they are some good quality people that I can trust and I want the same people to come back all the time. 
We shop outside of Granada, at the Masaya food market. We usually arrive around 7am on a Monday or Friday. We can buy many different fruits and vegetables and purchase enough food to last almost 2 weeks for 2 people and the cost is around US$16. 
If I were to guess, my estimate would be that there are over a thousand Americans, Canadian, and other expats living in the Cayo District, Belize. You see them all the time.
The Portuguese government introduced the Non-Habitual Resident Scheme in 2009, which has only really taken off since 2011. It is designed to attract retirees from other countries to come and retire in Portugal. Under this scheme, for 10 years retirees from other countries will not have to pay any Portuguese income tax on their pension. If one’s pension is tax-free in the country from where it is sourced if the retiree lives abroad, then a retiree can move to Portugal and...
Shopping in Panama is a paradise for those who enjoy hitting the racks hard. There are huge malls that may be too big for some to navigate in one day and smaller more manageable malls to enjoy. There is everything from high end shopping as you find in the US and abroad and many department stores scattered around for convenience. More malls are popping up throughout the country that will be more convenient for those not residing in or near Panama City. A great...We are here, because we aren't all there.
The diagnosis of our affliction was there for all to see. They should have seen it coming. After our first trip to Belize in 1999, something changed in our lives. We'd been many places in the Caribbean, but there was something about this country that was different. It would be easy to say it was the English speaking aspect of the country. While a part of it, that wasn't it, not totally. The friendly people, and the, well, quirkiness of the country, the small...
On Wednesday, January 7th 2018, while walking near my apartment in Medellin, I had a heart attack. I realize it was above and beyond the call of duty for a writer/contributor to go to this length for a story. No need to thank me, I’m recovering nicely, and because of my Colombian cardiac adventure I now have in-depth, personal info on health care in my adoptive country. 
I stood on a balcony of a building on the top of a hill, looking down on the alien...