“I came here on vacation and quickly realized this is where I needed to be,” says Kathy Pow. She lives in Cabarete, a small beach town on the Dominican Republic’s north coast. With two international airports nearby, in Puerto Plata and Santiago de los Caballeros, it’s fairly easy to get to and from North America, with many direct flights from the major cities there...
You wake up in the morning and fancy a fruit salad for breakfast, along with a glass of freshly squeezed OJ. Maybe it’s cocktail hour and you need fresh lime for margaritas. Perhaps you’ve always wanted to make your own apple cider.Instead of opening the refrigerator, why not head out to the orchard or grove on your property? You can’t get much fresher than that...
Asia and India can have brutally hot and humid weather. In colonial times, Western administrators—used to much cooler climes—sweltered, especially in summer. That decorum required suit and tie, or layers of petticoats, didn’t help. The solution was to create “hill stations” where they could escape to a higher elevation with cooler weather...
I'm sitting in a well-landscaped, tidy city park, watching school kids run off to class, meticulously dressed businesspeople rush to work, and retirees animatedly talk to friends. I’ve just had a filling lunch of soup, salad, and grilled chicken ($2.50) and need to take a break. The sky is blue, with a few clouds. The temperature is a pleasant 75 F in the mid-dle of the day...
"It offers a good quality of life for a good cost," says Lou Nesbitt of his adopted city, Armenia, the smallest of the Coffee Triangle's trio of major metropolises. "A lot of people from Bogotá retire here because their peso stretches further."
From the British Isles to the far reaches of the east, Europe’s long history called for castles, towers, fortifications, and fortresses. So it’s no wonder that there are plenty of these structures dotting the continent. They’re often in pristine rural areas, with villages once populated by loyal subjects close by for shopping and dining...
Thanks to consistent, high-quality waves and a variety of breaks, Costa Rica has been one of the world’s top surfing destinations for decades.
For ancient peoples, the Mediterranean and the land around it was the extent of the known world. The Phoenicians dominated trade for centuries. The Greeks colonized it extensively. The Romans called it Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) when their empire encircled it.
As IL’s Roving Latin America Editor, I have the privilege of traveling to some of the most beautiful places in the world. But because I’m interviewing expats about their lives…checking out real estate deals…and jotting down prices for produce in...
Racing a pod of dolphins riding your wake…gazing at the Milky Way in all its splendor…hopping from private island to isolated cove…catching fresh mahi mahi for dinner. There are many pleasures that come with sailing the open sea, whether you’re...