Padrino
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Registration: 17 November 2009
Consejo Shores vs. Corozal Town - Which one is better to own? by Suncrave
Hi, I would like your opinion, please. Regardless of the price or size, if there are two lots that are in the same category (oceanfront or non-oceanfront): one is in-town of Corozal and one is CS being 6 miles away from Corozal Town. Which one you ...
I know this post is over 3 yrs old but just found it in my quest for a 鈥淧lan B鈥� alternative to the US. I鈥檝e live in Coast Rica amongst other overseas locations and decided to focus this search on Latin America except Mexico. ... Read More
Top three expat communities in Salvador by trlhed777
Hey all !!!i am soon to be an expat this summer. I have traveled to Belize, Nicaragua, Panama and Mexico. Looking for my landing spot. El Salvador definitely has my interest. Can you tell me the top three ex-pat communities in the country?I will be ...
That鈥檚 interesting regarding the French expat community. What city or cities are they locating too? I don鈥檛 want to live in the main urban area of the capitol but looking for something bit more quiet but convenient to the needs a key ... Read More
Top three expat communities in Salvador by trlhed777
Hey all !!!i am soon to be an expat this summer. I have traveled to Belize, Nicaragua, Panama and Mexico. Looking for my landing spot. El Salvador definitely has my interest. Can you tell me the top three ex-pat communities in the country?I will be ...
I鈥檓 hoping also to see more responses to this question as we are considering the same move. Also loved n Costa Rica 1998-2001 for post grad school but want to see if El Salvador would fit our needs. Mid70鈥檚 aged couple. Read More
Life in Kandy for American Expat, exploring
My wife and I are considering Sri Lanka for a 鈥漧ast chapter鈥� place to drop our bags. I鈥檝e been to Sri Lanka back in the 1990鈥檚 and fell in love with the Kandy area. Both of us are well travelled and I've live a good number of ... Read More
Questions About Living At the Ocean -Bahia de Caraquez by wanderingbears
Who wants to find out about Bahia de Caraquez? A small town on the Ocean here in Ecuador. North Central Coast. Calm relaxing town with everything you need to live and enjoy your life! Anyone want to know more?
It鈥檚 great to get feedback from someone on the ground. Big difference from just a few hours. Read More
Questions About Living At the Ocean -Bahia de Caraquez by wanderingbears
Who wants to find out about Bahia de Caraquez? A small town on the Ocean here in Ecuador. North Central Coast. Calm relaxing town with everything you need to live and enjoy your life! Anyone want to know more?
thank you for that! Exactly the kind of info to base decisions on. It鈥檚 major but a few hours a day is acceptable. Read More
Questions About Living At the Ocean -Bahia de Caraquez by wanderingbears
Who wants to find out about Bahia de Caraquez? A small town on the Ocean here in Ecuador. North Central Coast. Calm relaxing town with everything you need to live and enjoy your life! Anyone want to know more?
Appreciate that but I find most all the post are a number of years old and things change. Read More
Questions About Living At the Ocean -Bahia de Caraquez by wanderingbears
Who wants to find out about Bahia de Caraquez? A small town on the Ocean here in Ecuador. North Central Coast. Calm relaxing town with everything you need to live and enjoy your life! Anyone want to know more?
What is vet care for our cat? How do I even get her there? Read More
Questions About Living At the Ocean -Bahia de Caraquez by wanderingbears
Who wants to find out about Bahia de Caraquez? A small town on the Ocean here in Ecuador. North Central Coast. Calm relaxing town with everything you need to live and enjoy your life! Anyone want to know more?
What is the tv system like? Can I get the U.S. channels (prime, Netflix, MSCBC, ETC) in English? What is the internet speed like? Read More
Questions About Living At the Ocean -Bahia de Caraquez by wanderingbears
Who wants to find out about Bahia de Caraquez? A small town on the Ocean here in Ecuador. North Central Coast. Calm relaxing town with everything you need to live and enjoy your life! Anyone want to know more?
