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65 years old, cooler and more aware than most 20 year olds. Physically and Mentally active meaning she’s likely to live to be over a hundred…and make the world a better place daily. Great interview with an Awesome guest Re. 👍

I wish Ramona would start her own KZfaq channel. She's delightful and her insights are so helpful!

Exellent video! I'm an uruguayan living in Spain. When I see that kind of special interviews taking about my country I realize how much I miss everything there. THANK YOU ❤❤

I bought a house in Ocean Park that is 20 minutes by bus to Piriapolis. I agree completely with Ramona. Hopefully the winter doesn't discourage her. I love it here

Great video. Im Uruguayan living almost all my life in USA. Uruguayan farms take up more than three quarters of the country's total land, which is roughly the size of Washington state. This country may be small, but they've made a big name for themselves in the global meat market, known for their outstanding grass-fed beef. Uruguayan are mostly European descendants. Waves of immigrants from Italy, Spain, Portugal, and France have left their mark on Uruguayan cuisine. Over the centuries, this has evolved to reflect the produce of the country, from grass-fed beef to cheese, vegetables, and fruits including quince, apples, peaches, melons, and tangerines. Uruguayan cuisine is undeniably meaty; beef, chicken, pork and lamb are widely consumed, often barbecued as a traditional asado. Uruguayans have a sweet tooth, too, and you’ll find all manner of sugary snacks sold as street food, the creamy dulce de leche sauce or spread as an accompaniment to pretty well anything.

Nice video. I'm from the USA and living in Uruguay. Like Ramona, I started in Montevideo, but I moved west and now live in a small town called Nueva Helvecia (New Switzerland). The people here are so nice, but it takes a LONG time to get used to their particular style of Spanish if you learned Mexican Spanish like most people do where I'm from.

Thank you! 🌹A senior Uruguay visa pension is a minimum monthly requirement of $1500.00 a month.🌺

I think I know her from another KZfaq channel (Motion Picture Tips, I believe) and she was amazing in that video (and it's also amazing in this video). I hope you have a really good life here, Ramona. Cheers!

Thank you for having Ramona as your guest to provide retirement info for her in Uruguay. Great to know of comparisons in other countries...appreciate it. 🙏🏽

You ask what I’m wondering- good content- thank you.

READ A LOT OF URUGAY! FRIENDLY, WARM , AND HIGHLY INTELECTUAL! PEOPLE THE MOST LIVE IN THE CITY, WELL EDUCATED GERMAN ORIGIN. I LOVED READING THE VERY NICE IMPRESSION ABOUT PEOPLE OF URUGUAY.

Re's interviews are very substantive.

"$400 per month for food" with no meat, cheeses...I'm in Atlanta and barely spend that much

My wife and I and our 6 cats arrived in Uruguay on August 5th, 2022, we landed in Punta Del Este airport and 1 hour later arrived at our new beach house in San Antonio, Rocha. Having visited many times in a decade previous. We sold our home and retired early. In BC we lived in a cedar forest in a large log home on acreage for 10 years, after 16 years in New Zealand. Buying a house on an empty beach was a childhood dream, no matter how successful I could imagine becoming by the 1990s in New Zealand or BC it was never going to happen. Forest fires tightened their grip on our Cherryville nirvana choking smoke and a summer sun that looked like a goldfish in a dirty aquarium, and then COVID arrived. Cherryville property prices went crazy, and we had no mortgage so we sold up everything and did what we had planned to do 10 years prior, jump. My wife and I have never nurtured regrets at any stage, challenges and change make for full days and dreamless sleep. Friends made over the years made the difficult adjustments and bureaucracy a day out. Empty beach and star-filled skies begin and end each day, yes it gets windy and rains but this is home now. Cats have no fear as coyotes and cougars are memories of their past lives in the snow-covered mountains. Cold day in Cherryville bringing in firewood to heat our house? -25c, now maybe 8c. Still bring in firewood just a lot less, much less often. As Van Halen said - "go ahead and jump". Today is an early winter's day yesterday 24c today, with waves gently lapping and sunny 18c coffee in the sun no complaints, and fewer worries than a person has a right to.

$1000 to rent and $600 for other expenses. Car will be $10k and healthcare is $300 a month for traveler's health insurance. $2k does just fine.

