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Colima, Mexico The celebration of Christmas and Three Kings Day in Mexico was over when we began our 3 ½ month adventure through Mexico and Central America. Starting slowly, our first day was an easy 4 hour journey from...

Finding Value in Disillusionment  It’s a wakeup call. These days unpredictability is the theme of the marketplace, and hordes of would-be retirees have lost solid gains in their portfolios and home values. Seemingly, there is no place to turn for ...

Sonoran Desert Ancient Peoples With a unique kind of beauty, and averaging about 10 inches of rainfall a year, the desert offers odd looking trees, craggy bushes and prickly cacti as a landscape. The tranquility and strange beauty of the ...

Hotel Hunting on the Road Traveling has been our lifestyle for two decades. Recently we took over three months to journey through the Pacific coast of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and parts of the Yucatan. From the outset we knew ...

The Food and Culture of Guanajuato In our previous photo essay on Guanajuato, we showed you her beautiful streets and told you some of her fascinating history. Here we share the more ...

Beautiful Guanajuato, Mexico Rich in history, this city is beautiful. Guanajuato is one of the most photogenic places not only in Mexico but in the world. In order to continue our journey on to Guanajuato, in the Mexican state of Guanajuato, we ...

Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico Continuing on our 10_day_adventure, we left Zacatecas and caught the 9 a.m. second-class bus on Linea Zacatecas-Jerez for 30 Pesos each. When we arrived at ...

Italy's la Repubblica featured Billy & Akaisha in an article. If you do not read Italian you can translate using Google translator or other online sites. Read the piece here. Perhaps with the financial problems coming out of Europe more people are looking for alternatives to retirement. 

Ex-Convento of San Francisco  Convent of San Francisco, together with its Temple, was begun in 1567

Retirement Dream or Nightmare? There's a powerful love affair with the idea of retiring overseas and buying real estate. From Belize to Panama, Costa Rica to Nicaragua, Lake Chapala to the other Gringo ...

Retire Young and Experience Exotic Travel on $53 a Day
Escape from America Magazine

Retire South of the Border
Laura Cohn, Kiplinger magazine

Finding a Low Cost Paradise  Scott Burns interviews Billy & Akaisha

Weekly PC Tips When we travel to far away locations 800 numbers are meaningless and time differences can cause confusion. No doubt some...