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December 9, 2010 Picton, New Zealand The ferry from Wellington across the Cook Strait to New Zealand’s beautiful south island was a bit rough today. I’ve mentioned before that I’m not particularly seaworthy, so I asked my friend Chris, a New Zealand native, to step in today on my behalf and give you
May 20, 2010 Quad Cities, IA, USA The New Zealand government just announced something that I find rather surprising… but a step in the right direction. Concerned about debt levels, both public and private, they’ve announced changes to the tax code which encourage savings and investment, and discourage consumption. Specifically, the government is
April 1, 2010 Panama City, Panama No place is perfect. There’s not a single country on the planet that is a total paradise, so prospective expats need to be willing to make compromises and trade-offs. Naturally, it’s much better to be well-informed in advance about the challenges and limitations about a particular country…
March 25, 2010 Tokyo, Japan About 20-years ago, many of the world’s sovereign nations started down an interesting path. Region by region, governments formed supranational free trade blocs in order to facilitate economic growth. Supranational organizations were nothing new… from the failed League of Nations after the Great War to the UN and
March 17, 2010 Pattaya, Thailand In response to your feedback on last week’s missive about New Zealand, I’ve once again asked my friend Mark, who is living there locally now, to pen a few words about the country’s immigration policies in response to your questions: First off, thanks to all of Simon’s readers
March 9, 2010 Pattaya, Thailand First of all, thanks for all the well-wishes for my speedy recovery. I’m feeling much better today, no doubt due to this exotic root that my ladies have been giving me. I haven’t asked what it is yet, but rest assured I will be traveling with it from
I spent a couple of days this week in a fast BMW with Matt, my friend and business partner. We had a meeting in southern Spain yesterday with a key figure in the world of second passports, and we raced at speeds up to 250 km/h so that we could make the meeting
