Our Life - Amy and Darrell Bushnell
In the states, Amy was at different times a realtor, legal assistant, organizer, furniture buyer and marketer. Darrell was always in computers but eventually changed from being a complete nerd to corporate management in the fields of pharmaceuticals to finance.
Having never figuring out how to have children, we had the opportunity to travel extensively around the world. This naturally led to the desire to live overseas though where? Each trip strengthened our desire and perhaps the need to live in another culture. All of the International Living articles stated we could live on very little but still, it would be a big step.
We decided to move sooner than later but this meant we would have to have a low cost of living and social security income was a few years in the future. We narrowed our search to Central and South America and eventually zeroed in on Uruguay, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua or Ecuador. Amy informed me Uruguay was too far away though we would be much wealthier now had we moved there then. Costa Rica seemed to us to have peaked and was too expensive and Ecuador was too rough at the time. We almost moved to Panama but we could not find an area that fit us. We kept coming back to Nicaragua.
God knows there have been challenges here but we moved to Nicaragua in 2006 after having first visited here in the year 2000. Even after all of our research we moved first to San Juan del Sur which as a tourist seemed perfect for us. We only lasted four months then decided to move to Granada. We are very active in the community and in several foundations. Amy has an art gallery and studio on the main drag of Granada and the community is small enough that most people know each other.
In this section are our diaries from the day we decided to move to Nicaragua. In them you will find our adventures, challenges, victories and disappointments. Some entries you will find amusing and some may make you wonder if Nicaragua is for you. It will be like reading a book since it has over 400 pages. In 2014 we decided to build a new home just outside Granada so a series of articles covers that project.
The anecdotes are popular excerpts from our diaries for those of you that have full lives and no time to read the complete diary. Hope you enjoy the diaries and blog!
Amy and Darrell
Having never figuring out how to have children, we had the opportunity to travel extensively around the world. This naturally led to the desire to live overseas though where? Each trip strengthened our desire and perhaps the need to live in another culture. All of the International Living articles stated we could live on very little but still, it would be a big step.
We decided to move sooner than later but this meant we would have to have a low cost of living and social security income was a few years in the future. We narrowed our search to Central and South America and eventually zeroed in on Uruguay, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua or Ecuador. Amy informed me Uruguay was too far away though we would be much wealthier now had we moved there then. Costa Rica seemed to us to have peaked and was too expensive and Ecuador was too rough at the time. We almost moved to Panama but we could not find an area that fit us. We kept coming back to Nicaragua.
God knows there have been challenges here but we moved to Nicaragua in 2006 after having first visited here in the year 2000. Even after all of our research we moved first to San Juan del Sur which as a tourist seemed perfect for us. We only lasted four months then decided to move to Granada. We are very active in the community and in several foundations. Amy has an art gallery and studio on the main drag of Granada and the community is small enough that most people know each other.
In this section are our diaries from the day we decided to move to Nicaragua. In them you will find our adventures, challenges, victories and disappointments. Some entries you will find amusing and some may make you wonder if Nicaragua is for you. It will be like reading a book since it has over 400 pages. In 2014 we decided to build a new home just outside Granada so a series of articles covers that project.
The anecdotes are popular excerpts from our diaries for those of you that have full lives and no time to read the complete diary. Hope you enjoy the diaries and blog!
Amy and Darrell
