Another news source for expats is the Guadalajara Reporter, which many people in the Chapala / Ajijic area read.
An option I've considered is SE Alaska, specifically Prince of Wales Island. Very remote and you can buy land there with no government rent (a.k.a. property tax), much of it waterfront only accessible via boat.
Another news source for expats is the Guadalajara Reporter, which many people in the Chapala / Ajijic area read.
An option I've considered is SE Alaska, specifically Prince of Wales Island. Very remote and you can buy land there with no government rent (a.k.a. property tax), much of it waterfront only accessible via boat.
Friends have a hunting/fishing camp there that is completely off-grid. Solar can be an issue given the cloud cover, but they have a year-round creek that provides not only fresh water but also hydro, so it is habitable year-round. Wind can also be a good option depending on the exposure.
Getting there and getting set up is definitely a chore, but the place is just spectacular, especially if you love crab, halibut, salmon and too many others to list.
It sounds just incredible, and I could easily live on seafood. And the sea is my natural habitat. My man loves Alaska, too - spent his army years in Homer, then did lots of bush piloting all over. He considered living there. Realistically, though, I just don't think I could stand the weather, I'm still too much of a tropical flower - maybe a couple months of the year if the black flies and hummingbird-sized mosquitoes cooperated. I wish I could divide my life into time there, back home in Hawai'i and maybe somewhere in the southern hemisphere (Costa Rica? El Salvadore?). A plane would be nice, but a pilot friend says the cost of jet fuel has him on the verge of retiring. Keep us posted if you strike out for the North.
My grandparents homesteaded the Kenai after WWII and I spent a large part of my childhood there. My father was a bush pilot and hunter/guide. He flew with Don Johnson. Perhaps that will ring a bell with your man. A gigantic Kodiak he bagged is still in the Kenai Municipal Airport.
Alaska is in my soul.
I love Hawai'i as well. In the dead of winter, when it was 40 below and dark for 21 hours, we would head to Maui, or my favorite, Kauai. The North Shore for me was as close to paradise as one could get. although the (old) Road to Hana is right up there.
Such a beautiful world.
If only we could be rid of the fly in the ointment.
Another news source for expats is the Guadalajara Reporter, which many people in the Chapala / Ajijic area read.
An option I've considered is SE Alaska, specifically Prince of Wales Island. Very remote and you can buy land there with no government rent (a.k.a. property tax), much of it waterfront only accessible via boat.
Friends have a hunting/fishing camp there that is completely off-grid. Solar can be an issue given the cloud cover, but they have a year-round creek that provides not only fresh water but also hydro, so it is habitable year-round. Wind can also be a good option depending on the exposure.
Getting there and getting set up is definitely a chore, but the place is just spectacular, especially if you love crab, halibut, salmon and too many others to list.
It sounds just incredible, and I could easily live on seafood. And the sea is my natural habitat. My man loves Alaska, too - spent his army years in Homer, then did lots of bush piloting all over. He considered living there. Realistically, though, I just don't think I could stand the weather, I'm still too much of a tropical flower - maybe a couple months of the year if the black flies and hummingbird-sized mosquitoes cooperated. I wish I could divide my life into time there, back home in Hawai'i and maybe somewhere in the southern hemisphere (Costa Rica? El Salvadore?). A plane would be nice, but a pilot friend says the cost of jet fuel has him on the verge of retiring. Keep us posted if you strike out for the North.
Homer... That is my country.
My grandparents homesteaded the Kenai after WWII and I spent a large part of my childhood there. My father was a bush pilot and hunter/guide. He flew with Don Johnson. Perhaps that will ring a bell with your man. A gigantic Kodiak he bagged is still in the Kenai Municipal Airport.
Alaska is in my soul.
I love Hawai'i as well. In the dead of winter, when it was 40 below and dark for 21 hours, we would head to Maui, or my favorite, Kauai. The North Shore for me was as close to paradise as one could get. although the (old) Road to Hana is right up there.
Such a beautiful world.
If only we could be rid of the fly in the ointment.
I looked at pictures of POW, it is truly a stunning landscape. You're a sourdough from way back so I think you'd do fine there. More than fine.