| Is this a difficult thing to do? Not really, we have | | | | ourselves in 3 months. That meant we had to go |
| done it 3 times already. I know right, 3 times | | | | shopping and deal with the locals. That's exactly what |
| goodness. Well here's how we did it. | | | | we did and we found a house for $120 a month. |
| First time we moved to the Dominican Republic, but | | | | If you don't have friends where your moving then |
| wait what about your stuff? | | | | thank god for the Internet. There are tons of |
| Yeah, don't forget you will probably always have | | | | websites out there that are populated by English |
| stuff in the US or your home country. In fact some | | | | speaking Americans, Britt's, Australians. To name a |
| of that stuff is Aunts, Uncles, Kids, etc etc. In our | | | | few - is for the Dominican Republic, living in Peru is |
| case we sold our home and kept one to rent (my | | | | another for Peru, and expat Peru is another. Just |
| brother helps with the rental, go Sammy). So basically | | | | Google expat, forum, and (what ever country you |
| we sold everything we had and scooted to the DR, | | | | want to move to) you should get tons of |
| with 4 bags only filled with clothing, how liberating. | | | | information and blogs that will get you to a house or |
| We were newly weds and only 4 bags of luggage to | | | | apartment. |
| our name. BTW I was 42 and my wife 29, so we | | | | In our third move we answered an add in the |
| weren't kids, and we had no kids at the time | | | | Craigslist. An American couple were leaving early from |
| Were we scared? No, and yes, but really don't ever | | | | Peru and wanted someone to finish out their lease, |
| trust or believe what the America media or | | | | and we were all to happy to do so. This worked out |
| Government says about foreign country's its just not | | | | really great and we became good friends with the |
| true. There were no canibles there wanting to stick | | | | couple. I am currently on my laptop writing this article |
| us in a boiling pot, In fact I would have to say the | | | | from my apartment in Arequipa, Peru. So Utilize in |
| Dominicans were about the most kind and fun people | | | | your searches for a place to stay. You might also |
| I have ever met. | | | | figure out which local paper is useful via Craigslist. I |
| Where do you find a place to live? I will get to that | | | | How Much is this going to cost? |
| in a minute, first some humor. | | | | Our apartment here in Peru is $100 per month, our |
| Funny side of moving to another country, we had | | | | food costs $15 per week, electric and water about |
| some of our family ask us, well what are you going | | | | another $15 per month and high speed Internet (lol |
| to eat? OMG, we have actually found the food over | | | | that's really a joke here its like dial up) is $60 one of |
| seas to be more healthy and cheaper then it could | | | | our biggest expenses. The public transportation is |
| ever be in the States. In fact its really really hard to | | | | great and like a quarter a bus ride. All in all we can |
| keep in shape with so much food floating around | | | | function very well here on like $400 a month. That's |
| So back to the physical moving to a foreign country. | | | | with our Almost 4 year old daughter who is now |
| Where will you live? | | | | speaking more Castillano (Spanish) then English. |
| In our case we had friends who lived there, they | | | | What about the locals? |
| hooked us up with an apartment that someone was | | | | The people are very friendly and docile, in fact we |
| not using for the winter and we paid the rent. That | | | | lived in some of the finest places in the States and |
| was 2005 and our rent was $120 a month and, a | | | | never slept as good as we sleep here. I have never |
| really sweat two bedroom apartment. That was only | | | | ever felt threatened or intimated here. |
| temporary though we had to find an apartment for | | | | |