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Who is this Cleo lady you all keep mentioning

Another part of Asia is GOA in India . Now today I'm at work discussing my dreams of retirement to a colleague who is of India born. After I tell him about Pattaya etc he tells me there is a similar place only much cheaper and it's called GOA ...it's a great place for retirement he says . Now has anyone had any experience in GOA and would you say it's similar to Pattaya ?

maybe you need to have a flatmate or find a new companion ,find friends etc instead of being alone , just someone there to talk to occasionaly etc. thats why i started this topic because many farang retire to places like pattaya etc living in a studio room and eventually after the party has wore off they get "lonely" by themselves ,hiring working girls is not the same

Who is there for you though to really care if you get sick or need hugs?

Not sure if the word amenties is the word im looking for ,but im only a hospital wardsman so what do i know. But looking to retire soon whether that be Thailand,Cambodia or Phillipines,LAOS,TURKEY,, VIETNAM,MYANMUR ,SINGAPORE ,malaysia im studying what i need around me,what "amenties " i need. So i make this list to move somewhere where they have most of these to look for a city or town 1. must have good gym,i like going to the gym everyday,it has to be walking distance 2. pay4play whether that be bars or streetwalkers or meeting apps ,but should be available whether that be a bar or university town 3. Condos I prefer a condo or apartment 4.medical centres.. doesnt have to be close to hospital but its a preference 5.financial ....cheap place with good life ,prefer under 15,000 baht rent per month for say a 1 bedroom condo ,would be good to say able to live on less than 35,000 baht a month ,maybe phillipines or cambodia we could do this ? 6.easy retirement visa,less hassle 7,medical insurance ,a place which is cheap 8,low crime areas 9.healthy area , clean air ,chiang mai doesnt cut it now i know many of you are thinking of pattaya but too expensive for me ,what about farang expat cities/towns in places like phillipines etc. The question im asking is what amenties are important to you and what countries/towns do you reccomend that has everything your looking for ? To me western food is not important,i can live without, another is high crime areas eg i probaly wouldnt want to retire to Tondo in the phillipines BUT im sure there is western expats living there somewhere. Im ruling out places like pattaya ,too expensive, phuket the same, UDON THANI could be a option,university town plenty of pay4play i guess , Vietnam Hanoi could be option, as for CAMBODIA ,i didnt enjoy phomn penh BUT other area siem reap might be ok I plan on staying only 6 months in each city/town etc when i retire , i will explore Makati in the phillipines which is in manila,i may stay there a few months, then a place called PALAWAN, apparently many expats ,but these places may exceed my budget ,

just wondering who lives alone here in Asia wherever you are. I was looking at my retirement thinking to buy a 1 bedroom rather than a studio if i decide to retire to pattaya or the phillipines just in case I want someone to live with me . So my questions to expats especially in places like Pattaya ,phuket ,cambodia ,phillipines who live in studios by themselves are you comfortable being alone. I never forget meeting a guy many years ago at the canterbury tales cafe in pattaya who told me he lived in serviced apartments just in case he died so they could find him and he had company everyday talking to the housemaids and reception staff so my question is , to mainly retired expats who live alone is ,are you never lonely that you need someone to live in with you ?