What a delightful and informative interview!

Happy for her - she apparently found her ideal comfort zone ! --- For me (?) not so much. -- She comes from an expensive part of the US in California. I'm in Kentucky & prices here are near the same as where she is ! -- Not saving much for me - if I were to move there ? -- I was looking at Ecuador - a bit cheaper & easier to get to + better weather all year. --- Then --- I discovered - the Philippines ! Up to 70% cheaper than the US can be had there !!! Amazing. Hawaii like weather - local people speak English (!) and are super friendly. Visa fees are about $40/mo. Rentals go for $60 -- $120 / mo. for 1 br. --- 3 br house in a gated community w/pool - maybe $350/mo. --- WOW --- (I don't need Spanish in my old age to complicate my everyday living.) The most beautiful white sand beaches coral reefs and scuba diving are available as well ! -- Most things are cheap - McDonalds Big Mac ''meal'' - is $3.60 - 5/24 prices - an hour S of Manila. (for example) - - - Cambodia - is another super friendly - largely English speaking country where a single person can retire for less than $800 / mo. in recurring expenses w/o drinking or smoking. = Add for bad habbitts. --- Siem Reap is a gem of a city - offering international food choices or quality street food with $2 meals & 50 cent draft beer !!! > $100 rentals are common - $200 w/a pool. - - - Sorry - just wanted to share my discoveries......

Very nice. Worth looking into.

amazing presentation!!!!!!!!

Very interesting video. I have not done any research about Uruguay, because it is next door to Argentina and quite a bit more expensive. We hope to visit 6 different cities in Argentina, for at least 3 months in each, so when we do border runs, we may run over to Uruguay and check things out. Thanks !

Great interview for sure. Very interesting person living an adventurous retirement. Greetings from Southern California. ❤️🙏

I love to see the second interview with Ramona. I am uruguayan but have live in USA since 2000. Piriapolis is a beautiful please... I am planning to retire there.

Ramona reminds me when i used to live in LA and always having an eye on Santa Barbara, now came back to Uruguay and ain't going no where!

If Ramona needed to worry about medical costs, aren't the fewer medical services in Periapolis? The mutualistas won't accept new members over 65 or 70. I'm about her same age.

Great interview, I really enjoyed it and Ramona was amazing as always. I also had the privilege of interviewing Ramona simultaneously in two languages and I can tell you she's as genuine and easy going as they come. Congrats to you both for an amazing job well done, And yes, Uruguay is simply stunning in every way and a true hidden gem in a beautiful little corner of the world. Cheers from down under Sydney Australia... 🇺🇾🇦🇺

Nice to see the follow-up interview with someone who has been on before. My family of 3 lives in Berkeley and before that, we were in the town of Sonoma. Right now we are spending $10K-$12K/month on living expenses (and we have no car note). The weight of this high level of monthly expenses is crushing and we are looking abroad for relief. We hope to "semi-retire" in 2-3 years (we are standing on the verge of becoming empty nesters) and these interviews are extremely helpful. Keep up the good work!!

Personally, as a senior, i wont live farther than 30' from Montevideo. I advise to live near Montevideo as possible....30' maximum. As you age, you will probably need more often medical attention and 1h driving is far. But in Montevideo, it will be hard to live with less than $2,000 My sister got pancreatitis in the US and got a Whipple operation, a very specialized operation.....I am not sure if would have been able to do that in Uruguay, but mutualistas, in general, have surgeons in all the areas. But in Uruguay, agriculture, catle, fish and poultry is still Natural, no hormones, pesticeds, and other hard chemicals and water is still potable and air is pure. The most interesting discovery? Carnaval is long, and you have also Samba! and Montevideo....is also beautifull and the women are gorgeous and friendly

Piriápolis is a city with coast in the Atlantic Ocean. About 2.5 hours drive from Montevideo, it is busy in the summer months and more quite during winter, with population living permanently all year around. The best hospital is Hospital Britanico, with some foreign doctors.

Cédula can take years and is complicated. You can't do much without it. Took me 5 years to get my permanent cedula

I doubt Ramona is watching this but I'd love to hear more about cost of medications, and how to find out, also if the "mutualistas" factor pre-existing conditions in their cost.

