US soon to be expat coming to Cambodia.. Need Help please..
US soon to be expat coming to Cambodia.. Need Help please..
My name is Michael and I need help.. All my life I have done what people, family, etc have told me what I need to do. I have two kids, a daughter that just graduated and a very free spirited son who 110% supports what I am about to explain. I live in the US. I have worked for the state for the last 8 years.. miserably.. one month ago I quit my job.. I am planning on cashing out my meager retirement and selling all I own and moving to Cambodia. I would like to find friends before I take the flight, in the next 2 months and have some help when I arrive such as setting a bank account up, getting cell service, etc. I dont want to discuss my biz on this public form but if anyone can advise and guide me, I would be most appreciative. I can be emailed at [email protected]. I hope to hear from a potential lifetime friend.
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With all due respect, I may have offered to help you set up bank accounts etc. on arrival, however your search for a lifetime friend (sight unseen) is like garlic to a vampire, so I for one must decline to help. Please be careful with any emails you get to that account too; people sometimes respond to emails to take the piss, amuse themselves, or just play along as long as they can to see what responses they get.meckhart wrote:My name is Michael and I need help.. All my life I have done what people, family, etc have told me what I need to do. I have two kids, a daughter that just graduated and a very free spirited son who 110% supports what I am about to explain. I live in the US. I have worked for the state for the last 8 years.. miserably.. one month ago I quit my job.. I am planning on cashing out my meager retirement and selling all I own and moving to Cambodia. I would like to find friends before I take the flight, in the next 2 months and have some help when I arrive such as setting a bank account up, getting cell service, etc. I dont want to discuss my biz on this public form but if anyone can advise and guide me, I would be most appreciative. I can be emailed at [email protected]. I hope to hear from a potential lifetime friend.
Good luck with your choices.
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You're going about this all wrong Michael. I'm going to assume from your post that you have never visited Cambodia but you read online that it's a good place to retire cheap and get laid so you've decided to move there sight unseen. It's a bad idea. A lot of people don't like Cambodia. It's dirty, it's smelly, you can't get the Red Sox on TV. There's a lot not to like. You may hate it.
Please read this:
http://www.khmer440.com/k/2013/07/7-rea ... -cambodia/
If you're a novice traveler, read this:
http://www.khmer440.com/k/2011/07/shoul ... -cambodia/
You don't need anyone who reads this website to help you open a bank account or get cell service. There are 4-5 cell phone company shops in the airport arrivals area. You can get cell service in five minutes. You get a bank account by walking into a bank with money and your passport with a long term visa in it and asking to open an account. If you need guidance, just read this every word of the movetocambodia.com website and buy Lina's book.
Please also note that Cambodia may be in the midst of a crackdown on long term visas for foreigners so you may not be able to show up and stay forever if you are unemployed and below retirement age.
Cambodia is full of chancers and scammers and dodgy characters. You don't want to be posting online "I'm a newbie arriving soon with some money and I need friends and help with the most basic steps of living independently in Cambodia." Because the people who will volunteer to help you may be James Whitlow-types who are after your money.
Anyway, good luck. Update us after you arrive, after you fall in love with a bargirl on day 2, and after you get fleeced by that bargirl on day 5.
Please read this:
http://www.khmer440.com/k/2013/07/7-rea ... -cambodia/
If you're a novice traveler, read this:
http://www.khmer440.com/k/2011/07/shoul ... -cambodia/
You don't need anyone who reads this website to help you open a bank account or get cell service. There are 4-5 cell phone company shops in the airport arrivals area. You can get cell service in five minutes. You get a bank account by walking into a bank with money and your passport with a long term visa in it and asking to open an account. If you need guidance, just read this every word of the movetocambodia.com website and buy Lina's book.
Please also note that Cambodia may be in the midst of a crackdown on long term visas for foreigners so you may not be able to show up and stay forever if you are unemployed and below retirement age.
Cambodia is full of chancers and scammers and dodgy characters. You don't want to be posting online "I'm a newbie arriving soon with some money and I need friends and help with the most basic steps of living independently in Cambodia." Because the people who will volunteer to help you may be James Whitlow-types who are after your money.
Anyway, good luck. Update us after you arrive, after you fall in love with a bargirl on day 2, and after you get fleeced by that bargirl on day 5.
