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You beat me to it, absolute sh*thole. Two International "Bar stool warriors from Pattaya...."

That's what I thought but then, just after I sold the land in 2013, similar to this happened; https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/12/us/kilauea-volcano-lava-leilani-estates-hawaii.html I was lucky... Today land is again very expensive. People forget Kilauea is the most active and the whole island may go up in smoke. Maui is even more expensive. But if you got money to burn Hawaii is a good place to die. I still am Hawaii land owner; I have a cemetery spot in Kealakekua 🙂

If that happens that would be end of USA. If US can't handle 1 million Mexicans, half of them working, think of 150 000 000 Russians on welfare... Pretty empty victory.

Yes, Erdogan is a Snake Oil salesman. And Putin's pal. He's milking billions of Euros a year from EU for refuge camps, which are very well run, but his own citizens are starving...

Hungary, Yes, but Turkey is one of the strongest in the world! "The GFP index denotes Turkiye as a Top 10 global military power. For 2024, Turkiye is ranked 8 of 145 out of the countries considered for the annual GFP review."

Putin needs to do nothing. American voters take care of putting Putin's man in with his 1/2 Russian kids and 100% son in law 🙂

When I wanted to travel from Thap Cham to Nha Trang I had to go to the station and show my passport! My Vietnamese friend wasn't allowed to buy the ticket for me. On the ticket was printed: "Foreigner" but got the same low price. The trip was nice and cheap 🙂

Go you Gun Show - they are there.

Baltic countries have very good intelligence and are fluent in Russian and how Russia operates. https://news.err.ee/1609274853/lithuanian-intelligence-russia-preparing-for-long-confrontation-with-nato "Belarusian armed forces personnel are preparing to work with nuclear weapons." "Placing non-strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus ties it even more closely to Russia and strengthens the latter's determination to maintain control over Belarus at any cost," the report states."

I'm currently in "The Hell Hole" Saigon, on the way back to the States to pull out all the funds before Trump's wrecking ball goes to work... I already miss Nha Trang.... My new favorite place in Asia. Yesterday I met my old Vietnamese friend first time face to face and it was great. We've been writing on LINE Chat for 6 or 7 years. She's so pretty and sexy and the best thing is she doesn't seem to know it... Vietnamese women are very loyal and trust worthy and keep their promises. I took her to a Thai (!) restaurant. At first she wasn't amused but after great meal she was so happy 🙂 Me too, I don't like heavy Vietnamese "pork everything" cuisine... The bill for two, with special fruit drinks, was only 214 000VND or 308THB or $ 8.60. Vietnam IS bargain! I choose "Daily Seafood Special 99 000VND" 2x at Chill Thai's Airport location. https://www.chillthai.vn/

NetanYAHOO belongs there too, up front.

I wanna be ready. Checking places to be and where to keep assets; https://visitworld.today/blog/1749/the-safest-regions-of-the-world-which-is-the-best-country-if-world-war-iii-happens - New Zealand sounds good. Beautiful nature, danger loving people (crazy jet boat racing in canyons and other motorsports) and I got some old friends there from the US who went back home after making a fortune. Like my pal Rod; http://leadfootranch.com/corporate-events/ What a beautiful place he got!

"Everyone's opinion that I respect, and has spent lots of time in both (Nam & TH) tell me TH is better, much better." When it's so easy and cheap to go and check by myself I prefer to do so. I also like to see all countries in Asia. I do listen others, like I did when I backed out of FL retirement dream. I got very good advice here. Thanks for that!

I hope they start to issue 6 & 12 month visas soon again. I could see buying a condo here, in Nha Trang. I've been very happy in Nha Trang for 40+ days (I got EU passport which gives me 45 days visa free). Way better for me than Jomtien area where I used to be in Thailand. Cheaper too; 5 star hotel w breakfast less than $30/day for 2. Negative things are heavy dangerous traffic, noise and pollution. However, positive things are more numerous and this is a place I could live in retirement at least 5-6 months in winter. PS. Everyone gets 30 day visa free to Phu Quoc island. Easy to go and check if you like it.

