7 days In Paradise To Discover If
Life As An Expat Is Right For You
7 days In Paradise To Discover If
Life As An Expat Is Right For You
You yearn to move to Mexico, and live the life of your dreams now – not years from now.
You crave clarity in knowing exactly who you are, and what you want to do with your life, today and in the future.
You want to be able to make a good living while still living the life of your dreams.
You seek the relief of knowing that you have enough money right now to move to your white sandy beach in paradise.
You dream of being able to use your gifts and talents to make more out of your life.
You want to feel more confident and bold and adventuresome, ready to take on exciting new challenges in life.
You learn to move to Mexico, and live the life of your dreams now – not years from now.
You crave clarity in knowing exactly who you are, and what you want to do with your life, today and in the future.
You want to be able to make a good living while still living the life of your dreams.
You seek the relief of knowing that you have enough money right now to move to your white sandy beach in paradise.
You dream of being able to use your gifts and talents to make more out of your life.
You want to feel more confident and bold and adventuresome, ready to take on exciting new challenges in life.
Well, what if you learned exactly what it feels like to know it’s your time to thrive, and know exactly what to do to get thriving?
What if you finally figure out who you want to be in this next phase of your life, and realize exactly who you are, and what you want to do with your life?
Can you imagine the weight that will come off your shoulders when you discover you can slash your cost of living by half, so you can move to your perfect paradise right now instead of working for years more to have enough money to retire?
Won’t it feel great to be able to use your gifts and talents to make more out of your life?
Can you imagine feeling stimulated and challenged by your work, and excited to embrace new professional opportunities to grow and develop knowing you will be well paid for your skills and contributions?
Can you imagine being able to run away to the white sandy beach of your dreams, with total confidence and clarity about how to do it and how to make your dreams come true?
Well, what if you learned exactly what it feels like to know it’s your time to thrive, and know exactly what to do to get thriving?
What if you finally figure out who you want to be in this next phase of your life, and realize exactly who you are, and what you want to do with your life?
Can you imagine the weight that will come off your shoulders when you discover you can slash your cost of living by half, so you can move to your perfect paradise right now instead of working for years more to have enough money to retire?
Won’t it feel great to be able to use your gifts and talents to make more out of your life?
Can you imagine feeling stimulated and challenged by your work, and excited to embrace new professional opportunities to grow and develop knowing you will be well paid for your skills and contributions?
Can you imagine being able to run away to the white sandy beach of your dreams, with total confidence and clarity about how to do it and how to make your dreams come true?
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to re-examine your life, re-chart your goals for the future, explore your deepest-held dreams, and choose to nurture yourself and say “My time is now” … all within a completely safe and empowering community of like-minded people seeking joy and
contentment in life.
Take advantage of this rare opportunity to re-examine your life, re-chart your goals for the future, explore your deepest-held dreams, and choose to nurture yourself and say “My time is now” … all within a completely safe and empowering community of like-minded people seeking joy and
contentment in life.
And you will probably have to drag yourself away from the tantalizing pool water to embark on our daily adventures and excursions.
Keep in mind, there’s no way you’re going home without a piece of Isla — whether it’s a flowing cotton dress, hand-made beaded jewelry, beautiful hand-beaten silver bracelet shaped like the island, a hummingbird crafted of colorful beads, or a piece of beautiful Talavera pottery.
And you will probably have to drag yourself away from the tantalizing pool water to embark on our daily adventures and excursions.
Keep in mind, there’s no way you’re going home without a piece of Isla — whether it’s a flowing cotton dress, hand-made beaded jewelry, beautiful hand-beaten silver bracelet shaped like the island, a hummingbird crafted of colorful beads, or a piece of beautiful Talavera pottery.
We will start the day with a delicious fresh cooked breakfast looking at the beach, before embarking on the day’s adventure to explore the secrets of this tiny idyllic island paradise.
We will start the day with a delicious fresh cooked breakfast
looking at the beach, before embarking on the day’s adventure to explore the secrets of this tiny idyllic island paradise.
Guided tour through the Island’s major supermarket to stock up on missing items and to understand all that is available to buy locally.
Shop at the local Arts and Crafts Market to buy all your favorite beachwear, hats, sarongs, gifts, treasures, and more.
Shopping excursion at the Municipal Food Market where restauranteurs and local residents buy the freshest food for the day.
