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Sunday, July 29, 2012

The Plan



So there's all of these countries and I don't think that all the research in the world could tell me which one is the right fit so I've decided that I just need to try them ALL out.

By the numbers, here's the plan:
1.  RETIRE!  This means that once I don't have to go to work anymore, I ensure that all the money is flowing the way that it's supposed to and making sure all of that is running smoothly.  One thing that I do NOT want is to have a snag with something while I'm in some Latin American country.
2.  Pack.  I've been making a list and checking it twice and now I have to decide exactly what I'm going to take.  The catch is, ALL of it is going to need to fit into one backpack.
3.  Renew my passport.  Even though my passport doesn't expire until 2014 I'll feel a lot better carrying one that has a lot more miles left on it.
4.  Buy the ticket.  It's going to be a one way ticket from here to Belize City, Belize.
5.  Put all my stuff in storage.  I can see no reason for maintaining a place back home when I'm not going to be there for over a year.  I can store it all in a nice, climate controlled storage unit for less than 1/10th of what it would cost me to keep it as it is.
5.  Say farewell.

The overall plan is to fly to Belize where I will stay the maximum amount of time that I can on my visa (which is 30 days).  I'll hostel it for a night or two until I can find a decent, furnished apartment that I can rent for a month and then settle in.  While I'm there I'll get a small taste of what its like to live in Belize and when my time is through, hop on a bus and head to Guatemala (I know that Guatemala isn't on my list of possible places to retire but since I'd have to travel through there anyway, I might as well hang out some right)?  I can stay in Guatemala for 90 days on my visa so I may try out a couple different cities by renting an apartment at one for like a month, another city for a month (you get the picture).  After Guatemala is onto Honduras where I can stay another 90 days on my visa and pretty much do the same thing I plan on doing in Guatemala.  You're getting the picture right?  It's going to be Belize to Guayaquil, Ecuador for a year and three months.  I'll spend the majority of my Costa Rica time in San Jose but I also want to check out Manuel Antonio.  In Colombia I'll spend most of my time in Medellin and in Ecuador, Quito.

It's both exciting and scary at the same time.  I'm going to do everything I can to prepare for it but I think in the end I'm going to have to dive in rather than stick my toe in to test the water.

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