retire abroad

My husband, Dan, and I will soon celebrate 11 years of living the expat life. We've lived in seven different locations (in Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Ecuador) and spent a considerable amount of time in many, many more - especially Belize and Costa Rica.

In a previous blog post, I wrote about one of the key perks of living in Latin America - affordability.

I first met Laura and Joel (not their real names) a decade ago on the shores of Mexico's Lake Chapala where they were vacationing. He was retired and she was happily working as a network television sales executive. He wanted her to quit her job and move to Mexico with him and she was having none of…

The following is a guest post from Suzan Haskins.