In my experience you need to live somewhere for a bit longer to really understand and appreciate it. Takes me about a year to get of the shock and start to settle in. If you can, make it 3 years for a proper taste.
Maybe so, but that’s letting perfect get in the way of the good. A week in a new place can be life-changing. 3 months can feel like a year. Don’t need to set “really understand” a place as a requirement if your goal is just to enjoy your life and make it richer.
Bocas Del Toro, Panama is fun, safe (crime but it's only property/opportunity), and cheap island to setup at. Lots of expats, rent starts at $250 , I might even see you there
Any experience working remote there. I imagine if you can earn a six-figure salary as a digital nomad but keep your monthly expenses to less than $1,500 you'd be able to retire within a decade.
I've seen the rat race to the top, but aside from taking some shallow pride in making a lot of money I don't really see the point.
Yes I did work remote there, the maximum internet speed you'll get is 5mpbs/1mps , and it's flaky.
It goes down once a day , you'll want to be setup to work through the down times ( offline documentation, be able to fake connections etc ).
You wont be able to Zoom, but you can get a google number and use a local telephone if that works.
But yeah I'm with you on working less and enjoying life more, that you can definitely do there. There is actually a lot of similarly minded people ( expat Americans and Canadians ), doing the same thing. I love it there, as soon as the Pandemic flushes out I'm going back, though I'm trying to get out of software work.