Central and South America seems to get more attention by some Expats that left or planning to leave Cambodia after staying here for years.
This example shows of the why's and who's leaving
Colombia, Medellin
This couple retired in Colombia on $4,000 a month. In California, ‘to live this lifestyle, we’d have to be mega, mega millionaires’
John and Susan Pazera are unusual expats: they seem to move just about every three years.
They’ve lived in Boquete, Panama, then Medellín, the second-largest city in Colombia and once known for Pablo Escobar and drug cartels. When COVID made all the things they love about a city unavailable, they decided to move to El Retiro, a smaller, quieter town about 45 minutes away. They’re already talking about moving to Spain to better explore Europe and Africa in several years, once they no longer have dogs. And that probably won’t be the last place.
“We’re healthy, we have a lot of energy, and there’s a lot of places we still want to see,” said John, who is 66 years old. Susan is 62.
Their wanderlust dates back more than two decades, when they bought a 42-foot sailboat, sold everything that wouldn’t fit on the boat, lived on it for three years while working in San Francisco, and finally “cruised” the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean for three years.
Panama was one of the stops, and they knew then that they wanted to return. In 2015, after John retired from a job in the wholesale wine and spirits industry at 59, the pair moved to Boquete, in the mountains of Panama. Susan continued to work remotely until she retired in June 2021.
more here:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/forge ... eid=yhoof2
How many of us left?
Typical fairytale story that we see in Yahoo or in Travel+Leisure magazine, most of the time these dream stories are created and embelished by digital nomads with fertile imagination. A few years ago (2017) I read one of these fantasy stories about living in Thailand for $1000. a month, I was living in Thailand for a few years (2006/2009) the US dollar was strong then, but living for $1000. a month was unthinkable unless one live and sleep in the street and eat at the morgue.
You can rent in Thailand for $300 easy if you can't feed yourself on $500 a month then your mother did a bad job raising you.Slow Delivery wrote: ↑Sun Oct 24, 2021 1:55 pmTypical fairytale story that we see in Yahoo or in Travel+Leisure magazine, most of the time these dream stories are created and embelished by digital nomads with fertile imagination. A few years ago (2017) I read one of these fantasy stories about living in Thailand for $1000. a month, I was living in Thailand for a few years (2006/2009) the US dollar was strong then, but living for $1000. a month was unthinkable unless one live and sleep in the street and eat at the morgue.
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 35 Replies
- 6700 Views
-
Last post by Sauron686
Tue Mar 16, 2021 2:34 pm
-
-
Only 12,000 Chinese left in Sihanoukville
by Bong Burgundy » Fri Feb 12, 2021 4:51 pm » in Cambodia News - 23 Replies
- 8400 Views
-
Last post by YellowFlu
Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:06 pm
-
-
- 0 Replies
- 32 Views
-
Last post by wolfcreek
Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:04 am
-
-
Attention all alcoholics: You have two hours left to get your booze
by MONEYBACKGUARANTEE » Fri Jul 21, 2023 10:02 pm » in Cambodia Speakeasy - 6 Replies
- 963 Views
-
Last post by RobW
Sat Jul 22, 2023 6:52 pm
-
-
-
The Brits who left home for the 'Good Life' in Poland - one of the fastest-growing destinations for UK retirees!
by Phnom Penh Trader » Sat Mar 11, 2023 9:08 pm » in 'Not' Cambodia - 23 Replies
- 1562 Views
-
Last post by logos
Tue Mar 14, 2023 6:37 am
-