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UPDATE Ecuador: 2023-01-28 Hike to Yasanga Ridge, Vilcabamba, Ecuador – We look at this ridge each day from our dining room window, so of course we had to go. We enjoyed views of Vilcabamba to the north and views to the south and the Pan-American highway leading all the way to Peru. One of our […]
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Some of the drug pharmacies even have a doctor who can renew your prescriptions, and fill it. Isn’t that handy? An abundance of personal service laundry services, make laundry day easy. Just drop a bag of clothes off in the morning, priced by the pound, your laundry will be clean and folded nicely for a […]
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As we settle into our first days as “snow birds” in Playa del Carmen, Mexico we scoped out the local grocery supermarkets. Two of the bigger ones here are Chedraui and Soriana. The Chedraui is much fancier and tourist centric with slightly higher prices, but beautiful selection and presentation with lots of high priced liquor. […]
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One of my biggest concerns before retirement was related to the financial considerations. With a lower fixed income, what would our lifestyle be like? I had noticed random articles claiming that you can live in places outside of Canada for less than $1,000 per month, all included! What would that be like? How realistic could […]
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Another fun YES Couple, Beth and Geoff originally from Nova Scotia have been sharing their retirement journey with us after they purchased a large Class A motor coach RV, with a nice Jeep in tow (affectionately known as the Toad), and travelled around the USA in 2021 for a few months. They typically book their […]
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We have really enjoyed the many years of content that Barry Kessler has in his weekly podcasts and associated website photos as shared at his Puerto Vallarta Travel Show site. The podcasts are great to listen to when driving on roadtrips. Very inspirational interviews with all types of people who live in the Puerto Vallarta […]
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UPDATE: 2024-12-16, Our next trip is to Spain and Turkey in 2025. Our personal journey to this blog stems from the blood sweat and tears that we have worked through starting when I was about 60 years old, trying to picture what retirement at age 65 would be like. Frankly I was very scared back […]
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