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Arriving in Our Little Village in La Ventana Bay, Just Southeast of La Paz, Baja California, Mexico

Jet Metier in a pool overlooking La Ventana Bay, Baja Sur California – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingAs you progress south on Highway 1 in Baja, you know you’re starting to enter La Paz because, just like in any other part of the world I’ve visited, as you enter a more densely populated area, the road adds lanes on your side, in this case, from one, to two, and then, eventually to three.
 
The first major thing you see when you arrive driving south on Highway 1 into La Paz is… Wal-Mart.  So we had driven 842 miles into Baja from Mexicali to La Paz,...

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How Michael Vuytowecz Ended Up in Panama, and How His Wife Martha Was Convinced to Even Visit

Michael and Martha Vuytowecz at the pool in Panama in 2009  – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingFrom an interview with Michael Vuytowecz in July, 2016...
 
Chuck: You have led a very interesting life, Michael.  You’ve lived in some great places that would make a lot of people quite jealous, including Boston, Lake Tahoe, San Diego, and of course Panama, which is where you live now. Tell us a little bit about how everything came to be.
 
Michael: I grew up in Massachusetts, and immediately after high school, I had a small nightclub for...

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The Beach, the (Holiday) Breaks, and the BBQ

Jet Metier has noticed there are three things you can do after reading a person’s reason for moving to Panama. You can 1) learn from them; 2) laugh with them; or 3) interview them to learn and laugh some more with them.
 
Giselle Otero lives in a world in which she hears operatic airs from humpback whales and smells the “life-giving bitterness” of the flowers that lent their essence to coffee beans.  In this interview, Giselle shares with...

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