Anyone have any experience moving abroad?

[Augie]

20 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

Our game plan is retirement in Indonesia.  Thailand and Malaysia would be 2nd and 3rd choices.  Definitely somewhere in southeast asia depending on stability and safety once we get into our 50s.  My wife is indonesian and I loved what I have seen of the country to date, so thats the leading contender.

 

I have a tennis buddy in Atlanta who is an Indian guy from Malaysia. He still has family and a home there and spends about half his year in Malaysia. Somehow we get talking about food, and it always sounds so simple and delicious. It’s the same proteins, fish and chicken mostly, but how it’s prepared is very different from how we cook. 

 

I’ve tried to make some of his dishes but I can never find all the ingredients. He turned me on to a Nam Dae Mun farmers market near my house. What an eye opener! Just last weekend I needed I needed jicama for some strange reason. I tried two Publix locations and a Sprouts with no luck, so I went to that market. Jicama? Sure, what kind do you want? Want a coconut? They have 5 different types. It’s where I found dark soy sauce when I needed it. It’s awesome! They have big clear labels telling you what everything is, because I didn’t even recognize half of it. They even have live crabs in the seafood section. THIS is where you shop to make that kind of food. 

 

 

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Edited November 15 by Augie

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1 hour ago, Jauronimo said:

Our game plan is retirement in Indonesia.  Thailand and Malaysia would be 2nd and 3rd choices.  Definitely somewhere in southeast asia depending on stability and safety once we get into our 50s.  My wife is indonesian and I loved what I have seen of the country to date, so thats the leading contender.

 

USD goes very far in that part of the world.  Most of these countries have strong property laws as well.  Of course having my assets nationalized is a threat. 

 

You have convinced me.