Oh, and potable water, sewer, internet, electrical/gas. You know, the stuff for living in the house. Read More
Questions About Living At the Ocean -Bahia de Caraquez by wanderingbears
Who wants to find out about Bahia de Caraquez? A small town on the Ocean here in Ecuador. North Central Coast. Calm relaxing town with everything you need to live and enjoy your life! Anyone want to know more?
I want to start this post up again as we鈥檙e looking at Bahia as a place to do the final chapter of life. Experienced expat and very traveled wife. Want to ask those in the local some specifics on life quality decisions. Such as quality of ... Read More
Panama vs. Costa Rica by Guinness13
Hey Folks, Wondering if anyone has some perspective on retiring in Panama vs. Costa Rica. I've done a bunch of reading so far and have yet to set foot in either country. Feet on the street will be part of the research, but interested in what ...
I lived in CR 1998-2001 for post grad school. It was expensive due to taxes, primarily the 300% import tax on everything. Want a box of Cheerios? 3x the cost. Also, quality of life in CR wasn鈥檛 as low keyed as in Panama which I visited every ... Read More
Panama vs. Costa Rica by ExpatDave
On the expat-Costa Rica site, several people have asked the question if people have compared Panama to Costa Rica prior to their move - relative to cost of living, safety, beauty of the country, etc. I am wondering if any of you spent time in both ...
I lived in CR for 3 years from 1998-2000. Went to post grad school in San Jose but lived in the country side just to the east of the city so I got the best of both worlds. I liked CR for the culture, people and environment. San Jose had enough of ... Read More
Migrating to Arequipa?
I only visited Arequipa on a 3 week trip through Peru. Actually, went there by accident and ended up falling in love with the city, especially the city's town square. Looked at buying an 18th century courtyard home for about US$40k back in 2000 ... Read More
Laws of interest to us
My best friend had polio as a kid. I've seen first hand how that f'd up his life. Why would any parent not want to protect their child? Anyone ever think there's a reason it's a law there's vaccinations. You realize there's ... Read More
2 weeks in Dec to explore Atitlan/Antigua as place to move. Need plan by Padrino
My fianc茅 and I are coming to Guatemala in December (2013) for a bit over 2 weeks to check out Lake Atitlan and Antigua as possible places to retire 1 year from now. I've lived internationally for 30 years including 3 years in Costa Rica for post ...
Okay, OUR EXPLORATION TRIP IS SET!! Arriving Antigua on or about the 20th of December where we plan to spend a couple of days acclimating and then off to the Lake Atitlan. As this is truly an exploration trip to decide if the Lake (or Antigua) is ... Read More
2 weeks in Dec to explore Atitlan/Antigua as place to move. Need plan by Padrino
My fianc茅 and I are coming to Guatemala in December (2013) for a bit over 2 weeks to check out Lake Atitlan and Antigua as possible places to retire 1 year from now. I've lived internationally for 30 years including 3 years in Costa Rica for post ...
You guys are both great with this info. So appreciate it !! Read More
2 weeks in Dec to explore Atitlan/Antigua as place to move. Need plan
My fianc茅 and I are coming to Guatemala in December (2013) for a bit over 2 weeks to check out Lake Atitlan and Antigua as possible places to retire 1 year from now. I've lived internationally for 30 years including 3 years in Costa Rica for post ... Read More
moving to Nicaragua by rogerd
Hi, My name is Sarah. My husband and I are considering moving to Nicaragua, We need all the info that we can get IE: - What is the legal process that is required to live in Nicaragua? - We have dogs, what is the legal process to move them with ...
Attorney Tiffer. Tried to email you to the email address you quoted and it won't go through. Would like to hire you for my residency purposes! Hello Sarah: Regarding your questions: What is the legal process that is required to live in ... Read More
Moving to Leon,Nicaragua
Your timing is amazing. I 'retired' about 3 weeks ago and have been focused for several years on Leon. Recently I got sidetracked on that and started to look at sailboats to liveaboard here in San Diego. FATE to have received this blog today???? I ... Read More
Canadian Community in Nicaragua by Von
My husband and I heard that there was a Canadian Community somewhere in Nicaragua. Does anyone know where it is?
