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Relocating to Guatemala

Last activity 02 August 2021 by geekscum

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Charlie Hedges

I am 74, in pretty good shape have a good pension and not a bad size bank account. My question is I am I too old to move to Guatemala from Canada.

geekscum

Why not. I retired here and bought a small homestead and built a nice house for around US$ 40,000. I now live in a mango orchard and just harvested my first plantains.

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