by Expatissimo » Sun Oct 24, 2021 3:33 am
Central and South America seems to get more attention by some Expats that left or planning to leave Cambodia after staying here for years.
This example shows of the why's and who's leaving
Colombia, Medellin
This couple retired in Colombia on
$4,000 a month. In California, ‘to live this lifestyle, we’d have to be mega, mega millionaires’
John and Susan Pazera are unusual expats:
they seem to move just about every three years.
They’ve lived in
Boquete, Panama, then
Medellín, the second-largest city in Colombia and once known for Pablo Escobar and drug cartels. When COVID made all the things they love about a city unavailable, they decided to move to
El Retiro, a smaller, quieter town about 45 minutes away. They’re already talking about moving to Spain to better explore Europe and Africa in several years, once they no longer have dogs. And that probably won’t be the last place.
“We’re healthy, we have a lot of energy, and there’s a lot of places we still want to see,” said John, who is 66 years old. Susan is 62.
Their wanderlust dates back more than two decades, when they bought a 42-foot sailboat, sold everything that wouldn’t fit on the boat, lived on it for three years while working in San Francisco, and finally “cruised” the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean for three years.
Panama was one of the stops, and they knew then that they wanted to return. In 2015, after John retired from a job in the wholesale wine and spirits industry at 59, the pair moved to Boquete, in the mountains of Panama. Susan continued to work remotely until she retired in June 2021.
more here:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/forge ... eid=yhoof2
[b]Central and South America seems to get more attention by some Expats that left or planning to leave Cambodia after staying here for years.[/b]
[u][i][b]This example shows of the why's and who's leaving[/b][/i][/u]
Colombia, Medellin
This couple retired in Colombia on [b]$4,000 a month. In California, ‘to live this lifestyle, we’d have to be mega, mega millionaires’ [/b]
John and Susan Pazera are unusual expats:[b] they seem to move just about every three years.[/b]
They’ve lived in [b]Boquete, Panama[/b], then[b] Medellín[/b], the second-largest city in Colombia and once known for Pablo Escobar and drug cartels. When COVID made all the things they love about a city unavailable, they decided to move to[b] El Retiro, a smaller, quieter town about 45 minutes away.[/b] They’re already talking about moving to Spain to better explore Europe and Africa in several years, once they no longer have dogs. And that probably won’t be the last place.
“We’re healthy, we have a lot of energy, and there’s a lot of places we still want to see,” said John, who is 66 years old. Susan is 62.
Their wanderlust dates back more than two decades, when they bought a 42-foot sailboat, sold everything that wouldn’t fit on the boat, lived on it for three years while working in San Francisco, and finally “cruised” the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean for three years.
[b]Panama was one of the stops[/b], and they knew then that they wanted to return. In 2015, after John retired from a job in the wholesale wine and spirits industry at 59, the pair moved to Boquete, in the mountains of Panama. Susan continued to work remotely until she retired in June 2021.
[b]more here:[/b]
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/forget-colombias-violent-past-these-americans-live-a-very-comfortable-life-outside-medellin-on-4-000-a-month-11634910544?siteid=yhoof2