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Best Caribbean or Central America location to retire? (Now with South America!)
Yes I thought so too, I will dig for more of these later.
Lots of gringos and expats speaking English it seems Much more than I thought. But I still think that it is relatively "undiscovered", which is appealing.
I wish I could get some email addresses of people in that video, so I could ask them how it is going, how long they've been there, what they like/dislike, how the internet reliability is, etc.
I did a Google search for "boquete speedtest" and came across these results:
Net Index by Ookla for Boquete, Panama indicates average(?) Speedtest.net result over the past 30 days was 2.4Mbps from 1,572 unique IPs have been taken in this city and of 11,227 total tests, 343 are being used for the current Index.
I'd wonder about the reliability of the internet provider. Cable internet speeds are an advertised "possible max speed" of for example 5mb, but the service can be 1mb since it's not dedicated like DSL. I like to search for Facebook pages for comments about people who use the service. I had problems with my cable before switching to DSL, found a lot of people complaining about the same problem in facebook. Now I distrust cable companies, , although maybe it's just the one where I live that is the worst...
The Panama Cable Onda website looks like a big company. Some people on the facebook page complaining that they have been waiting for 2 months for the installation, others complaining about speed saying it's well below the advertised speed. Hopefully these are isolated incidences:
Guy says don't need to speak any spanish in Boquete, interesting. Also pretty cool on the discounts for retirees. I need to check to see if I would be considered a retiree, since I won't be collecting social security for another 30 years and don't have a pension, if there is another means which I can prove income through.
• 50% off entertainment including movies, concerts, theater etc. (a regular movie ticket costs $4 - the retiree price is $2.)
• 25% off restaurants
• 50% off hotel accommodations from Monday-Thursday
• 30% off bus, boat and train fares
• 25% off domestic and international airline tickets
• 10% off prescription medicines (much cheaper than US prices to begin with)
• 15% off dental and eye exams
• 50% off closing costs for home loans
Some good information on staying safe in rural Latin America
If you are confronted, don't fight back -- give up your valuables. If mugged, cooperate with the assailant and voice your willingess to comply by saying, "You can have anything you want. Do you want me to get it or do you want to get it?" Avoid eye contact. Keep $25 - $100 in your pocket as insurance. If hostile, offer additional money or possessions that the robber may have overlooked.
Much more than I thought. But I still think that it is relatively "undiscovered", which is appealing.
, although maybe it's just the one where I live that is the worst...