Visit to the Isla Mujeres Beading Cooperative to choose incredibly affordable amazing hand-made beaded jewelry. You can also order custom designs that will be ready before you depart
Guided tour through the Island’s major supermarket to stock up on missing items and to understand all that is available to buy locally.
Shop at the local Arts and Crafts Market to buy all your favorite beachwear, hats, sarongs, gifts, treasures, and more.
Shopping excursion at the Municipal Food Market where restauranteurs and local residents buy the freshest food for the day.
Visit to the Isla Mujeres Beading Cooperative to choose incredibly affordable amazing hand-made beaded jewelry. You can also order custom designs that will be ready before you depart
And every afternoon, we will visit a different beach club to get to know the many wonderful places the locals go to enjoy the bounty of life on this beautiful tropical island.
Can you imagine being able to run away to the white sandy beach of your dreams, with total confidence and clarity about how to do it and how to make your dreams come true?
On this retreat, by experiencing everyday life as an expat in paradise, you will gain confidence and clarity about how you can move to paradise now so you can make your dreams come true.
Can you imagine feeling confident and adventuresome, and ready to take on exciting new challenges in life?
On this retreat, by gaining experience and knowledge about the opportunity and process of moving overseas as an expat, you will feel confident, bold, and adventuresome, and ready to take on exciting new challenges in life.
Can you imagine what it will feel like to live in your perfect paradise, and wake every day filled with joy and contentment?
On this retreat, by learning what your life in paradise can be like, you will be able to create your realistic plan to find your dream job in paradise, and then move quickly so that every day will be filled with joy and contentment.
In this 3-day celebration of life, Mexicans remember and fete their deceased loved ones, building altars in their homes and businesses with photos, mementos, and adorn them with favorite food and drink to entice the spirits of their family members to make the long journey back home to be with the living for just a few days.
And bring a framed photo of your departed loved ones, to celebrate Mexican style with our own altar, to invite them back into your memories and celebrate their life and what they meant to you.
We are all healing from something in our lives, and this is one beautiful way to embrace the painful losses of our lives as an important step in moving forward toward finding joy in our new beginnings.
You will receive lots of information by email throughout the months leading up to the retreat to help you prepare for your upcoming adventure.
And you will be able to meet and get to know all the other retreat attendees on two Zoom calls in the weeks leading up to your departure so you can ask questions, meet your fellow freedom-seekers, and fully prepare for your trip.
Plus, you will be able to join the private retreat Facebook group to ask questions, share photos, find a roommate, or otherwise engage with your fellow travelers, so you will be greeting old friends instead of strangers when you arrive in Isla Mujeres for this once-in-a-lifetime retreat.
Can you imagine being able to run away to the white sandy beach of your dreams, with total confidence and clarity about how to do it and how to make your dreams come true?
On this retreat, by experiencing everyday life as an expat in paradise, you will gain confidence and clarity about how you can move to paradise now so you can make your dreams come true.
Can you imagine feeling confident and adventuresome, and ready to take on exciting new challenges in life?
On this retreat, by gaining experience and knowledge about the opportunity and process of moving overseas as an expat, you will feel confident, bold, and adventuresome, and ready to take on exciting new challenges in life.
Can you imagine what it will feel like to live in your perfect paradise, and wake every day filled with joy and contentment?
On this retreat, by learning what your life in paradise can be like, you will be able to create your realistic plan to find your dream job in paradise, and then move quickly so that every day will be filled with joy and contentment.
In this 3-day celebration of life, Mexicans remember and fete their deceased loved ones, building altars in their homes and businesses with photos, mementos, and adorn them with favorite food and drink to entice the spirits of their family members to make the long journey back home to be with the living for just a few days.
And bring a framed photo of your departed loved ones, to celebrate Mexican style with our own altar, to invite them back into your memories and celebrate their life and what they meant to you.
We are all healing from something in our lives, and this is one beautiful way to embrace the painful losses of our lives as an important step in moving forward toward finding joy in our new beginnings.
You will receive lots of information by email throughout the months leading up to the retreat to help you prepare for your upcoming adventure.
And you will be able to meet and get to know all the other retreat attendees on two Zoom calls in the weeks leading up to your departure so you can ask questions, meet your fellow freedom-seekers, and fully prepare for your trip.
