u/BeneficialReindeer34

I am travelling to Mexico from the UK for a wedding, but I’m planning to fly out a week earlier to do some solo travelling and explore another nearby country beforehand. We’ll already be spending two weeks travelling around Mexico after the wedding, so I’d prefer somewhere outside of Mexico itself.

I’ve already been to Cuba and Costa Rica, and I’d also rather avoid the US as I’ve visited multiple times already and want to try somewhere new.

Are there any nearby countries with good flight connections to Mexico City, Tulum, or Cancún that would be the obvious choice to visit for a week, ideally somewhere with some good internet incase I need do a bit of work out there.

I am currently 31 and my Ltd company will have around £200k of profit by the end of the year.

I was toying with the idea of transferring it all into my pension as this should set me up nicely for my retirement. I don’t have a financial advisor but I’ve been told by my accountant that this is a good idea as long as I don’t need to take the money out now.

The tax benefits are obviously huge by doing this compared to PAYE/dividends etc.

I was wondering if anyone has any advice on if this is the best use of my money or if there are any other ways to safely maximise my investment ?

Note - I haven’t had many contributions over the past 4 years so looking to use the last 4 years allowance

I’ve been coming to Cape Town twice a year for the past 4 years. My previous firm set up an office here and I ended up spending 3 months of the year in Cape Town and the rest of my time in the UK.

Since I started coming in 2022, I always found the people to be extremely friendly and somewhat curious and welcoming when they heard my UK accent as well.

A few weeks ago I ended up heading to Cape Town for a funeral and felt there was a bit of a change in the atmosphere and general attitude towards Europeans - people seemed a bit less friendly and a few comments were made in conversation. I also noticed some “go home digital nomads” graffiti in Seapoint.

To be clear I was never a digital nomad (we had set up an office here that employed many South Africans on a good salary with good benefits).

Was this feeling just a few situations that I am reading too much into or has there been a bit of a shift towards foreigners from Europe/ the US?