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CABRERA ROCKS! With Frank Reyes

On a previous post I mentioned how carwashes in the DR are many things. One of which of course is washing cars but they also range from bars to restaurants from gathering places to even live concerts! That’s correct even live outdoor concerts! Last week our friends over at Monarca Car Wash held yet another […]

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Expat Rehabs Cabrera Vacation – Retirement Home At Fraction Of US Prices – Part 2

Barry asked me to share our real life experience as we rehabbed a fixer-upper villa in Cabrera, just to give you an idea what it is like for a gringo with very little Spanish skills to tackle a fairly involved rehab project down on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic.  So here goes. As […]

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Gringo Tackles First Rehab Project In Cabrera

Barry suggested that I share my experience in buying and rehabbing a small villa in Cabrera with you.  Probably, like you, I am new to this whole game of offshore living and owing foreign real estate.  Like many of the Americans and Canadians that visit the North Coast of the Dominican Republic, and Cabrera, we […]

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Early Retirement With A Better Quality Of Life Is Possible – Part 2 Of Our RetireEarlyLifestyle Interviews

We continue our Early Retirement onsite interviews with the Retire Early Lifestyle team on their first visit to the Dominican Republic. Today we are in one of the many villas in the hills overlooking Cabrera Dominican Republic in this Part 2 of our series. In this discussion we explore whether early retirement is still viable […]

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The Retire Early Lifestyle Team Explores The Dominican Republic On One Of Our Discovery Tours

We were curious to see what a couple of world travelers thought of the Dominican Republic and our little North Coast region so we invited Akaisha and Billy Kaderli of the Retire Early Lifestyle blog to join us for a whirlwind tour of some of our Island. We captured their observations and comments in a […]

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Temperature’s Rising, Can You Feel The Heat.

Has anybody been noticing the change in temperament amongst the citizens of their home nation? Noticing that it’s not only spreading but simultaneously heading in a negative direction? Obviously this question is going to have a multitude of varying answers. Right about now some might be thinking how can you not see the massive changes […]

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Lost In The Cabrera Outback With New Friends From Edmonton Canada

Like my dad always told me when I was a kid, before I really started traveling, he said “Son, the only way you are going to ever find yourself is to get lost first”. And LOST we did get as we trekked across some of the backroads surrounding Cabrera Dominican Republic. On a recent one […]

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Exploring Outback Cabrera With New Friends From Edmonton Canada

Every one of our free North Coast Discovery Tours is a little different, depending on what our guests choose to see. On a recent tour, we met some wonderful new friends from our hometown of Edmonton, Canada. Their visit was a little longer so we were able to devote a few days to some off-the-beaten-path […]

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Why Can’t They See It Coming. Coping With Your Frustration.

Over the past few of years I’ve learned much about how people think and interpret reality. I believe we actually create our own reality so in essence I’m implying each of them is correct in their thoughts. While they might be correct in their thoughts that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re correct in what is really […]

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Early Retirement – Retire Overseas And Experience A Rich Culture

Early retirement in general and retiring overseas specifically may be part of the formula for living a longer and more fulfilled life.  There is something invigorating and a bit challenging about making a major transition to life in a foreign country.  Most people find that it changes their perspective on many different fronts.  You are […]

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