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I receive your Mailbag questions for me direct to my inbox each morning. I read through them before I do...

My 14 favorite things about living in Belize? They'd have to be… #1: Tubing on the Mopan River around Bullet...

Most countries make it possible to acquire citizenship through residency. After you’ve been a full-time resident of the country for...

If anyone had told me six years ago that today I would be living in Colombia, I would have laughed. Back...

Medellín versus Cartagena... which is the better city for living and investing? We hear this question a lot, so today...

"I get two weeks of vacation a year from my stressful job, and you want me to spend one of...

Don’t judge a country by its food. Or, at least, not by the first dish you experience. On my first...

Over the six years I’ve been living in Corozal Town, Belize, I’ve watched as this sleepy coastal village has evolved...

My wife and I have traveled large swaths of the world. We began exploring Central America in 2006, guided by...

I've been traveling internationally for more than 30 years. I've lived abroad, for half that time, in Japan, the UAE,...

Having made a move to Spain in 2016, I figured making a second move... this time to Portugal... would be...

Being a digital nomad is all about freedom of movement. Different from a remote worker (an employee of a company...

We owe you an apology. Each day in these dispatches, we cover sunny beach escapes and charming cities where you...

If you plan to spend time with our neighbors south of the border you should understand the protocol for tipping...

Picture a chain of historic and charming small towns strung together by a single-lane highway, people walking or biking along,...

Europe is comprised of 51 countries, and the EU includes 27. Among these, I put Portugal at the top of...

Northern Belize's population is tiny, with a little over 100,000 in the districts of Corozal and Orange Walk combined. 1....

One of the big lessons we learned over the last year is our ability to be more self-sufficient. Between restaurant...

To any keen cyclist, bicycle tourism isn’t a new phenomenon… The concept of traveling to a new country, bike in...

Durango is my favorite spot for full-time city living in Mexico. In fact, I consider this city my most exciting...

Longtime editor and friend Lee Harrison and his wife Julie divide their time between California and Mazatlán, Mexico. However, Mazatlán...

After more than 14 months away, Lief and I have returned to Los Islotes. We arrived at Tocumen International late...

As I celebrated my daughter’s first holiday season, the idea of legacy was strong in my mind. As all new...

I hear lots of parents and grandparents bemoaning the fact that kids’ lives are so regimented these days… how they...

White-sand beaches... warm water... year-round sunshine... and one of the healthiest diets in the world... For sun and sand lovers,...

I’m a big fan of the tiny home. Many times, I find myself dreaming of less clutter...better economy... a simpler...

The benefits of spending time in water are well documented, as are the ways that simply living near water is...

"When I retire, I'll have about US$1,400 a month in Social Security and pension income. I'd like to have more....

Fellow reader Dianne R.—a full-time expat in Mexico—shared this note last week on our Overseas Living Club page... "My husband and...

In a world of uncertainty, having an escape hatch can help you sleep better. Everyone's Plan B will look different....

Digital nomads enjoy sharing photos of themselves working from paradisiacal locations. There they sit, laptop in lap, toes in the...

The death rate from the coronavirus won’t make a dent in the global population even if 100% of us catch...

"Why do you talk about Brazil... isn't it a mess?" a reader wrote in last week. On a generic claim...

Last week, Lief and I traveled freely between Paris, France, and Waterford, Ireland. Despite the spread of the coronavirus in...

City living is not for everyone. The noise, traffic, pollution, and crowds you find in a typical big city can...

Loja, Ecuador, is the object of my most remarkable failed prediction. In fact, of two failed predictions. Loja is one...

"When are you going to hold a conference in Ecuador again?" Since I joined the Events team here at Live...

Obtaining residency in a foreign country can be one of the most important benefits of buying real estate abroad. I...

For me and Belize, it was love at first sight. From the first morning I arrived in Belize City, some...

What Is A Tropical Climate? A tropical climate is classified as average temperatures of 64°Fahrenheit and above in regions that...

I traveled to Ecuador for the first time nearly 20 years ago and lived in the country—in Cuenca and in...

Until recently, if you wanted to teach English overseas—one of the most accessible gigs for job-seeking expats—you needed two things:...

In Abruzzo, our top choice for the best lifestyle value in Italy, you can choose from hundreds of modern cities,...

Abruzzo is fantastically cheap. You can eat like royalty here on a pittance. So much (pasta... wine... oil...) is produced...

Picture a chain of historic and charming small towns strung together by a single-lane highway, people walking along or bicycling,...

Though there’s no border marking the entry to the Basque region of France, there’s no doubting when you’ve crossed it....

One of the things I appreciated most about my years living in France was the opportunity it gave me to...

"I can’t believe this place has stayed off the radar," said my friend Lou... for the third time in as...

A 12-year expat in Las Terrenas, Larry Stroup is a central figure in the expat social scene in this small...