This is great advice. I've done something similar and found that after about 2 months you can get a flavour of what life in that country would be like. It's a fantastic thing to do, and it will completely change your perspective on life in the UK!

It's incredibly important to have someone you can trust to take care of admin issues at home if you're gone a while though. My parents helped me out, but a lawyer or accountant will also work - but cost you a fortune. Possibly you can hire a temporary admin assistant, but make sure you trust that person to look after everything while you're gone; you never know what will happen.

The only problem that I've found has been getting a reliable internet connection for a couple of months at a time - if you have to work on sensitive things or you want to work on things for a long time, you don't want to work from public hotspots. I'd love to get some advice for that situation myself.

You make a deal with the a really nice internet cafe with a good connection. All the kids speaking in a foreign language going crazy over video games might be distracting (especially when school comes out o_O), but it's like a rentable AC office with a good connection and cheap drinks and snacks.

Or can rent a apartment that comes with it's own landline internet connection. The landlords can set it up in their name for you and it would be part of your rent.

You can usually find furnished apartments/room with internet included. In Buenos Aires and in Chile I found mine through craigslist.

Santiago: ~USD$250/mo all inclusive (with flatmates) Buenos Aires: ~USD$480/mo all inclusive Studio

Cool. My problem has been finding a room for two months with an internet connection - often there's a minimum period. It's not so bad if you like living with people, but if you live alone...

The idea about the net cafe is a nice one though - maybe I'll try that next time! :-)

This can work in some places, like South America, but not in others, like Europe. In Europe you get a 90-day tourist visa within a 6-month period, so if you stay for 90 days you must leave for and stay out of Europe for another 90 days before you can return to get a new tourist visa.

How did you like living in Peru? I've thought about getting an apartment there for a short while and work on developing my business.

I can recommend Ecuador. I am currently living on the beach in luxurious apartment with see view, swimming pool, safe gated community , 2Mbit internet connection for $900. All done through AirBnb

Peru is beautiful, but I'm not a fan of Lima's weather (think seattle). So for travel+fun I'd recommend just landing in Lima and going elsewhere in the mountains. If I did not have to recruit engineers, meet entrepreneurs or do biz dev, I'd def. stay in Cusco for a while.

The food and transportation is very affordable, and really really cheap if you don't go to the touristy restaurants and instead head to el mercado (marketplace). You can get a full meal with soup, drink and dessert for like US$.60-$1

Now, if you want to meet fellow hackers/entrepreneurs and recruit incredible talent, check out http://limavalley.com the startup/tech community in Peru.

The domain name seems to be wrong or expired.

You are right (I know my comment is old) but just in case,here is the correct url http://lima-valley.com/