Ex-pats put down roots in paradise with a Bahamian bed and breakfast and a taco stand in Panama.
A shipwrecked couple builds a private paradise on Tonga, a Canada cowgirl starts a dude ranch in Nicaragua, a salesman shows tourists how to fly high in St. Thomas and an Anguillan Beach Bar spells success for a snowy transplant.
From a floating pizza boat in the Virgin Islands to a Costa Rican treehouse, a family resort in Mexico and a surf hotel in Fiji, ex-pats ditch their everyday lives to live out their fantasies on the best beaches across the globe.
From a custom motocross track in Nicaragua to island innovations in Fiji, a personal submarine in Honduras and a 50-foot catamaran in the Virgin Islands, big dreamers are ditching their everyday jobs for life in paradise.
Best friends open a beachside recording studio in Nicaragua. In Mexico, one man makes an island out of plastic bottles, and a Kansas native relocates to Puerto Rico to become a boat captain.
Savvy travelers settle down in paradise with a scuba business in French Polynesia and a surf and yoga school in Nicaragua.