We retired and moved from Calgary to Panama about 4 years ago. Didn't know any Spanish. No family here of course. Every day was a challenge in the beginning. It took 9 days to get our driver's licenses because of the language barrier and not knowing our way around Panama City.
It gets easier as time goes by and you start to gradually fit in. We both have picked up enough Spanish to survive but still no where near where it should be for conversation.
Everything would have been much easier and more familiar if we were still in Canada but we didn't want to just wait to die there. So many expats here have lived in multiple countries and are extremely fascinating to talk with.
If you have a chance to live in a different country for a while, do it. Make sure you don't buy there though. If you rent you can try different districts in the same country easier. We made that mistake.
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