 A couple of days ago, Limbaugh, self-proclaimed leader of the far right, told an on-air caller he will leave the country if health reform passes. Read the article
Limbaugh said he would go to Costa Rica. The only problem with that plan? Costa Rica has universal health care. According to International Living: “Costa Rica has Continue reading Rush Limbaugh Threatens to Leave the USA Over Health Care Reform  About 500 people are gathered in Quito, Ecuador right now for International Living’s Ultimate Event 2010. They’re learning about life in a bunch of countries where it’s possible to live well on $2,000 a month or less. Can’t be there with them? They’re offering the Ultimate Event 2010 Conference-At-Home Kit, and guaranteeing satisfaction.
Continue reading It’s Time to Fall in Love with Your Life Again  So, you’ve decided you want to live in Asia, to travel to exotic locations, eat incredibly spicy food, and generally enjoy life in a culture that’s completely different from what you’ve grown up with. But you have to be able to afford it.
Previously, we’ve discussed teaching English as a second language as a Continue reading Teach English in Asia to Finance Your Life Overseas  Last week my youngest daughter flew from Orlando, FL to Europe. She’ll be spending about 2-1/2 months in Lille, France to round out her gap year between high school and college. In honor of her French adventure, I decided to review a couple of books by expats in France.
Almost French, subtitled Love and Continue reading Almost French/I’ll Never Be French  Guest Post by Kathy Nicholls
photo by Kathy Nicholls Nothing is quite as wonderful as living 10 minutes from the Caribbean Sea. In 2008, I had the opportunity to relocate to Barbados, contracted by the government of Barbados to set up a school to train medical transcriptionists. The two years I lived there changed Continue reading Living On Bajan Time  Guest Post by Brandi N. Grays
I never really decided to live overseas. There was no well-laid plan, no dream destination. I didn’t do any research. When I first got off the airplane in Ankara, Turkey I had no idea what life had in store for me. My boyfriend had been working in Turkey Continue reading Take It All In Stride  Kathleen Peddicord of Live and Invest Overseas revisited Nicaragua recently, and had some interesting comparisons between Nicaragua and Panama.
I can’t help but draw comparisons between this place and the place I left early yesterday morning, Panama City. Granada, Nicaragua, from where I write, and Panama City, Panama, couldn’t be more different, and I’ve Continue reading Are You A Boomer or A Hammock Swinging Adventurer? 
A Review of the Movie Flower Drum Song
“A hundred million miracles are happening every day.” That’s the opening song in the movie, Flower Drum Song, and the theme that sparkles throughout the entire musical. Flower Drum Song is also the story of cultures on collision courses with each other – East vs. West, traditional Continue reading A Hundred Million Miracles  Tied to concerns about health care, some expats and future expats are also looking into what would happen if they were to retire overseas and then become too ill to take care of themselves. Mexico is working on an answer.
As the US population ages, and as more and more Americans decide to retire Continue reading Assisted Living in Mexico  EM Forster’s classic novel of India under the British Raj examines the dark side of the expatriate experience. Although not absolutely necessary, it helps to understand a little of the history of England’s presence in India, because, central to the novel’s core, is the oppressor’s fascination with and repugnance of the oppressed –
Continue reading Expat Experience Gone Bad: A Passage to India |
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