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Early Retirement – Retire Overseas – Never Too Old Never Too Young

Early retirement is only for people that want to live life to its fullest before they are too tired, too old, too sick or too broke to enjoy the experience.  But amazingly, that has very little to do with chronological age.  On our free North Coast Discovery Tours I routinely meet people of all ages […]

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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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Independence Day in the Dominican Republic

It seems that we just said goodbye to our last group of visitors. Just when I thought I’d be able to catch up on a few things another event takes place that the DR Escapes team thought you’d all like to know more about. Yes it’s that time of year again. The time is Independence […]

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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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Where Do Cabrera Expats Shop – Santiago Shopping Trip

If you have followed the DR Escapes blog for any time at all I am sure you will recall that I call this little tropical village “Mayberry with Internet”, sort of like stepping back in time to a simpler lifestyle.  But I can hear some of you asking…. “But Barry, will we be stepping back into […]

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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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Dmitry Orlov – Are Americans Prepared For A Soviet Style Collapse – Interview

If the social and financial structure around you collapsed tomorrow, as it did for many people during the fall of the Soviet Union, are you prepared to survive and even prosper? In my latest interview with best selling author Dmitry Orlov we discuss lifestyle and how your lifestyle decisions may dramatically impact how your family […]

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