An Early Retirement to a Tropical Environment

An informative, insightful, and deeply touching true story of a health care refugee and his search for a way to go from bancrupcy to retirement in just a few short years.
When a trip to Panama reawakens Erich's lifelong interest in the tropics and early retirement, he decides to stay there, whatever the cost. After discovering access to inexpensive health care, housing, and almost everything else, Erich struggles to find a way to make his dreams of a comfortable tropical life come true. Within just a few years, he learns reap the benefits of retirement while still young enough to enjoy them.
Erich them moves to Costa Rica in search of better pay and discovers the benefits of their version of socialized medicine. The surprisingly happy people living there are a mystery to Erich. How can they find happiness on under $300 per month, he wonders.
He struggles to find success the way of the Gringos - by earning more money. After he fails to find happiness as an executive, Erich's wife gets a rare cancer, and he is forced to confront the values he was taught as a child. How important is earning more money when one has all they need?
Erich eventually succeeds in finding personal values he can call his own, discovers what he wants to do with his life, and ultimately becomes aware of who he is as a person. Along the way, he learns how to retire on almost nothing and eventually, how to find true happiness.
In addition to this touching story, "An Early Retirement to a Tropical Environment" contains information on how readers can prepare for and embark on their own early retirement to the tropics, even if they're almost broke.
"An Early Retirement to a Tropical Retirement" is Erich J. Heidemann's second book out of four.

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