When Philadelphia-born Susana Trilling first came to Oaxaca in 1988, she “wasn’t thinking of starting a business,” she says. In fact, she was taking a break from her career as a chef and restaurant owner, which she’d pursued in New York and in Austin, Texas.
Turquoise waters lap the shores in front of me. Behind me the sun’s light glints off a beautiful lagoon. It’s mid-afternoon and I’m on the rooftop terrace of a beachfront restaurant. I’m told the view at dusk is jaw-dropping, but I think it’s pretty jaw-dropping right now…
You stroll along a cobbled street shaded by old colonial mansions and come to a sun-dappled square where a guitarist plays to a small crowd. You get a homemade ice cream and sit on a green, wrought-iron bench. There’s plenty of time for partying later--after all, it’s not every day Mexico celebrates 200 years of independence…and here you are where it all began…
Your pet is part of your family. They live in your home, eat with you, and if you’re like me, they travel with you. In fact…if you’re like me, you wouldn’t dream of moving abroad without them. My dog Pippin travels with me whenever I go back to the U.S. for holidays.
I’m just back from Salinas, a beach resort on Ecuador’s south Pacific Coast with a long, curving beach, a near-perfect climate, modern amenities…and inexpensive real estate.
These days, one of your biggest health expenses will likely come late in life: long-term or assisted-living care in your twilight years.
Maybe this sounds like you: You want to move overseas…but you're worried about how you'll pay for health care there since your home country health-care plan probably won’t cover you abroad.
Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula offers more than just Caribbean beaches. The interior is rich in ancient Mayan ruins. But scrambling up pyramids and tramping jungle trails is hot and thirsty work. To stay cool, do as the locals do: Seek out a cenote.
Like many other expat entrepreneurs, Mallina opened Gaia to provide something she missed from home. Find out how she did it...
Long sacred to the Maya, Lake Bacalar still casts its spell on visitors, including a growing number of expats. Jim Bacon and his wife, Polly Gropen, moved to Bacalar more than six years ago. Leaving behind Minnesota’s winters, they settled here full-time and haven’t looked back.