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South America

Anonymous August 3, 2015 at 2:05 pm

Hi everyone! I’m once again packing my bags and moving overseas at the end of the year. I would love to hear any experiences or advice you could share with me in regards to travelling/living in South America.

Thank you to Jeff Berwick, Jorge Trucco and Massimo for your advice and assistance so far!

I have a few places on the list that I will be checking out. They’re all places with a good Libertarian/Ancap expat group established.

Cheers!

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Gary Bendall August 3, 2015 at 2:45 pm

Good luck and safe travels!!

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  Anonymous August 4, 2015 at 2:42 am
  
  Thanks Gary! As much as I love the cold, I do miss the beach!
  
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Tom Crass August 5, 2015 at 1:29 am

Spent 6 weeks in Chile and 7 weeks in Argentina, visited Doug Caseys place, and GGC meet lots of fellow freedom lovers ,SA is worth the look in my view,good luck . My wife and I will return to Chile and Argentina this winter to visit and poke around more, SA is very large and lots of different climates both political and weather take your time and keep posting .

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  Anonymous August 5, 2015 at 2:10 am
  
  Thanks Tom, much appreciated. How did you find la estancia de cafayate? It’s on the list of places to visit, unfortunately I wont be living there until I make my millions. Any places you found that resonated with you? Any places I should avoid?
  
  Cheers!
  
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    Tom Crass August 6, 2015 at 2:42 am
    
    Doug Caseys place is worth seeing and its beautiful there , pretty much as as he describes. And they will treat you well contact them before you head down there.
    
    I loved Argentina , particularly El Chaltan , Barlochie, and Mendoza people are friendly, food is fantastic scenery is breathtaking. Chile is also beautiful and has lots of economic opportunity and dont miss the Atacalma lots to see also have spent time in Peru and you should see Machu Pechaeu (sp) .
    
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    - Anonymous August 6, 2015 at 5:26 pm
      
      Thanks Tom
      
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Daniel Duarte August 6, 2015 at 4:03 pm

You should take some months to travel around before settling down.

I’m from Paraguay and for some reason a lot of expats are coming here, perhaps because we (still) have a low tax burden and you can get a citizenship sooner than in most countries. http://movingtoparaguay.com/

Here’s the story of one Canadian who moved down here: https://suite.io/joel-c/6et52z7

There’s also a growing expat community in Facebook you could ask what it’s like: https://www.facebook.com/groups/expatspy/

Good luck!

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  Anonymous August 6, 2015 at 6:19 pm
  
  Thanks Daniel, the story about the Canadian is quite compelling. I’ll add it to the list!
  
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Jorge Trucco August 15, 2015 at 4:44 pm

Looking fwd to seeing you !!

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  Anonymous August 16, 2015 at 12:10 am
  
  Likewise Jorge, my Spanish is coming along well! Remarkably easy language to learn!
  
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    Jorge Trucco August 17, 2015 at 4:13 am
    
    You’ll learn it. It’s a totally phonetic language (unlike English), some verb tenses may be a little harder, but no big deal.
    
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Massimo Mazzone August 17, 2015 at 10:35 pm

As a life long struggler with English, I cannot be more in agreement with you, Jorge. I had to get acquainted with many languages in which different spellings have the same phonetics, but English was the only one in which the same spelling has different phonetics. It is crazy 🙂

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  Rick Rule August 18, 2015 at 1:09 pm
  
  I am amazed at the quality of discussions and connections available here at liberty.me. This thread is but one example. All for $5 a month.
  
  For Tom, the connection to Massimo, Jorge and Daniel is worth a multiple of a decades subscription fee.
  
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    Anonymous August 19, 2015 at 5:11 am
    
    Agreed! I cant wait to meet everyone in person!
    
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James Smith August 19, 2015 at 11:08 am

Keep us updated on your adventure!

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James MK August 22, 2015 at 7:36 am

This is something I’m also interested in doing at some point, will be great to hear about it all. Are you permanently moving away from New Zealand or planning to return at some point?

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  Anonymous August 22, 2015 at 6:02 pm
  
  Hi Tom, so many Tom’s here now, were taking over!!!!! Mwhahahahah!
  
  Mate, it will depend on a lot of things. Ideally, I don’t want to return to NZ, but I will if I have to.
  
  Firstly my finances. I have allocated enough cash to support myself and my partner for a year living comfortably. If I can increase my income from online sources to a point where I can support us both, or either of us are able to derive income from where we settle, I don’t plan on returning.
  
  Secondly, my partners career wishes. She is a graduate of food science (designing cereals, food products etc). She wants to work in her field and I want her to be able to pursue that goal. There will be opportunities to pursue this on the continent, but she will need to learn Spanish (which were both in the process of doing). Also, whether she likes living in the countries we go to. I’ve lived and slept in the dirt in some no so comfortable countries so its not something that phases me, but she will have to like and feel safe where we settle, regardless of my opinions of the place.
  
  Thirdly will be if I can find a community of like minded people. This is one of the main reasons I’m leaving New Zealand, I’m struggling to find many ancaps that are in close proximity. Acapulco in Mexico has a nice expat group that I’ve been speaking to but the area has a bad rep for violence. I’m going there to check it out for myself (before I bring the missus over) this October after the New Orleans investment conference.
  
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