Originally Posted by chowtoo

I have been to many third world countries that have "nice" people but when you get there to retire you start finding that everyone wants to take a bite out of you, particularly the government through duties and other methods. Your rights are also not respected in most of those places.
A friend of mine went to Costa Rica when I lived there and after suffering through 2 years he had to retire in Alabama.
If you really like third world, go to Florida where elections are suspect at best.