Who wants to retire on a white sand beach in mexico?
I sure do. I have been working for a few years now on my retirement plans. First a little about me:
I am your normal average everyday middle-aged white fella. At coming up on 40 I am now looking more towards my future then at my present. Having vacationed in Cozumel and Playa del Carmen I have decided that that is where I belong, and now I have the love of my life to go with me. I have done some traveling around the Caribbean including the British West Indies, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Bahamas and am constantly amazed by the extraordinary beauty of this planet. I am currently landlocked in Pennsylvania and cannot wait to get out. Throughout this blog I will be sharing about my life, my plans, and my future desires hopefully to inspire others, make friends, and to get more input from others as well. I will be doing my best to break this up into the following General categories;
Housing
Income
Emigration and the expat laws
Healthcare
Travel
Fun things for locals, not tourists
What to bring,
And local history of the Playa Del Carmen area.
I will be letting you into my life, my investment strategies to get where I am now, and I will be completely open and honest with all of my successes and failures. You may feel free to live vicariously through me or of course suggest anything that you may feel is useful or interesting. Besides occasional travel for vacation purposes and doing a bit of research, this is still 15 years away.
Wish me luck!
Who in their right mind wouldn't want to look out to this every morning?!
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I've seen a couple of beaches in Mexico... Puerto Vallarta, Acapulco. Everyone raves about Playa del Carmen, so I'll have to check it out some time. Also, the ruins at Tulúm are amazing, so I hear. Here's a mini-documentary that my buddy did about them http://theparadiseparadox.com/40
Have a good day and good luck with your beach dream!
Thank you so much for your kind words. Even though I was born in Southern California I never went farther south than Tijuana when I was young so I have never done Puerto Vallarta or anywhere else on the West Coast. Playa Del Carmen caught my attention originally about 20 years ago when I first started making enough money that I could vacation farther away than the Jersey Shore. Now keep in mind this is a lifetime ago, but two of us went all inclusive with round trip airfare from Philadelphia through Dallas and we were there for 10 nights and 11 days for just over $2,100. We spent about $200 in total while we were there. You can't even rent a house at the shore for a week for that amount of money. I was so amazed I couldn't say no. It was the best decision I ever made. I fell in love with the area the locals the cuisine and the peaceful and quiet atmosphere and I knew right then and there that this is where I belong. Over the past few years I have started formulating a plan to retire there. The one main takeaway from Playa del Carmen is you see a lot of Canadian and US tourists, more so than any other demographic. As I spoke to more and more people while I was there the underlying theme was that after a few days most of us fat Americans would kill for a cheeseburger and a normal beer with no x's in the name. People seemed to get salsa'd out really quickly. I want to open a little bar right on the beach called The Sandbar and all I plan on serving is a few different beers, delicious burgers, and some yummy seasoned french fries. That's it. Well and maybe margaritas. That's it.
As far as the ruins in Tulum they are beautiful and only about an hour south along the coast. A perfect drive. And there are a bunch of Cenotes in that area as well that are so picturesque there is no accurate way to describe.
As for the pictures I will try what you said to see if they show up in the post. On the website I see it as my header picture, but in the app it does not show.
Mike
Yes, I can see the picture as the post image, but on the post it just comes up as a placeholder, implying that there should be a picture there.
Try steemimg.com or postimage.org ... edit the post, and put the link in.
Apparently there are certain places in Chiapas where you can buy beachfront property for 1000 pesos per 1 square metre. It might not be the right place for you, if you want to serve food to tourists, but it's something to consider.
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