Is there a community in Leon? My wife and I are considering Leon as where we would retire. Padrino Read More
Dentist by square
Can any one suggest a really good dentist. I have tried the Al Basma clinic on Shar-e- Nasr but it was a disaster.
I've been told the St. James Hospital in Tripoli has the best in country and is supposed to be pretty state of the art. I haven't been there yet but have an appointment for later this week to 'check it out' to see if I trust them for 2 crowns. It's ... Read More
Repatriating pets to US, need Libya Ministry Certificate of Health by Padrino
I'm going to bring my pets obtained in Libya back to the US with me 'when the time comes'. The US requires I get, and I'll quote: "Current Health Certificate issued by a full-time salaried veterinarian of the agency responsible for animal health of ...
With the certificate from the 'agency' it is possible. I've brought a dog out of latin america and 3 cats from the Gulf before. You just need the health certifcate from the 'agency' and the US allows them in. Read More
Repatriating pets to US, need Libya Ministry Certificate of Health
I'm going to bring my pets obtained in Libya back to the US with me 'when the time comes'. The US requires I get, and I'll quote: "Current Health Certificate issued by a full-time salaried veterinarian of the agency responsible for animal health of ... Read More
Dentist by square
Can any one suggest a really good dentist. I have tried the Al Basma clinic on Shar-e- Nasr but it was a disaster.
I've been told the St. James Hospital in Tripoli has the best in country and is supposed to be pretty state of the art. I haven't been there yet but have an appointment for later this week to 'check it out' to see if I trust them for 2 crowns. It's ... Read More
"Meat" from the Libyan Grocery Store
Ok, the question that everyone's always wondered about but never asked. I bought some beautiful ground round for a burger b-b-q at the local Libyan grocery store. It said "meet" in english on the label and looks like the real deal. Didn't cook up ... Read More
Satellite TV Decoder, NEED SMART CARD by Padrino
I live in Misurata and our compound has it's own satellite dish. My decoder box recently broke and I went and bought a new one thinking the smartcard I have would work. Wrong. Does anyone in Tripoli know where I can buy these smartcards? I don't ...
Tolga, This is a great solution, other than I don't have any Turkish friends I could call upon. I don't need to go and buy another box. I just bought one with the 2 card slots. Just want the cards to unlock the pay for view channels. Maybe I ... Read More
Satellite TV Decoder, NEED SMART CARD by Padrino
I live in Misurata and our compound has it's own satellite dish. My decoder box recently broke and I went and bought a new one thinking the smartcard I have would work. Wrong. Does anyone in Tripoli know where I can buy these smartcards? I don't ...
Any and all I can get. I do get CNN but none of the movie channels as I did on my old smart card/box. My new box has a 2 card set up so I can run more than 1 card. Read More
Satellite TV Decoder, NEED SMART CARD
I live in Misurata and our compound has it's own satellite dish. My decoder box recently broke and I went and bought a new one thinking the smartcard I have would work. Wrong. Does anyone in Tripoli know where I can buy these smartcards? I don't ... Read More
Moving in - any tips for life in Misurata? by slackerdad
Hi all We (myself,wife,boys & pop) are going to be moving in to the Misurata area. We are looking for any additional information anybody has on living in or around Misurata. I have already learned alot from the forum. Thanks to all that contributed ...
I have to agree that the Libyans are some of the warmest and friendly people you will ever be around and I've lived around the world. The city of Misurata is probably best discribed as 'large town'. Traffic is less and it is a slight bit cleaner ... Read More
Moving in - any tips for life in Misurata? by slackerdad
Hi all We (myself,wife,boys & pop) are going to be moving in to the Misurata area. We are looking for any additional information anybody has on living in or around Misurata. I have already learned alot from the forum. Thanks to all that contributed ...
