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I live in Thailand. The healthcare system here is great! There are no primary care physicians. You just book an appointment with a specialist directly. 3 months ago I needed to see a dermatologist. I logged onto the website of my regular private hospital in Bangkok. I requested an appointment...

This is still true. Our property is in my Thai wife’s name. Don’t buy anything you can’t walk away from. In my US divorce my ex-wife kept the house too. I didn’t want to force a sale so I just got what she could afford to pay me for my equity share. Foreigners can buy a condo in Thailand in a...

Five years after I retired I got divorced and moved to Thailand. The significant part of that was selling off everything except 2 suitcases and a couple of boxes I stored at my sister’s house. I had read about people minimizing their possessions but until I had done it myself I couldn’t realize...

Another Boomer here. b. 1956 There is an interesting book, recently published, titled, "Generations", by Jean M. Twente. It defines the Boomer generation as 1946-1964. These were the first babies of the returning WWII GI's. The boom peaked in 1957. I guess 1964 because the birthrate started to...

Maybe you need to reconsider this position. Consider it an opportunity to go somewhere that you would enjoy and that she might not have enjoyed if she came along. Maybe a hiking trip, fishing trip, visit to historical sites, visit old friends that live elsewhere. Maybe a foreign country?

I’ve used Agoda for 7-8 years. Mostly for travel in Asia. Never had a problem with Agoda. I recommend it.

Foreign language translation is something early versions of AI have been doing for a long time. I live in Thailand and use Google translate for Thai/English translations. It is useful but far from fluent. That is because the written language training set is limited. Since AI is adept at making...

I do think today's AI will have a significant effect to some parts of the job market. In the past digital technology changed film photography and the music and movie industry. They are very very different than they used to be. I don't think AI will replace lawyers but it will greatly reduce the...

When I retired I lamented the loss of my work provided laptop. Then my desktop began dying. I settled for a new MacBook laptop because I actually needed one for some tasks I was doing in retirement. I found that I could plug it into my former desktop screen and keyboard. By "desktop" we really...

Every year I meet up with friends I met in our dorm at the University of Connecticut in 1974. There are 5 of us. We are spread out around the country and we have met in various cities such as Las Vegas, Miami Beach, New York, San Francisco, Scottsdale, Houston, and Atlanta. This year I...

I don’t know about 5 lifetimes but I lived in the US for 60 years and actually have experienced most of those exact things. BTW, my trip rafting down the Grand Canyon is still one of my best experiences. The rest of the world though is pretty interesting as well. Some of us equally value...

Well sure . . . moving overseas or anywhere is not about one thing but some countries have a very favorable exchange rate and this is a big part of the decision. I definitely wouldn’t recommend that someone move overseas just because it appears to be less expensive. You should like the place you...

Americans love to say this. However, this is a thread about countries to retire to. Financially secure foreigners are not clamoring to retire in the US. Plenty of desperately poor people are trying to come to the US. Plenty of people that want to get a top notch education, start a good...

I have been living in Thailand since 2017. Yes you have to pay US federal taxes. No you don’t have to pay state taxes if you are not living there and have no assets or income in the state. That would also be true if you moved to another state in the US. I paid California taxes the first two...

Sixty years in the US was enough for me. It was time for something different. I visit the US for a couple of weeks each year to see friends & family. I fell in love with the culture, the weather, the food, and the people. It is affordable living, superior health care in many ways, modern in the...

I retired to Thailand in 2017. I’m still here typing this from Bangkok. Moving overseas is not for everyone. There are plenty of pros & cons. Just like retirement is not like vacation, moving overseas is not like vacation travel.

I am living in Thailand and am planning a trip to Connecticut in June. It’s my 50th high school reunion. I went to the 40th and it was great. I try to meetup yearly with friends I met at the University of Connecticut in the 70’s so I will combine the two. I’m thinking it may be my last trip to CT.

I retired at 55. My wife continued to work. The first year was OK. After that I told my wife she could afford to retire. Together we were OK financially. She continued to work. We grew apart over the next 4 years as I lived my retirement life and she was working. Eventually we divorced...

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a purchase . . . My dad was an amateur artist and a pretty good one at that. He died 19 years ago. This past summer I visited my sister in the US and shipped some of his paintings and sculptures to my home in Thailand. The art pieces were never on the market...

Here in Thailand the dry season begins in November and lasts until about April. I would think it is the same in Vietnam since that is where most of our storms come from when it is the rainy season. When it does rain it is usually a torrential downpour for less than an hour. Then the sun comes...

If you’ve already been to Europe then I think this is the right choice. Especially if you’ve got a knowledgeable friend to guide you. I’ve lived in Thailand since 2017 and have traveled to England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. If you’ve never been to Asia then you are in for a very...

I moved to Thailand in 2017 and I’ve been using my sister’s address for the past six years. I rarely get snail mail anymore. If I get anything she thinks is important she sends me a photo. It hasn’t been a burden for her.

Those are fascinating results. I am living in Thailand where not wearing shoes indoors is universal. I always wore shoes indoors in the US. The only time I encountered a household that didn’t wear shoes indoors was a family that had lived in Asia for many years.

I agree with everything you’ve said here. If there is any blame to be assigned it is the American customers that insist on tipping. America is as divided on the issue of tipping as it is about many other aspects of American society.

I’m 67 and we built a house last year. It is a three bedroom house of my own design. It is a pretty simple design. We live in Thailand and I hired a western building contractor with a Thai building crew. It took 6 months to build and there were no problems throughout the project. The hardest...