Best Places In The World To Retire

The best reason to retire overseas is to improve and change your lifestyle.
 
Instead of the question, “What are the best reasons to retire overseas?”, the question should be, “What is the best reason to stay where you are, and retire where you’ve worked all your life?” Did you choose that location because you wanted to spend your entire life there? Now that you’re retired, you have freedom. When you have freedom, you should exercise it, and...

The best reason to retire overseas is to improve and change your lifestyle.
 
Instead of the question, “What are the best reasons to retire overseas?”, the question should be, “What is the best reason to stay where you are, and retire where you’ve worked all your life?” Did you choose that location because you wanted to spend your entire life there? Now that you’re retired, you have freedom. When you have freedom, you should exercise it, and that should take you to new places, new people, new experiences and a new life, but you can always return to your old life.
 
For me, the question is not why you should retire overseas, it’s why you shouldn’t retire overseas. I have had a foot in two countries (the US and Costa Rica) for many years, and it’s the best of all possible lifestyles because when you get tired of the weather in one place or if you want a change of scenery, you can go somewhere else. When you have two homes, you can go from one to the other.
 
One of the most successful retirees I know is my friend Gunther who comes to Costa Rica from Spain every spring. He’s originally from Switzerland and also has a home in Santa Fe, but he lives in Spain because he’s been married to a Spaniard. Gunther just makes a big circle from Switzerland to Spain to Costa Rica to Santa Fe and back. I can’t think of a better way to live. It’s just a question of your tolerance for airplanes as to whether you choose two or three places to live.  

 

(Beach near The Oaks Tamarindo Condominiums, Costa Rica, pictured.)

I think holiday celebrations and other traditions specific to areas such as San Francisco have been lost over time, because Panama City has become more of one larger metropolitan area, and people in general do not follow traditions of particular places within that city any more. If you go to the interior or the countryside, you will still see people celebrate traditional holidays throughout the year. Different festivities are celebrated for every patron saint in each area.

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I think holiday celebrations and other traditions specific to areas such as San Francisco have been lost over time, because Panama City has become more of one larger metropolitan area, and people in general do not follow traditions of particular places within that city any more. If you go to the interior or the countryside, you will still see people celebrate traditional holidays throughout the year. Different festivities are celebrated for every patron saint in each area.

 

The following are the holidays celebrated in the country of Panama in general:

San Juan del Sur is a lovely town and bay, that used to be a fishermen's town some years ago. During the Gold Rush in the United States, San Juan del Sur flourished because Americans coming from the eastern coast of USA looking for gold in California used this little town in Nicaragua to board steam boats  to take them to California and this way avoided the Indian reserves.

 

Tourism has now changed the face of San Juan del Sur. Despite being one...

San Juan del Sur is a lovely town and bay, that used to be a fishermen's town some years ago. During the Gold Rush in the United States, San Juan del Sur flourished because Americans coming from the eastern coast of USA looking for gold in California used this little town in Nicaragua to board steam boats  to take them to California and this way avoided the Indian reserves.

 

Tourism has now changed the face of San Juan del Sur. Despite being one of the most visited destinations in Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur still keeps its flavor of originality. The town is surrounded by different unspoilt beaches to the north and to the south that every day wait for visitors to enjoy their warm waters and virgin coastal areas.They are excellent for surfing (some of the best in the world), awesome fishing, some times of the year even for viewing whales and massive turtle nesting, or just for riding a boat, swimming or sun bathing.

 

Some of the best known beaches in San Juan del Sur are: Madera, Marsella, Majahualt and Ocotal to the north and Playa Hermosa, Remanso, el Yankee, El Coco, Escameca and Ostional to the south.