I enjoy your enthusisam for possibly creating change. In Abu Dhabi my wife was chair of the Women's International Assoc. It was a great experience for her. However, there were hundreds of expat wives. I'm going to guess here in Misurata your wife ... Read More
Moving in - any tips for life in Misurata? by slackerdad
Hi all We (myself,wife,boys & pop) are going to be moving in to the Misurata area. We are looking for any additional information anybody has on living in or around Misurata. I have already learned alot from the forum. Thanks to all that contributed ...
Regarding things for your wife/kid. Big fat NO. Nothing. One guy had his wife here and she bailed after a few months. English is not very widely spoken, there is zero recreation, there is zero community groups. There are very, very few westerners ... Read More
Moving in - any tips for life in Misurata? by slackerdad
Hi all We (myself,wife,boys & pop) are going to be moving in to the Misurata area. We are looking for any additional information anybody has on living in or around Misurata. I have already learned alot from the forum. Thanks to all that contributed ...
I have to agree with Can Lib in that there are enough in the way of pharmacies here, the grocery stores are okay, well you can get an american peanut butter, but not Skippy, and the other 'basics' pretty much. Town is a lot quieter and less traffic ... Read More
Moving in - any tips for life in Misurata? by slackerdad
Hi all We (myself,wife,boys & pop) are going to be moving in to the Misurata area. We are looking for any additional information anybody has on living in or around Misurata. I have already learned alot from the forum. Thanks to all that contributed ...
I've been in Misurata for 2 months now. It sounds like you're planning to pack a lot of people over here with you. To keep it short, with and 'older' pop, not much in the way of medical care here and Tripoli is a good 2.5 hours away. Schools for ... Read More
Tennis partners in Tripoli by seymore
Hi I am a canadian coming very soon to work in Tripoli. I am a good tennis player looking to play and meet friends who share the same passion for tennis. Thank you
Checking back in if anyone knows if there's tennis courts in Misurata? I'm packed and leaving for Libya next Tuesday and still have room for a tennis racket if there's a place for me to play other than making a trip all the way to Tripoli. Read More
LIVING IN LIBIA by carloslopez10
Hi everyone, I have received an employment offer to be expatriated in Libia. Salary is high plus accommodation, utilities, car and other benefits. My question is the following, the expatriation must be at least 3 years. I am 33 years old and I am ...
Hi everyone, I have received an employment offer to be expatriated in Libia. Salary is high plus accommodation, utilities, car and other benefits. My question is the following, the expatriation must be at least 3 years. I am 33 years old and I am ... Read More
Prescription Medications
Thanks Clansman for info on getting my antibiotics once I'm there. Anyone have information on if I can bring some with me and what is the hassle in doing so? Read More
Prescription Medications
I'm moving to Libya in a week. I have some specific prescription medications I take and need to bring some with me. Questions are: 1.) will I have problems bring some with me in the original pharmacy containers and 2.) to get more locally will I ... Read More
The absolute minimum in dollars to live in DR :) by Chady3475
I am living now in New York City (The Bronx) and I will be going to DR around Feb 2010. I will only have a steady income of US$900 per month. Can I make it there? I already live in a fairly rough neighborhood here so some crime is not an issue! Also ...
That was a great response Acoquerel. I wish others would also respond as I am certain there are many who have the same or close to the same question which needs answering. Padrino Read More
Tennis partners in Tripoli by seymore
Hi I am a canadian coming very soon to work in Tripoli. I am a good tennis player looking to play and meet friends who share the same passion for tennis. Thank you
I'm going to moving to Misurata in a couple of weeks and would like to play some tennis but not with a drive back to Tripoli. Anyone know of any courts in Misurata? I'll pack my racket if someone can tell me for certain there are courts where I'm ... Read More
Sports Equipment in Libya by iShouldBsurfn
Hey everyone! Can anyone recommend any good places to buy golf clubs, tennis gear, etc. How is the quality of equipment? Should I just bring my stuff over? I would rather buy there rather than taking all of my stuff over. Also, has anyone played ...
Sent you a PM. I'm heading over and also in San Diego currently. Read More
