I’ve been there several times over the years and it is wonderful. Food can be pricey if you don’t care for the local seafood and rice. There is a small swimming pool in back and a decent 32 ft sailboat that I can use to go to other places. We won’t need a car and besides that automobiles are discouraged. Scooters and bikes are the way most folks get around. There is a gardener that takes care of the place and a woman that does the shopping and cooking a couple of times a week. All for a very reasonable price. I do all my Dads cooking now. Hurricane season is a factor but our place is set back from the shore a good mile and is surrounded by a thick wall. The house has heavy shutters and a low profile. I think it was built in the late fourties. I’m a Coast Guard Vet so I’m in pretty good with the local shore patrol and might even be able to get a little part-time gig inspecting boats and such. I can always make a buck doing eyesplices in mooring lines or making monkey fists for folks with watercraft. Instead of doing my usual Civil War reenacting I can get into their version of living history being a pirate or blockade runner. Totally fun! ARRGH!
It sounds tremendously fun. You are carving yourself out a wonderful life.
I hope you get to play pirates and have a wonderful time.
Arrgh!