Plus, you will be able to join the private retreat Facebook group to ask questions, share photos, find a roommate, or otherwise engage with your fellow travelers, so you will be greeting old friends instead of strangers when you arrive in Isla Mujeres for this once-in-a-lifetime retreat.
Lodging - 6 nights and 7 days double occupancy in a comfortable double room facing the pool and beach at Posada del Mar hotel, right on Playa Centro
Private Transfer - Private luxury transfer to and from the Cancun International Airport and the Puerto Juarez Ferry terminal with an English-speaking driver.
Ferry Ride - A round trip 17-minute ferry ride to paradise – sit inside in comfortable air conditioning, or on the upper deck with wind in your hair and listen to live music while flying over the tourmaline water.
Reception in Isla - Pick up at the ferry terminal and transfer to your hotel
Local transportation to all events and outings - by golf cart or private car
A full hot breakfast with coffee and fresh fruit will be served daily at Pinguino’s beach-front restaurant (6 in total).
A delicious group lunch or dinner each day (6 in total), depending on the day's activities, featuring local ingredients, amazing fresh fruit, and delicious just-caught seafood, and other island favorites.
All meals will be served family style, and I will order them in advance to save valuable time to hit the beach or chill with a good book.
Guided tour around the island by car or golf cart to get the lay of the land. I will show you all the hot spots, favorite eateries, best beaches, stores and shops on my personal guided tour of paradise ·
Visit to the Mayan Ruins on windswept Punta Sur, where the Caribbean and the Bay of Cancun meet. It is a moving spiritual experience as you learn about Ixchel, the Mayan Goddess of Women, and feel her powerful healing energy in her island home ·
Experience the Island from the water with the incredible Glass Boat tour - see the underwater sea life and the Island from a whole different perspective! ·
Shopping! Lots of opportunities to buy local arts and crafts and beautiful beach clothing and accessories.
Daily informational sessions, often during brunch or breakfast, to learn all you need to know to make an informed decision to move to paradise with confidence ·
Intimate bird’s eye tours to different homes of expats and locals living on the island to see the range of living accommodations to fit any budget, and learn about their amazing lifestyles in paradise ·
Meet and greets with doctors, dentists, vets, realtors, an immigration attorney, or other professionals so you can learn about the quality of services you can enjoy while living in paradise ·
Meet local expats who have successfully made the move - so you can hear directly from them what their experiences have been and ask questions and create new friendships.
One-on-one coaching sessions with me throughout the week to craft your runaway plan and determine next steps for success.
Airfare to and from Cancun, Mexico
Your passport
Any meals other than the 6 group breakfasts and 6 group lunches or dinners
All beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) consumed offsite - including at group lunches or dinners
Travel Insurance – strongly recommended
Optional excursions, pampering sessions, spa treatments, medical treatments: schedule a deep tissue full body massage, chiropractic adjustment, acupuncture treatment, haircuts, manicures and pedicures, waxing, and more
Tips – feel free to generously tip the hotel staff and service providers
Miscellaneous personal expenses
Lodging - 6 nights and 7 days double occupancy in a comfortable double room facing the pool and beach at Posada del Mar hotel, right on Playa Centro
Private Transfer - Private luxury transfer to and from the Cancun International Airport and the Puerto Juarez Ferry terminal with an English-speaking driver.
Ferry Ride - A round trip 17-minute ferry ride to paradise – sit inside in comfortable air conditioning, or on the upper deck with wind in your hair and listen to live music while flying over the tourmaline water.
Reception in Isla - Pick up at the ferry terminal and transfer to your hotel
Local transportation to all events and outings - by golf cart or private car
A full hot breakfast with coffee and fresh fruit will be served daily at Pinguino’s beach-front restaurant (6 in total).
A delicious group lunch or dinner each day (6 in total), depending on the day's activities, featuring local ingredients, amazing fresh fruit, and delicious just-caught seafood, and other island favorites.
All meals will be served family style, and I will order them in advance to save valuable time to hit the beach or chill with a good book.
Guided tour around the island by car or golf cart to get the lay of the land. I will show you all the hot spots, favorite eateries, best beaches, stores and shops on my personal guided tour of paradise ·
Visit to the Mayan Ruins on windswept Punta Sur, where the Caribbean and the Bay of Cancun meet. It is a moving spiritual experience as you learn about Ixchel, the Mayan Goddess of Women, and feel her powerful healing energy in her island home ·
Experience the Island from the water with the incredible Glass Boat tour - see the underwater sea life and the Island from a whole different perspective! ·
Shopping! Lots of opportunities to buy local arts and crafts and beautiful beach clothing and accessories.
