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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Kathleen Peddicord
2 hours agoRizza in Indian-administered KashmirA video diary for Al Jazeera Rizza Alee is from Indian-administered Kashmir. He takes us on a journey of his day-to-day life, and how it’s changed since May, when hostilities broke out between India and Pakistan in Kashmir.
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1 week ago | 
forbes.com | Kathleen Peddicord
Americans dreaming about retiring to the Philippines might see palm-fringed beaches and exotic lifestyle changes in their future. But a move to this country is about more than that. Retiring in the Philippines offers Americans a blend of English-speaking convenience, quality private health care at affordable prices, a fairly easy visa process, andS locals that will welcome you into the community and make you feel at home. It’s also not all rose-colored.
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1 week ago | 
forbes.com.br | Kathleen Peddicord
Aposentar-se na Itália é o sonho de muitas pessoas — e para aqueles que realizam esse sonho, ele não decepciona. Com um grande acervo histórico, artístico e cultural concentrado em um território pequeno, além de uma culinária e vinicultura reconhecidas, o país oferece diversas possibilidades para quem se interessa por patrimônio cultural.
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2 weeks ago | 
forbes.com.br | Kathleen Peddicord
Águas azul-turquesa, palmeiras ao vento, brisas suaves e coquetéis ao pôr do sol — poucos lugares no mundo despertam tanta sensação de tranquilidade quanto o Caribe. De Aruba a Antígua, de Belize às Bahamas, a região atrai turistas e pessoas em busca de recomeços há décadas. Nos últimos anos, no entanto, o Caribe passou a representar mais do que apenas um local de fuga.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Kathleen Peddicord
NowHong Kong CNN — Visitors to a centuries-old tourist site in eastern China were sent scrambling after hundreds of roof tiles came loose and cascaded more than two stories to the ground. The Fengyang Drum Tower—built in 1375 and used to announce the beginning of ceremonies and the time of day—is one of …
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2 weeks ago | 
forbes.com | Kathleen Peddicord
Imagine owning a cozy stone house in Italy, a seaside escape on the Albanian Riviera, or a sun-drenched flat in Spain—each for less than the cost of a standard RV. As North American property prices continue to climb, parts of Europe are quietly offering up livable, lovable homes for under $100,000. The following five towns prove that you don’t need deep pockets to live the European dream.
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2 weeks ago | 
liveandinvestoverseas.com | Kathleen Peddicord
Earlier this month, I debuted my new podcast. First on my guest list for these “Retired Overseas” conversations were Paul and Vicki Terhorst. Paul and Vicki retired overseas in their mid-30s. They weren’t of retirement age, but they did their sums and decided they were in a position to opt out of a workaday life at that early age. That was more than 40 years ago. In the decades since the couple has crisscrossed the globe.
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3 weeks ago | 
forbes.com | Kathleen Peddicord
Retiring in Italy is a dream for many Americans—and for those who make the dream come true, it doesn’t disappoint. With some of the most history, art, and culture in the world packed into this small country, as well as amazing food and wine, this is a culture vulture’s paradise. What most people don’t know is that Italy also delivers on outdoor pastimes , with mountains for skiing, long coasts full of award-winning beaches, oodles of countryside, and national parks to explore.
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3 weeks ago | 
liveandinvestoverseas.com | Kathleen Peddicord
I wrote my first book on retiring overseas in 1987. I was twenty-four years old. I’ve produced many titles on the world’s top retirement havens in the decades since. As I’ve grown up, so have these ideas, both of retirement and of retiring overseas. Retirement is no longer the start of the end of your life. Retirement today is your second act. And retiring overseas is no longer a lifeline for retirees with seriously skimpy retirement budgets. At least it’s not only that.
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3 weeks ago | 
forbes.com | Kathleen Peddicord
Thailand is an exotic wonderland blessed with natural beauty and home to a friendly local population as well as a growing number of expats—as many as 4 million people are said to have chosen “The Land of Smiles” as their new home. Thailand has world-class health care options, a tropical climate, is generally very safe, and offers a number of visa options, including a retirement visa and a digital nomad visa.
