Comments on: 8 Tips on How to Successfully Retire Abroad http://thepanamagringo.com/2009/04/21/8-tips-on-how-to-successfully-retire-abroad/ Sun, 06 May 2012 00:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Paul-Best Plumber Mexico http://thepanamagringo.com/2009/04/21/8-tips-on-how-to-successfully-retire-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Paul-Best Plumber Mexico Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:52:55 +0000 http://thepanamagringo.com/2009/04/21/8-tips-on-how-to-successfully-retire-abroad/#comment-529 On '4. Embrace the relaxed pace', you bring up some good points. I am Mexican, and yes, my first name is Paul (Not Pablo) and we Latinos do have a different sense of time and timeliness. But I would like to say that not all individuals are the same in any country. You have good and bad where ever you go in any country and in any profession. And yes there definitely are cultural differences between Latinos and Americans... but isn't that what makes life interesting? Tenga Buen dia (Have a Good Day)! Thanks. Paul Torres, AKA Ajijic, Mexico's Best Plumber On ’4. Embrace the relaxed pace’, you bring up some good points.

I am Mexican, and yes, my first name is Paul (Not Pablo) and we Latinos do have a different sense of time and timeliness. But I would like to say that not all individuals are the same in any country. You have good and bad where ever you go in any country and in any profession. And yes there definitely are cultural differences between Latinos and Americans… but isn’t that what makes life interesting?

Tenga Buen dia (Have a Good Day)!

Thanks.

Paul Torres, AKA Ajijic, Mexico’s Best Plumber

]]> By: Tom Posey http://thepanamagringo.com/2009/04/21/8-tips-on-how-to-successfully-retire-abroad/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Tom Posey Mon, 04 May 2009 20:51:35 +0000 http://thepanamagringo.com/2009/04/21/8-tips-on-how-to-successfully-retire-abroad/#comment-284 I am a retired teacher who took on my mother when my father died in 2007. I would like to relocate with my mother to Panama permanently. We have a combined retirement income of $60,000. She is 80 years old with early Alzheimers. Is it possible to find a live in maid for a reasonable price, under $1000 a month, and also an apartment near the beach, and medical facilities(walking distance) and is there a very big contingent of english speaking ex-pats. I have heard conflicting stories about just how many Americans live in Panama. I took early retirement, and play tennis four or five times a week and am very active, are there enough Americans around to have companions and activities? I live in a small west texas town and am more than ready to leave for greener pastures,(or forests) it's just I don't want to waste my time in a country if I am going to be isolated there with nothing to do. Thanks, Tom Posey ps, we plan on relocating within one month. I am a retired teacher who took on my mother when my father died in 2007. I would like to relocate with my mother to Panama permanently. We have a combined retirement income of $60,000. She is 80 years old with early Alzheimers. Is it possible to find a live in maid for a reasonable price, under $1000 a month, and also an apartment near the beach, and medical facilities(walking distance) and is there a very big contingent of english speaking ex-pats. I have heard conflicting stories about just how many Americans live in Panama. I took early retirement, and play tennis four or five times a week and am very active, are there enough Americans around to have companions and activities? I live in a small west texas town and am more than ready to leave for greener pastures,(or forests) it’s just I don’t want to waste my time in a country if I am going to be isolated there with nothing to do. Thanks, Tom Posey
ps, we plan on relocating within one month.

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