The winter is not cool. It is cold, 30's and 40's are normal for 3-4 months

How much was the house and how many square feet? How’s the property tax and how’s the exchange rate from US to ? Local currency? Not sure what the name is.

I would like to mention that when you go to a Restaurant here in Uruguay 🇺🇾and you pay with a credit card issued in another country in my case usa,they take off the iva- taxes which is 22% of the bill,is a government incentive for the tourist-turismo.😊

😂😂 3-4000 usd a month you mean? 900 won't even pay your rent and gastos comunes! Most expensive country in South America and more expensive than most European countries! When we go to piriapolis from Canelones for summer we take supplies as food is 20% more expensive than Montevideo and mvd is very expensive!

The people are lovely. The capital is run down and depressing. I found the prices in Montevideo surprisingly reasonable. 2023 while flying from Madrid to BA, at stop over, one rainy July day, I decided to hop off in the city.

cool, it was already on my list but always learn more from those ahead of me

Sounds like food costs and rent are outrageous. $400 a month for a single person who eats little meat or cheese? Yikes! That water bill seems outrageous too. Uruguay has a huge abundance of fresh water from giant aquafers.

Isn't that named * Assado* the grillings ?!¿ I also put an eye onto Piriapolis since months... thanx for the infos 😁🤩😏👏👏👏

Uruguay 🇺🇾 ❤nomaaa

Cold and windy and rainy and food expensive

I would like to clarify that mutualistas are private, they're heavily regulated by the state, but they are not public.

Where did the $90O from the title came from? It adds up more than that from what she said. It’s more like $1300

"...like a notary stamp..." does that mean the Apostille? Also, what about having a housekeeper or cook or is that too bougie?

I'll never get my head around the fact that a place as special as Uruguay had to be located so inconveniently far from North America, requiring extensive travel or extensive lack of contact with one's family and friends, compared to Central America and the Caribbean.

You will need at least USD 1200 a month.

Is the town preferable to Punta del Este? How does Ramona keep close contact with family in the US?

I am leaving in 1 week and spent 25 days here. The people are great the food is not. Finding good steaks is a task and low quality. The high grade meat is shipped to the USA or Europe. When you do find a good steak it will be more than the same steak in Europe.

What are the land prices out there?

Imposible vivir en Uruguay with $ 900 and Medica Uruguaya por $ 80 no way!!!!!! I like videos like this but we need la verdad!!!!!

Clickbait! Not one word about how to retire on $900 a month. You have a net worth of $1million plus to even qualify for temporary residence status.

Really enjoyed her interview. I am a 62 year old Canadian, living in Argentina. I was impressed when she called herself an immigrant as opposed to an expat. That, to me, shows more of a mindset of being serious about residency in her chosen country and maybe integrating into society. When I think of "expats", I think of gated communities, and living as a satellite group. I personally do not seek out fellow N Americans. If I wanted to be back there I would go. I also don't encourage or brag to friends or family back home as to my expenses here. I dont want to contribute to an influx of "expats", which of course drives prices up.

Where is udaquay. I know where Uruguay is.

Curious how much she paid for her house?

How can a senior with pets afford to move there? 🙏 American, 🇩🇪...sounds like a good international fit. Does Uruguay tax immigrants on American/foreign income?

Oh please ,that's not true . Uruguay is one the most expensive countries

Uruguay is expensive, try Argentina 🇦🇷

Imposible de vivir con 900, minimo 1500.

OK... Retire a Poor Person in Uruguay !!!! $900 will barely allow you to survive. Spent allot of time in Montevideo. Maybe $1500 to $2000 min!!!!

actually Uruguay is super expensive

I am in Uraguay and this retire for 900 dollars a month is totally wrong. I was in Europe for 3 months before. Spain, France, Portugal and Italy. Uraguay is 20 to 30% more than the USA or Europe. Don't come here unless u want to pay 15 dollars for a big Mac meal...a tasteless piece of chicken n fries 20 dollar. The food is tastes and boring. It is cheaper in Spain or Turkey or Asia. Asia is 40 to 60%, cheaper than Uruguay.

haha, you will cope with the cold with a CAR!!!!