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Best Caribbean or Central America location to retire? (Now with South America!)
haha small world!
Unfortunately Bocas is not much of a secret anymore. Can be a good and bad thing just depends which way you look at it.
Also recognise your dock.. Love Carenero except for the fact that the chitras seem to bother me over there and for some reason dont want anything to do with me on Colon!
How much rain does Bocas see? One concern I have with Panama region is rainfall, a long wet season (April - November) described as "daily rains". I am not sure if that means it rains for 5 minutes each day, or 5 hours...
RE Bocas rain.. Weather here is very tropical and its common for the weather to go from sunshine to rain to sunshine to cloud to sunshine to rain in a day!!
When it rains its generally no longer than 2 - 3 hours.
I find we receive the most rain during november - febuary.
Can be considered a downfall to Bocas but believe the pros definately outweigh the cons.
Also as I mentioned when it does rain its usually just for a short time and gives you ample time to enjoy the rest of the day when the rain subsides!
Hey Mike.. been watching this thread of yours over time with great interest and I cannot help but wonder if I have made a false assumption along the way. Was one of your requirements that you still have access to reliable broadband Internet in order to continue day trading, or is that just a false assumption on my part?
The reason I ask is that a number of the locations being discussed recently are unlikely to meet that requirement, sometimes due to spotty Internet performance, if broadband or even the Internet are available and other times due to unexpected but somewhat regular power outages, even in larger cities in many of those locations, in addition to Internet issues.
Thus, I was wondering if the discussion was just getting a little far afield from your requirements or if I am personally just making an assumption, based on my own individual location requirements, that perhaps has never been one of your key considerations for your retirement location.
Thanks for your time and also for having the only truly decent trading forum to be found anywhere.
Yes, absolutely reliable internet is a requirement.
I was thinking that Boquete Panama would still have reliable internet. I am waiting to hear back from some realtors in the area, so I will be sure to ask them directly and carefully about this.
I would also set up my infrastructure to use 3g as a backup, so assuming there is cellular service I would have a backup to any land based internet. Satellite is also an option.
I would absolutely prefer having FiOS if possible But I am willing to trade somewhat slower internet for the desired lifestyle. But absolutely, if it is totally unreliable, that is a deal breaker.
But I am willing to trade somewhat slower internet for the desired lifestyle. But absolutely, if it is totally unreliable, that is a deal breaker.