at my age ready to retire soon from my job in Australia im glad i didnt take that "plunge" back in 2004 like most first timers to thailand/Asia and leave my job with excited hope to live there . These are the results of some that did,effectively ruining their later life . Its the dream guys to go to Asia particularly thailand to live but if you are leaving a secure job, and you are say under 50 with not much money ....dont do it Fast forward nearly 20 years and i get a whatsapp message from one of my friends here in Sydney that a former friend we had travelled with is trying to contact us. About 5 of us travelled to pattaya and one in particular his name was Russell was 34yo and had left his secure government job to live back then in pattaya with a girl he met on his first trip. Silly me at that time was also looking to live there although i was older than Russell,must be over 10 years since i spoke to him,he had moved to thailand leaving his job etc and bought a bar but now a teacher Russell is now in Cambodia ,i think around the 52 mark and has apparently been a teacher in Cambodia Burma etc ,,Russell is contacting us to ask for money . I havent been contacted by him yet but apparently financially he is not going too good and told my friend he hadnt saved any money and was considering coming back to Australia to find work. he has no skills ,no money,no job,no housing ,and get this,cant afford his airfare back to sydney His teacher salary was something like 30,000 baht a month ,so in other words he wasted his last 20 years when he could of been saving here in australia and possibly retired by now The second case is another farang friend ,who has lived in thailand around 15 years ,he is now 65yo ,married in thailand,2 young kids ,he talks to me on skype ,he says he is coming back without missus and kids to claim his Aussie pension, apparently has to live here 2 years to claim it at 67yo ,but he has no where to stay ,can he stay at my apartment with me ?..can i get free board until my wife gets a loan from her father? ....ummmmm no i said He has no money either despite his thai wife working in thailand and apparent rich father in law.

just wondering how many of you can fight or still train in fighting skills wherever that be muay thai ,boxing or jujitsu ? Are there training schools/camps willing to take us on at our age? Im particular interested in older guys say 50 plus The reason i ask this is because im in my early 60's not far to go to retirement and thinking of learning to defend myself for later years. Im a hospital wardsman currently in Australia so am quite fit plus i go to the gym nearly everyday and lift heavy weights ,im 110kg ,i dont drink or smoke,im muscular to a degree a Recently there has been a spate of incidents that has made me more motivated to learn to fight . The other time when there was a spate of incidents was in April 2018 during Songkran in pattaya where i was on a baht bus and a farang squirted me in the left eye with a high powered water gun,he was probaly in his 40's but he kept doing it even when my eye started to close up and i had to get off the bus,i walked away like a coward The second one was in walking street around 2pm in the afternoon where i witnessed a drunk farang grab another farang walking past by his swimming costume ,he then elbowed me in the face not hard but as he walked past laughing,i did nothing but keep walking ,i wanted to hit him back or do a choke hold but i dont know how So i rang around here in Australia ,i rang a close full time boxing gym who seemed they didnt care my age ,then i rang a jujitsu gym who seemed a bit hesitant when i mentioned my age but said it may be harder for me to fight on a mat but yes come in and see how u go the thing is i would like to try muay thai as well in thailand .when i go there .,do you think we can do that in our 60's? i think jujitsu would be better for my age rather than kicking and punching but i would like to try muay thai i think there is a few old farang still keeping up fighting skills ,one i met in pattaya a few years ago was a judo expert or similar tell me if you can fight at your older age ? do you still train ? i need to be ready for when i retire ,ready to defend myself from louts and hooligans around ,thailand or even phillipines where i may retire is not safe.

Does Pattaya have any talk back radio stations...that is where callers ring in to talk to the announcer about News topics & current affairs etc instead of just music stations ? If not I think it would go great either in Bangkok or Pattaya to have a morning talk back farang radio station say 9am to 12pm

The other day I am walking in my area in Australia walking in the City when a young asian lady falls over in front of me ,i quickly stop and ask her if she is ok before offering her my hand to get her on her feet,she slipped with her high heels. I told a chinese guy about it when i arrived back at work and he said he would never help anyone that slipped over etc in case they sued you ??? Apparently in china they dont help each other if there is a accident Now this reminded me of driving in Pattaya one night in 2013 where we were drving up on the highway and a motorbike crashed ,this was like 2am and the farang i was driving with at the time went around the guy laying on the road ,he had been a long time expat but said he cant get involved . Also just not this sort of stuff ,i as i age im becoming bitter in "helping" others ,I no longer hold doors open etc for people after a bad experience in pattaya where i held a glass door open for a farang and thai lady only to be abused by the farang that he doesnt need my help ,so i find its more trouble than its worth helping people,sometimes its far better not to help others and i saw that last week travelling on a bus the bus driver was about to leave the bus stop,closed his doors and was about to drive off when he stopped suddenly to be the "white knight" to let two young idiots drunks on the bus who proceeded to abuse him for driving off suddenly ,he then had to stop the bus to call the police on them,looking for my sympathy i told him he brought it on himself the silly idiot,as i exited the bus and told him being nice stopping his bus didnt work did it

the Wichita linesmen ????

