VIDEO - Take
a Walk on Chapala's Malecon
LIVE MUSIC Mexico
Billy takes an afternoon walk on the famous Chapala,
Mexico malecon. LIVE MUSIC in the background. See
the gorgeous lake and vendors selling sweets and ice
cream. Tourists are walking around with the
glistening lake in the background.
Our Money Our Lives
Billy and Akaisha Kaderli
Since we run an
award-winning website, from time to time we receive
emails from our readers asking us if we are really
retired. Some people sniff and say we can’t be
because we sell books and have ads on our site. We
left the workforce at the age of 38 in 1991, called
ourselves retired and have been living off our
investments ever since. But apparently, there are
rules one must follow in order to actually assume
the title of being "retired." The only thing is,
those rules vary from person to person.
A Simple Road to Retirement
Billy and Akaisha
Kaderli
We baby boomers
have acquired a reputation for altering anything we
touch. We have been described as a consumer market
to be tapped into by those wanting to profit from
our seemingly endless appetites for consumption.
"Having it all" was a mantra of our age group, one
we wore with pride. We displayed our wealth in all
of the accepted avenues.
Mexico Homepage
Individual Colonial cities, beach towns, mountain
towns and books are here.
Flight Changes,
Orphaned Luggage
Billy and Akaisha Kaderli
Unexpected upheaval on the way home I was
really tuckered out after a month-long stay visiting
my family in California and was looking forward to
an easy flight home to Guatemala. Billy (that angel
of mine!) was waiting for me in Antigua and he had
arranged for our private driver to meet me at the
Guatemala City airport about an hour away and bring
me to our hotel.
VIDEO - The
Brooks Jazz Band Plays Live Music on the Beach,
Puerto Vallarta
The Brooks from
Montreal, Canada play LIVE JAZZ AND FUNK on Puerto
Vallarta Beach in Mexico. Everyone turns out to
listen and to dance. Enjoy the fun, and Funk Out
here with this video! Great sax solos...
Sololá Indigenous Maya Market - Sololá Laguna
Atitlan, Guatemala
Sololá lies along
an ancient Maya trade route between the hot Pacific
beach lands and the chilly mountain highlands of
Guatemala. All the traders meet here in this Maya
town for Friday's Market Day, one of the highland's
best. You can walk the 9 km up the mountainside from
Panajahcel, but we decided to take the bus.
Never been to
an authentic Maya market?
Don't miss
this video!
See native Maya
dress and hear Spanish and Kaqchikel spoken in this
large Guatemala marketplace.
El Chepe Train Homepage
Billy and Akaisha Kaderli
For years we had heard of the
Copper Canyon in Mexico from our good friend,
Captain Ray Gaines, and always wanted to to take a
train ride through these series of canyons and
ravines. Some say this is the most scenic railroad
trip on the continent. The tracks pass over 37
bridges and through 86 tunnels, rising as high as
7,900 ft above sea level near Divisadero, the
continental divide.
TEN THOUSAND
DAYS of Financial Independence!!
Here we are at
Chacala Beach in Nararit, Mexico and I ask Billy,
What is distinctly memorable for you, during these
10,000 days of retirement?
COME JOIN US
on this road less traveled!
Saigon Coffee Houses
Billy and Akaisha Kaderli
It is a little known fact that coffee
helped transform the economy of Vietnam.
Fresh Fish on
the Grill! AMAZING!
On the beach of
Chacala, Mexico, FRESH fish on the grill for lunch!
You can hear the sizzle, almost taste it as you see
the grill chef prepare whole fish for the clientele
of Chico's Restaurant.
Are We Being Misleading about FIRE?
Q&A with a Reader
I am not trying to be confrontational, but people
need the “whole story” or else its of little
value….. at least to me….
