Five fun, affordable, stunningly beautiful
places to RETIRE ABROAD
By BARRY GOLSON
IMAGINE WAKING UP UNDER SUNNY SKIES IN
a Latin American paradise, in a spacious,
open-terraced home, your backyard dotted
with bougainvillea and palm trees. After
a swim and a pitcher of fresh-squeezed
orange juice, you greet your fellow expats
at the plaza, take a short rain-forest hike,
volunteer with the local kids, and in the
evening savor a delicious dinner of grilled
lobster and carne asada at a charming
beachfront café—for $30 a couple.
Okay, life abroad is not all palm trees and
grilled lobster. There can be restrictions and
red tape, language problems and culture
shock, distance and sometimes loneliness.
But at a time when nest eggs are shrinking
and Social Security looks less likely to cover
basic expenses, living for less in a foreign
