Author: Miguel Maloney Thompson
Northern Belize
Life in Northern Belize is as diverse as its amazing landscape. Over the years, locals and expats have built their homes and lives beside secluded tropical rivers, amid noble hardwood forests, upon bucolic traditional farms, within sleepy rural villages, and along breezy Caribbean seashores. They are attracted to a simple, friendly life in a place…
December 2014: Spotlight On Northern Belize
Henry David Thoreau could have been talking about Northern Belize when he said, “I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.”
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Most outsiders only know the country in Hollywood clips, blips, and larger-than-life personas, from Evita (as played by Madonna) to the incredible soccer greats like Diego Maradona and Leonel Messi. And let us not forget the Pope is Argentine. Buenos Aires’ most famous cultural export is tango, the song and dance filled with passion, sensuality,…
Country Retirement Reports
For all of our previously featured destinations in the Overseas Living Letter we make each available for purchase as an individual Country Retirement Report. Each of our more than 70 Country Retirement Reports offers an honest and current introduction to one of the places we’ve identified as offering tremendous advantages for the would-be retiree abroad. Inside every…
February Issue: Spotlight On Istria, Croatia
Feb. 15, 2009 Lyon, France Dear Overseas Living Letter Reader, Living the good life here in Lyon, France’s second city and gastronomic capital, I hadn’t been thinking much about moving on–at least not until I read about the good life in another part of Europe, where the blue waters of the Adriatic lap onto the…
January Issue: Spotlight On Antigua, Guatemala
Jan. 16, 2009 Waterford, Ireland Dear Overseas Living Letter Subscriber, What are you hoping for in 2009? A better quality of life (at no extra cost)? More time to pursue the activities you love? The chance to make new friends? Learn a new language? Immerse yourself in a new culture? Maybe even a chance to…
Important Update on Your January Overseas Living Letter
Jan 05, 2009 Waterford, Ireland Dear Overseas Living Letter Reader, A quick note to update you on an important change to your next newsletter, due to hit your e-mail inbox on Thursday, Jan. 15… Last issue, I promised you a feature on Istria, Croatia. Since that note, Correspondent in Europe Roseanna Keats has alerted us…
December Issue: Spotlight On Mendoza, Argentina
Dec. 15, 2008 Waterford, Ireland Dear Overseas Living Letter Reader, As most of the world prepares to wind down and settle into the holiday season, things are heating up here in our offices… This month, Contributing Writer Siri Lise Doub takes you on an unforgettable journey into the heart of Argentina’s wine country–a region that…
El Valle Update: Trash, Road Conditions, and Crime
Dec. 8, 2008 Dear Overseas Living Letter Reader, Since El Valle’s coverage in the November issue, there has been a lot of interest in this Panamanian oasis. One reader, Jennifer, wrote with questions on more of the day-to-day living issues in the area–from garbage collection to petty crime. We got Lucy Culpepper on the case.…
