hen you live abroad, investors.
staying in touch with
your family, businesses, Already there have been some
and financial institutions back improvements to roads and
in the United States doesn’t have electricity. Communications have
to be a hassle or expensive. With advanced by leaps and bounds,
a little planning, an expat can with landline, cell, satellite
stay in touch, pay bills, and and VoIP telephones, DSL and
manage money from anywhere in the dial-up Internet connecting
world with no more than access to Honduras to the rest of the
an Internet café. world. Satellite and cable
television bring North American
But if you intend to continue entertainment and news into
operating a business...or day Honduran homes.
trading...infrastructure (that
is, high-speed Internet access Mexico continues to be a land of
and reliable e-mail and telephone contrasts, both geographically
communications) is critical. and socially. Indian communities
in mountain villages maintain
Infrastructure in Honduras, and centuries-old customs…not far
particularly in the Bay Islands, from cities where wealthy
is improving almost daily. businessmen scurry around with
Several film production companies cell phones and wireless
have used Roatan to film Internet.
television series for the United
States and Europe, creating In San Miguel de Allende, you can
greater awareness of the islands get all the amenities you expect
and more frequent cruise ship in the modern world, including
visits--this exposure will reliable telephone service and
continue to attract foreign high-speed Internet access. You
can get mail delivered and sent collections. Another aim is to
reliably and quickly through one stimulate dialogue with
of several mail forwarding individual citizens, groups,
services. Several international institutions, and the media
franchises are here, including through local information and
Domino’s Pizza and Blockbuster cultural activities.
Video. In addition to acclaimed
art schools, San Miguel has one Montevideo, 120 miles from Buenos
of the largest collections of Aires, is Uruguay’s commercial,
English-language books in Mexico educational, and cultural center.
in its public library. It has a European ambiance and
old-world charm. Ciudad Vieja,
In Thailand, new condos to rent the old historic center, has
in Chiang Mai can come with free sycamore-lined streets, open-air
unlimited high-speed Internet (to markets, fine restaurants, and
rent a 500-square-foot condo sidewalk cafés. Property prices
would cost about $365 per month). are reasonable, and the
day-to-day cost of living is on
Outside of Bangkok, the U.S. par with Ecuador, if not a bit
Embassy has set up what it calls less. There are numerous schools
“American Corners” in various of dance, music, and art, along
universities across the country. with 35 radio stations, good
The aim is to foster mutual cable television, and high-speed
understanding between Thailand Internet services. They’ve even
and the U.S. through a variety of got a jazz festival. In Punta del
means. These include satellite Este a broadband line costs $50 a
programs, digital video month.
conferences, high-speed Internet
access, and book and multimedia
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