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During the drive to go there I was thinking great drive forever to see a bunch of hippies in trees.

Not what it turned out to be.

Sure there are some hippy types but there is a abundance of knowledge, professions, degrees and oddly enough HOPE.

It is crazy all the different xpat communities down here. There is remote towns also that have for the most part been taken over by xpats. There are areas of Nica that go on for miles of xpats living in huts basically. Most of them are retired CEOs and execs who decided life is easier peeing on a tree in the backyard then playing the game to get the newest car.

If you are living and working basically to pay the bank ... might be time for a change.

Most of them thrive in obscurity. The lack of government interference is one of the biggest reasons. Also people who have been educated in developed countries, who know how and what to do in order to become self sufficient.

The easiest way to break the umbilical of modern society and evaluate what you really need is to leave the nipple provided by developed countries. If you live in a poor country you will be more self sufficient right away, because there is no social system to hold your hand. You are a immigrant after all in a developing country.

I am one hour or so from Nica and maybe 8 hours from Panama.

Driving across in any direction of this country can be done in under 10 hours.

Yes, a friend was running a redneck wood mill down there which was the main reason for the trip. He milled the timber for someone from the community. I have not been there in maybe a year and a bit and it looks like a lot more has been done since then based on the video.