Daily informational sessions, often during brunch or breakfast, to learn all you need to know to make an informed decision to move to paradise with confidence ·
Intimate bird’s eye tours to different homes of expats and locals living on the island to see the range of living accommodations to fit any budget, and learn about their amazing lifestyles in paradise ·
Meet and greets with doctors, dentists, vets, realtors, an immigration attorney, or other professionals so you can learn about the quality of services you can enjoy while living in paradise ·
Meet local expats who have successfully made the move - so you can hear directly from them what their experiences have been and ask questions and create new friendships.
One-on-one coaching sessions with me throughout the week to craft your runaway plan and determine next steps for success.
Airfare to and from Cancun, Mexico
Your passport
Any meals other than the 6 group breakfasts and 6 group lunches or dinners
All beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) including at group lunches or dinners
Travel Insurance – strongly recommended
Optional excursions, pampering sessions, spa treatments, medical treatments: schedule a deep tissue full body massage, chiropractic adjustment, acupuncture treatment, haircuts, manicures and pedicures, waxing, and more
Tips – feel free to generously tip the hotel staff and service providers
Miscellaneous personal expenses
Get to Know Isla Mujeres…
What can I say? I love Isla Mujeres. It is a tiny white sandy beach island just 4 miles long, and less than half a mile wide, situated 7 miles due east of Cancun, where the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico meet. It the most easternly point in all of Mexico, and thousands of locals flock to Punta Sur on New Year’s Day to watch the sunrise first touch the shores of Mexico over the ruins of the ancient Mayan temple to the goddess Ixchel.
Isla was inhabited by the Mayans more than 1,000 years ago, and the temple was already in ruins in 1509 when the Spaniards first landed on the island. The name Isla Mujeres means “Island of Women” named after the small carved statues and figurines brought from the mainland by female pilgrims who canoed across the Bay to petition Ixchel for healing, fertility, and love.
Isla has been continually inhabited since 1623, more than 300 years before Cancun was even established back in the 1980s. Today there are about 10,000 people who live on the island (no more than 1,000 of them expats), and about 20,000 tourists who visit on any given day. It is a small intimate community, with the look and feel of a quiet Mexican beach town, despite being considered one of the best tourist locations in the world.
Just a few years ago, Isla was a sleepy fishing village with sand streets and wooden shacks, but now is growing up to become one of Mexico’s rising star tourist meccas. It is famous for its breathtakingly beautiful Playa Norte, or North Beach, rated as one of the world’s best beaches by Conde Nast and Trip Advisor, and acclaimed as the best beach in all of Mexico. Come visit and you will see why!
Meet Your Runaway Sherpa
I am Diane Huth, your Runaway Sherpa, and I personally guide you through day-to-day life on the tiny sun-kissed island of Isla Mujeres - the Island of Women - just 7 miles due east of Cancun in Mexico. I moved here 5 years ago as a single woman in my 60s who did not know a soul, with 2 dogs, 3 suitcases, and a burning desire to reinvent my life after taking care of my mother with dementia for 10 years. And I never looked back.
I am the award-winning author of The Grown Ups Guide To Running Away From Home, and a frequent guest on radio programs and podcasts helping people learn how they too can run away from home to live in paradise like I did. I will give you the insiders’ scoop to learn how you too can live a joy-filled worry-free life in paradise at any age, and on any budget.
Meet Your Runaway Sherpa
I am Diane Huth, your Runaway Sherpa, and I personally guide you through day-to-day life on the tiny sun-kissed island of Isla Mujeres - the Island of Women - just 7 miles due east of Cancun in Mexico. I moved here 4 years ago as a single woman in my 60s who did not know a soul, with 2 dogs, 3 suitcases, and a burning desire to reinvent my life after taking care of my mother with dementia for 10 years. And I never looked back.
I am the award-winning author of The Grown Ups Guide To Running Away From Home, and a frequent guest on radio programs and podcasts helping people learn how they too can run away from home to live in paradise like I did. I will give you the insiders’ scoop to learn how you too can live a joy-filled worry-free life in paradise at any age, and on any budget.
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