Best Places In The World To Retire

There are some America-trained doctors in Chapala and Ajijic. As an example, my doctor is from Guadalajara, which is considered one of the top medical centers of all of Mexico and Central America. The training of the doctors there is comparable to the US. My personal doctor had some training in Guadalajara and some training in the United States.

 

They have a whole different outlook in the medical system in Mexico in that that they are focused on the...

There are some America-trained doctors in Chapala and Ajijic. As an example, my doctor is from Guadalajara, which is considered one of the top medical centers of all of Mexico and Central America. The training of the doctors there is comparable to the US. My personal doctor had some training in Guadalajara and some training in the United States.

 

They have a whole different outlook in the medical system in Mexico in that that they are focused on the client’s recovery and not in perpetuating the illness. The cost of healthcare in Mexico is anywhere from 70% to 90% less than it is in the United States.

 

The village of Ajijic acts as a hub where people from the US come down for dental or cosmetic and other surgeries and then return to the US, which saves them huge amounts of money, while receiving very high quality work.

 

I’m not at all, in any way, shape, or form, concerned to be living in Ajijic and using the healthcare system. The doctors in Ajijic are very competent and experienced people. If you have something major, it can be done.

 

There is a level of personal care in Ajijic. I read recently about a couple that went down to Ajijic wherein the man had some emergencies, which was the scary part. Day to day things that are planned are one thing but emergencies are things that require specific consideration. This couple went to Chapala, which is the closest town to Ajijic and where they have a medical facility in which they were able to address him even on a late-night hour. They took care of him and he was in there for three or four nights. The doctor came to his house once a day for the next week afterwards. Even after he recovered, the doctor was still in personal contact with this man to follow up for some heart problems that the man had experienced unexpectedly.

 

(Logo for Hospital Clinica Ajijic, Ajijic, Mexico, pictured.)

Belize is probably a good place for preppers or survivalists.  There are a number of very rural areas where you can certainly go and get lost. However, if you’re looking for anonymity you won’t find that in the villages in the communities because pretty soon everybody’s going to know you’re there. That said, there is a lot of undeveloped countryside out in Belize and you can still buy large tracks of land at very reasonable prices.

 

Belize is probably a good place for preppers or survivalists.  There are a number of very rural areas where you can certainly go and get lost. However, if you’re looking for anonymity you won’t find that in the villages in the communities because pretty soon everybody’s going to know you’re there. That said, there is a lot of undeveloped countryside out in Belize and you can still buy large tracks of land at very reasonable prices.

 

In my situation, we’ve got a solar system that is purchased in Belize.   There are a number of solar companies; more every time I turn around because buying electricity from the municipal power system is relatively expensive. The municipal power is kind of expensive, so people opt for solar even if they don’t have to have it, even if they have access to municipal power.

 

So as far as water goes, there’s a lot of water is potable but throughout the country it is very loaded with total dissolved solids, so you’re going to need some kind of filtration if you’re going to use a well. Rainwater catchment is your other option and usually there’s plenty of rain.

 

Regarding food, you can absolutely survive on what you could pick. There are coconuts everywhere. There’s papaya, mango, bananas; any kind of fruit you can think of and there’s a pretty good locally grown produce. There’s a large community of Mennonites in the country that the British brought initially to help establish more of a commercial and agricultural system and they produced chickens for eggs. There’s plenty of food and a lot of Belizeans are basically subsistence farmers here.  That’s how they survive.  

 

(Gallary showing of the Amish, Belize City, Belize, pictured.)