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If you can't manage those simple tasks then you should not be here imho
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Try asking No Joke Howard, he really made a success of living here.
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Don't sell any assets that you have Michael, earn a bit of extra money to help out with the meager retirement fund.meckhart wrote:My name is Michael and I need help.. I am planning on cashing out my meager retirement and selling all I own and moving to Cambodia.
Also, as people have mentioned, setting up bank accounts and finding somewhere to live etc should be easy enough jobs if you do your research.
Would also suggest actually seeing what Cambodia is like before jumping in head first
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I always recommend this too, but I think the reality is that many Westerners who move to Cambodia don't have enough money for a reconnaissance trip. They're not even concerned that much about whether they will like the place. They just want to know that it's cheap and easy visa.ReasonstobefearfulP3 wrote:
Would also suggest actually seeing what Cambodia is like before jumping in head first
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Exactly. Anyone without enough money for a round trip ticket, visa plus extension, and 2 months of hotel and food, for a vacation/recon, should not just up and relocate to SEA. 2 months really isn't enough, but better than nothing. I took multiple 2 month recons over a 2 year period, before I made the move to Cambodia. We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto. But you won't understand that until you've spent time here, physically not virtually.gavinmac wrote:I always recommend this too, but I think the reality is that many Westerners who move to Cambodia don't have enough money for a reconnaissance trip. They're not even concerned that much about whether they will like the place. They just want to know that it's cheap and easy visa.ReasonstobefearfulP3 wrote:
Would also suggest actually seeing what Cambodia is like before jumping in head first
Good luck!
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who keeps posting this shit here?
i figure its either gavinmac or that deranged lunatic unLucky Laracan
i figure its either gavinmac or that deranged lunatic unLucky Laracan
in the process of fucking off to the land of honey and free beer
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dont sell ANYTHING< dont burn ANY BRIDGES, dont empty the bank accounts......
come for a month or two, check out thailand and Vietnam as well.
than sit down and think LONG and hard about it
come for a month or two, check out thailand and Vietnam as well.
than sit down and think LONG and hard about it
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Michael:
Assuming you're sincere, I would strongly recommend a short-term visit before throwing caution to the wind and moving sight unseen. Reading internet articles about the virtues of Cambodia (or elsewhere in SEA) and being there are vastly different. That way, you can plan appropriately and with much less risk.
TT
Assuming you're sincere, I would strongly recommend a short-term visit before throwing caution to the wind and moving sight unseen. Reading internet articles about the virtues of Cambodia (or elsewhere in SEA) and being there are vastly different. That way, you can plan appropriately and with much less risk.
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I have no doubt he's sincere. I'm concerned that he doesn't sound very independent and in control of his own life. He says "All my life I have done what people, family, etc have told me what I need to do." It sounds like he's blaming others for where he is now, being miserable in his job, etc. That's not the ideal mindset for a move to Cambodia. He needs to be completely responsible for his own health, safety, finances, and happiness if he moves here.TimeTraveler wrote:Michael:
Assuming you're sincere, I would strongly recommend a short-term visit before throwing caution to the wind and moving sight unseen. Reading internet articles about the virtues of Cambodia (or elsewhere in SEA) and being there are vastly different. That way, you can plan appropriately and with much less risk.
TT
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Has anyone emailed him? I don't need any new lifetime friends. We probably wouldn't be friends for very long.meckhart wrote:My name is Michael and I need help.. All my life I have done what people, family, etc have told me what I need to do. I have two kids, a daughter that just graduated and a very free spirited son who 110% supports what I am about to explain. I live in the US. I have worked for the state for the last 8 years.. miserably.. one month ago I quit my job.. I am planning on cashing out my meager retirement and selling all I own and moving to Cambodia. I would like to find friends before I take the flight, in the next 2 months and have some help when I arrive such as setting a bank account up, getting cell service, etc. I dont want to discuss my biz on this public form but if anyone can advise and guide me, I would be most appreciative. I can be emailed at [email protected]. I hope to hear from a potential lifetime friend.
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I signed him up for a couple of Cambodia Property email circulation lists.
That should help him spend some of his life savings. Maybe a 40 hectare hinterland in Prey Veng would be of interest.
That should help him spend some of his life savings. Maybe a 40 hectare hinterland in Prey Veng would be of interest.
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