I always find those sauce bottles dirty and disgusting to touch along with salt n pepper shakers etc,after touching you put your hand up to your face etc As for waters giving you covid by filling up your glass ,less likely if they are vaccinated and you and them are wearing masks ,you sound a bit paranoid ,maybe stop going and you will zero chance if you dont go to restaurants. you remind me of the guy in the gym yesterday,came over near me to use a machine and complained i had no mask on,<deleted> stop coming to the gym i told him if ya that paranoid

Just wondering are the Tourist police still going? i never hear of farangs nowadays joining up like they used to do in the 90's and early 2000's I always had dreams of joining when i retired but that was a novelty idea that thankfully has fallen to the wayside A lot of retired farangs used to join up in different areas Chiang mai,pattaya etc but rarely hear of it now. Does anyone here volunteer one day a week in anything wherever you are in Asia ? I have a skype friend in the phillipines 68yo retired who volunteers everyday in a nursing home taking elderly people for walks,he enjoys it he said I guess volunteering is a way to do something when you retire ,fill your day,meet people etc Although in some parts of Asia eg Thailand,i believe you may need a work visa

private investigator ? taking pics of cheating guys ?????

Funny you say that, i met 2 teachers separate occassions in a bar in jomtien back in july 2018,both coicidencelly were from Melbourne and Sydney Australia ,one was 57 and the other 60,both retired medically unfit due to stress,dont know why considering they only work 6 hours a day monday to friday

would the majority of you be tradesman type jobs ? We have no ex police,prison or paramedics ? no Supreme court judges ? ......

23 years seaman ................would drive me crazy stuck on a boat all the time away for weeks at a time

im currently in Australia but was heading to bangkok in february so thought it would be better there. I dont know if they have caverject in Australia,anyone know ? what about the cream,it may be better ? Also anyone have any luckj with penis pumps over a long term period eg do they help with erections over long term?

last time i tipped 2018 was at a genuine thai massage shop in day night area in pattaya behind Tukcom. I think a foot massage was 150 b ,out came a feminine ladyboy type who done a regular foot massage. After the massage i tipped 100b in which he/she didnt even acknowledge before screeching aloud to the farang owner who gave me a dirty look. How much i was supposed to tip ? i thought 100 was ok,never again i went there Same a few years ago in Simons jomtien fish n chip shop,a waitress said to me BEFORE she took my order, "how much you can tip me ???

i think the legislation was changed a few years ago in regards to the disability pension being paid overseas. i remeber back in 2005 a aussie bar owner bragging to me how he ran a bar and received the DSP too,all he had to do was go back every 3 months apparently. stay a night in OZ and fly back to thailand the next day to qualify.

sounds like you running out of money

but they never ban that troublemaker alcohol

i know but after listening to that podacst of that bar owner saying he was threatened im scared,if they done that to him they are not going to be scared of elderly farang bar owners,but they probaly wouldnt go for a single bar owner who has a hobby hopefully anyway

well i tried mostly everything,viagra just gives me a headache,im early 60's still go to gym everyday,even done heavy leg work,still doesnt go up

I once had dreams of being a pattaya bar owner,mind you this was over 25 years ago when things were pumping . All these things i was going to do,buy condos etc and im glad i never ever did. Many say its the BIB you had to be careful of when running a bar...Fast forward and yesterday i listened to a podcast of a former well known pattaya bar owner who despite his "power" talked how he was threatened by Aussie criminals bikies and the trouble he had to go to to protect his family. I still have dreams of one day retiring and buying a bar although as i get older and come to my senses it would have to be more of a "hobby" than profit. Im sure all of us ,yes all of us have dreamed of owning a girlie bar but never will. I was looking at my diary of 2004 where i went to a go go bar in Walking street at 3 million baht back then,glad i never did,what was i thinking ? yet so many guys were saying back then to buy , pattaya was going to be the world class city with casino etc but never did