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For such a small country, Panama packs quite a punch in terms of the diversity of lifestyles available. When April...

In the space of just over a decade, Salinas has appeared on the expat map. It's gone from an overlooked...

"Why do you talk about Brazil... isn't it a mess?" a reader wrote in last week. On a generic claim...

Who Is Moving To Ecuador? Ecuador is such a varied place that it attracts people from every walk of life....

I drew the short straw this morning... My husband Dara dibbed the only desk in the house. He has a...

Living and retiring in Italy has become a popular option for U.S. expats over the recent years. The chance to...

City living is not for everyone. The noise, traffic, pollution, and crowds you find in a typical big city can...

Loja, Ecuador, is the object of my most remarkable failed prediction. In fact, of two failed predictions. Loja is one...

If budget concern is a primary motivating factor as you consider your options for retirement, I want to put Ecuador...

"When are you going to hold a conference in Ecuador again?" Since I joined the Events team here at Live...

Friday, I told you how I stopped working at age 49 and retired to Cuenca, Ecuador, where my moderate savings...

When we moved in, Lucia's first child was 2-years-old. Lucia is the guardienne (property manager) for the building housing the apartment in...

Your options for where and how to live in Belize are many, so you should begin the thinking process associated...

Mazatlán, Mexico, tied for the #1 spot this year on the Live and Invest Overseas annual Retirement Index, and there’s...

Normally, I look for any excuse for a trip to Belize. This week, though, while Live and Invest Overseas readers...

In much of the world, February is known as the month of love. I’ve been reflecting on my own recent...

All over the globe, people are rethinking the way we work and live. Unsatisfied with the confines of the cubicle...

Portugal is considered to be one of the best places to retire in Europe. As a matter of fact, it...

When I covered the Paris property market a couple of months ago, I promised you I'd follow up with some...

As recently as four years ago, Barbara Petrohan never thought she’d be shopping for recipe ingredients from the farmers’ market...

Colombia is South America's best kept secret. But with perceptions starting to change, how long can it stay that way?...

Retiring In Belize As A U.S. Citizen Retiring in Belize as a U.S. citizen is a well-traveled path. This means...

OK... to set the record straight... in my experience, there is no ugly. My husband and I have been snowbirds...

If I'm able to go to one new place in the New Year it will be the city that was...

Cheapest, safest… best weather, best infrastructure, best health care… most tax-advantaged and most foreign-resident friendly… Not to mention most romantic,...

One of the things we love about Panama is the diversity of lifestyle options this little country has to offer....

After hours of researching “live work Belize,” you may find yourself still asking the same question you began with. Can...

In all my years of travel, I had never been to Portugal until the Live and Invest Overseas Conference in...

Obtaining residency in a foreign country can be one of the most important benefits of buying real estate abroad. I...

In an episode of This American Life recorded back in 2000, writer David Sedaris takes host Ira Glass on a tour of...

The best places to buy Belize real estate are no longer the unknown outposts they once were. As recently as...

Living in Belize as an expat offers a surprisingly wide range of lifestyles. Belize is much more than just white-sand...

Belize Vs Costa Rica is a recurring theme when it comes to making a retirement or expat living call. These...

Panama has some of the best expat beach towns anywhere in the world. Whatever you want, you can find it...

For me and Belize, it was love at first sight. From the first morning I arrived in Belize City, some...

France is one of the best places to live or retire in Europe. In this article, we take a look...

There is a growing number of expats looking to discover the best places buy real estate in Thailand. It's hardly...

Da Nang is a clean and modern Vietnamese city and definitely somewhere you should consider if you are thinking of...

Why Are So Many People Retiring In Nha Trang? Nha Trang, Vietnam seems to cast a spell on expats who...

The best places to retire in Vietnam compare with the best places to retire anywhere in Asia right now. Maybe...

It´s hard to consider the best place to retire in Thailand. Considering its diverse culture and geography, Thailand is one...

The best places to retire in Indonesia are some of the best places to retire in Asia. As a result,...

If you've been in Panama a while or you're considering investing in Panama, you've probably heard about the road to...

Patrizia Karadimos visited France when she was a little girl and, for many years after, dreamed of moving there one...

I'm a die-hard Jimmy Buffett fan. I've seen him in concert a dozen times... know the lyrics to most all...

One of the best indicators of a healthy economy is the rate of growth of its middle class. Over the...

I´ve been living in Ecuador for 25 years. That’s officially longer than I lived in the United States growing up. I...

This morning, Lief and I took to the stage in the meeting rooms of the Playa Bonita Beach Resort just...