Trump's (hidden) assets? Reported value 1 231 500 000.00 (vnd) https://trump-hostel.nha-trang-top-hotels.com/en/

Yes, that's always best. At Cam Ranh / Nha Trang airport CXR you take a 50min bus to Yersin station; "Bus/shuttle Bus stop is located in front of the Terminal Entrance. Bus tickets are available at the Reception Hall. The bus fare is VNĐ 65,000/per person and it takes about 45 minutes to Nha Trang City. Buses are available from 5:30 am untill 11pm. From there you can walk 5-6 blocks, on Yersin, toward the beach. "Palace Hotel" is 1/2 block off the beach. Booking shows 4160000 VND / 6000THB for 6 nites w breakfast for two. Along the 7 mile beach are maybe 100 or more hotels. A block back 2-300 more, all cheaper. One trick I use; First booking is always cheapest on all agencies. So I switch and use many of them one time. They want you to join and create account.

Trump's dumb trade wars against Canada, China and Mexico cost us billions... or trillions.

I put same question to my new Vietnamese friends and they said it was Chinese land buying frenzy that made Vietnam to put brakes on all foreigner transactions. They didn't want to single out Chinese buyers since they are important trading partners. https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/chinese-acquisition-of-prime-land-worries-vietnam-defense-ministry-4101238.html I see many attractive buys here, in Nha Trang, and would be interested in buying something if it was possible. This is a very nice beach town! I like it here a lot. Just extended my stay second time an other 10 days and if my ticket to the US wasn't non refundable I'd stay longer.... Yes, Vietnamese DON'T smile w/o good reason (like Thais) but they are not rude or unfriendly. They stay neutral. They also are shy and 90% of older adults don't speak English. PS. Still not a Paradise; Food sucks, Traffic sucks, Smokers every where sucks.

The whole family is rotten opportunistic windbags; "When the former president looked finished, Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner kept their distance. Now he is the Republican frontrunner, they’re once again by his side"

Very sensible thing to stop wasting millions, or billions, for nothing. El Paso TV asked Mexican at the border, US side, "How did you clear the 10ft wall?" "With HOME Depot's 12ft ladder...."

I'm not a "beach person" but can't help liking more and more NhaTrang city beach! Easy to walk from hotel for morning swim, exercise and just sit down to watch blood red sun raising 6am. https://beachsearcher.com/en/beach/704201134/nha-trang-beach Everything's so clean, no plastic bottles, no trash. Wide walk way for 7km with shade trees. Plenty of people on the beach already 5am. Young and old. Many dancing groups too. Soon I may to start to ask condo prices... but when clean hotels are only $ 9 to 26/nite for 2 why bother? I planned to check out two or three other beach cities but since this is near perfect I stay here for an other 2-3 weeks. The only thing that irritates is too many motobikes. Luckily they don't honk much here like in Saigon. The city is crowing too and noise will be bigger in future. Same with exhaust pollution. I checked one bad day and it was 65, about the same as bad day on Jomtien. They do have quite good transportation service but most use motobike. The food is best I found in Vietnam but not even close as in Thailand. The price is same or less. They don't have chicken! It's 90% pork which is good but too heavy for me. If you find chicken it's 2x the price of pork. Fish is plenty but I only eat if I see it alive first...

"Russian media mocks Trump supporters as “not very smart,” “rednecks,” and “primitive people” who you have to talk to with “cliches and dumb slogans.” A year ago they, Russian RT tv, praised Trump! Times are changing.... What ever reason now they prefer Biden.

McCarthy era is well and alive 🙂 "Let's Make America Paranoid Again" "During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the prospect of communist subversion at home and abroad seemed frighteningly real to many people in the United States. These fears came to define–and, in some cases, corrode–the era’s political culture. For many Americans, the most enduring symbol of this “Red Scare” was Republican Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin. Senator McCarthy spent almost five years trying in vain to expose communists and other left-wing “loyalty risks” in the U.S. government."

I think they miscalculated. It should be $ 5000 or 150 000 000 VND 🙂 - I brought about 20 milj VND in cash, no problems at border, I asked - In shopping Vn money gives me problems all the time, too many zeros, but people are honest and correct me

Please,stand by your boy. He needs you; "The scholars ranked Abraham Lincoln first, followed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt and Thomas Jefferson. Of the more recent presidents, Barack Obama ranked highest (#7), followed by Bill Clinton (#12), Joe Biden (#14), Ronald Reagan (#16), George H. W. Bush (#19), Jimmy Carter (#22), Gerald Ford (#27) and George W. Bush (#32). But it was Trump’s ranking that’s been getting the most attention. He was not only ranked last overall, but nearly last even by conservative scholars, who ranked him 43rd out of 45, and Republicans, who put him at 41."