Best Places In The World To Retire

There is corruption in every place. As far as here in Mexico, I have never been asked for a bribe, and I have never paid anybody off. We have never encountered that. I have heard from a friend in Cancun that they were hit up for a bribe to get something done. I don't actually know if they did or did not pay.

 

On the whole, I think Mexico is a country of laws I think the corruption you hear about sometimes is, shall we say, political corruption, where some...

There is corruption in every place. As far as here in Mexico, I have never been asked for a bribe, and I have never paid anybody off. We have never encountered that. I have heard from a friend in Cancun that they were hit up for a bribe to get something done. I don't actually know if they did or did not pay.

 

On the whole, I think Mexico is a country of laws I think the corruption you hear about sometimes is, shall we say, political corruption, where some elected official is getting paid off to do something that favors some businessman. For example, recently it was in the news that the wife of a well-known major national politician here in Mexico bought a house with a loan. It was a non-interest loan from a man who was looking for some favors from the government. To me that is more of the corruption that happens here in Mexico. It happens worldwide and to some degree in the US. We have never encountered any kind of corruption or request for bribes here, living in any part of Mexico.

 

(Day of the Dead skeleton sculpture, Mexico, pictured.)

Yes, there is scuba diving and snorkeling in Ambergris Caye. Apart from fishing, scuba diving and snorkeling would be the main reason why people come to Ambergris Caye. We’ve made the top ten areas to scuba dive in several articles as well. 

 

Ambergris Caye has the second largest barrier reef in the world visible from the shore.  If you’re a good swimmer, you could actually swim there.  

 

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Yes, there is scuba diving and snorkeling in Ambergris Caye. Apart from fishing, scuba diving and snorkeling would be the main reason why people come to Ambergris Caye. We’ve made the top ten areas to scuba dive in several articles as well. 

 

Ambergris Caye has the second largest barrier reef in the world visible from the shore.  If you’re a good swimmer, you could actually swim there.  

 

(Underwater thrills in the water around Ambergris Caye, Belize, pictured.)

Getting a gardener in Nicaragua is very cheap. A gardener could come to your house twice a month to tend to your garden for 300 Córdobas, which would be around US $15 per visit.

 

We have a gardener that comes to my house every two weeks to do the garden and we pay him $15. The range is from $10 to $15 per visit and that includes trimming, cutting the trees, and everything else that you need done to your garden. Gardeners usually work from 3 to 4...

Getting a gardener in Nicaragua is very cheap. A gardener could come to your house twice a month to tend to your garden for 300 Córdobas, which would be around US $15 per visit.

 

We have a gardener that comes to my house every two weeks to do the garden and we pay him $15. The range is from $10 to $15 per visit and that includes trimming, cutting the trees, and everything else that you need done to your garden. Gardeners usually work from 3 to 4 hours, depending on how much work he needs to finish. 

 

(Courtyard garden, Nicaragua, pictured.) 

The best reason to retire overseas is to have an adventure – to broaden your experience base, to try something new, and to be open to change, new cultures, etc. The most important reason is to feel like you need something different in your life. You want to change the quality of your life.  That is without saying that the quality of your life may not have been good in the States or wherever you came from, but just to say that you want a different quality of life. A life...

The best reason to retire overseas is to have an adventure – to broaden your experience base, to try something new, and to be open to change, new cultures, etc. The most important reason is to feel like you need something different in your life. You want to change the quality of your life.  That is without saying that the quality of your life may not have been good in the States or wherever you came from, but just to say that you want a different quality of life. A life that gives you another purpose and something that gives you a little more enthusiasm about life. You have to really want to retire overseas in order to try something different because you feel like it is going to enhance your life.

 

(David Truly in Manzanillo, Mexico, pictured.)

Starting a business in Portugal can be relatively simple because Portugal has an “On The Hour” facility whereby you can walk into a government department and basically set up a company in an hour.

 

Once you get the company running, that’s the only time the problem starts, because the bureaucracy comes in. It’s easy to start a business but it’s the rules after that which makes it a bit frustrating.

 

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Starting a business in Portugal can be relatively simple because Portugal has an “On The Hour” facility whereby you can walk into a government department and basically set up a company in an hour.

 

Once you get the company running, that’s the only time the problem starts, because the bureaucracy comes in. It’s easy to start a business but it’s the rules after that which makes it a bit frustrating.

 

(Mário Centeno Minister of Finance, Portugal, pictured.)