With nearly 19 000 people to date viewing our cost of living posts we thought it was time to provide an updated detailed monthly budget summary. Our targeted monthly budget is $1400 USD. Total US dollars spent in January 2014 was $1656. Over the course of the month we attended 2 professional …
As I put the finishing touches on the Christmas tree a light rain starts to fall. The birds chirp happily in the trees. It’s our third Christmas in Nicaragua, but our first Christmas putting up a tree. December 9th marked the second anniversary of our arrival in Nicaragua and since …
Each day International Living uncovers some of the most desirable–and cheapest–retirement havens on earth, including Nicaragua. In International Living’s free daily postcards, you can learn about retirement, property, travel and lifestyle opportunities from around the world. An article of mine was recently published as an International Living postcard and I’m pleased …
Lately we’ve been receiving a lot of emails from followers with questions regarding real estate in Nicaragua. We are far from experts on this subject, but we have learned a lot in the last sixteen months that we’ve been here. One thing in particular we’ve learned is that locale is paramount …
Since Elisha and I arrived in Nicaragua 8 months ago we’ve managed to live in 5 different towns. Our Nicaraguan expat adventure began in Poneloya and from there we moved to Leon. The next city we called home was Granada and then we were off to the spend some time at Apoyo Lodge in Laguna de Apoyo. And …
I guess you could say this is a continuation of a previous post “How much do things cost in Leon and surrounding area?“, but today it is accompanied with a little story. Elisha and I were roaming around the hot bustling city of Leon today checking out some rental homes …