Survival

Early Retirement – Retire Overseas To Squeeze More Life Out Of Your Dollar

Early retirement is still possible for the average American or Canadian when you choose to retire overseas.   Unfortunately, statistics show that many Americans are destined to a retirement of poverty unless they can change their ways.  For many there still may be a better alternative to a traditional retirement in the United States.  The […]

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Early Retirement – Retire Overseas Where It Is Still Affordable

Early retirement is still possible for the average American or Canadian when you choose to retire overseas.  There is probably not a week that goes by that I don’t receive at least one email or question about whether it is still feasible to retire early and live a good life on the North Coast of the […]

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Fear Prevents Life Not Death

I want you to think about something and if you do I promise it will be worthwhile. Might even be the most valuable time you ever expended…EVER! I want you to ask yourself an important question. But before we get to the BIG question, there are two gut-check questions you need to answer first.  If answering either of […]

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We Share A Common Goal… Happiness

Check out this little thought provoking documentary film and then answer a few simple questions.  Who controls YOUR destiny?  Who is depriving YOU of happiness and that fulfilling sense of adventure and exploration that we all enjoyed as little kids before we stepped on the treadmill of life? As I watched this little 8 minute documentary I […]

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The Sun is Always Shining Above the Clouds

I’m sitting here thinking on a day that many would describe as being miserable. We’ve had nothing but hard steady rain for two days now. However from my perspective it’s a beautiful day and even though we’re stuck inside, I’ll attempt to explain why. There’s an old saying “the sun is always shining above the […]

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Mugged In Cabrera….. NOT

Imagine how concerned I was when I received an email from my video guy when he was down shooting some film recently.  The subject line of his email was “Mugged in Cabrera” and it contained a collage of pictures showing black eyes, egg-sized goose eggs and bleeding slices on both arms.  Needless to say I […]

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Sustainable Organic Farm Wrap-up

We hope you enjoyed our little Sunday tour of one of the local sustainable organic farms in the hills overlooking Cabrera and the coast. I hope now you understand just a little better why I am so convinced that any expats that choose to live here should never go hungry or lack for a source […]

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Sustainable Organic Farming In Cabrera – Out In The Fields – Part 2

There is more fresh organic fruits and vegetables growing out in the fields of little local family farms than we could ever eat around Cabrera.  It is so plentiful that if you get to know your neighbors then you are likely to come home from your visits with your harms loaded.  This is the second […]

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Sustainable Organic Farming In Cabrera – Let’s Visit A Family Farm

Fresh organic foods and abundant gravity fed water are two of my criteria for an ideal place to weather any storm, whether it be an economic collapse or worse. As I have mentioned many times, around here on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, the soil is fertile and most plants flourish. Heck, we […]

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Our Interview On The Borderless Podcast

I was honored to be interviewed for a segment on the Borderless Podcast.  If you are not yet familiar with the Borderless Podcast, you should be.  The podcast and website is run by James Guzman and Jonathan Lockwood.  This website is for those wanting to expand their horizons and think outside their own cultural boxes. Borders […]

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