Where did you retire and why

[georgegeorgia]

If your retired ,I would like to know why your retired to your area where you live and why .

 

And I don't care if it's Houston in Georgia or the backwoods of Alaska or Alice Springs ( no one would retire to Alice Springs)

 

Why did you pick Hua Hin over Pattaya ?

Why did you pick Da Nang over Bangkok?

Why did you pick Cambodia or the Philippines 

Now obviously most UK residents pick Philippines because of their pension

 

Now it could be medical reasons ,you stay in Australia for free health care

 

Lifestyle,you enjoy the Opera so you need to live in Bangkok or Manila 

 

It could be financially,you live in the Nirun in Pattaya because you have nothing 

Why did you pick your area to permanent residence and why 

 

Just to add I'm exploring Vietnam as a retire option , 

 

 

 

 

[BigStar]

Been discussed ad nauseam. Doesn't matter anyway. Whatever you think you know, or decide, today can, and probably will, change tomorrow.

[Keeps]

Today I retired to my bed with a bacon and HP sauce sandwich.

 

I have a savage hangover.

 

[georgegeorgia]

24 minutes ago, Keeps said:

Today I retired to my bed with a bacon and HP sauce sandwich.

 

I have a savage hangover.

 

Love it,thankyou for your service

 

Talking about HP sauce ,I noticed places like Cheap Charlie's in Pattaya don't have it on  the table anymore I had to ask for it !

I'm thinking if this generation are not into HP sauce ?

You have made me hungry but I love a bit of sausage in buttered bread with HP sauce ...yum !! 

 

[Keeps]

Brown sauce in Thailand is very expensive as you are no doubt aware.

 

I seethe when I see people slap half a bottle on their plate with their full English and then leave a big splodge when they've finished. 

 

It has to be brown sauce or English mustard on a sausage sandwich - none of that tomato muck.

[georgegeorgia]

7 minutes ago, Keeps said:

Brown sauce in Thailand is very expensive as you are no doubt aware.

 

I seethe when I see people slap half a bottle on their plate with their full English and then leave a big splodge when they've finished. 

 

It has to be brown sauce or English mustard on a sausage sandwich - none of that tomato muck.

Maybe that's why they have removed it from the tables?

Bbq sauce is another favourite of mine with breakfast,you never see that nowadays either 

[worgeordie]

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

If your retired ,I would like to know why your retired to your area where you live and why .

Your a nosy bugger George , what are you going to do with the information you collect,

and why do you need to know ?

 

regards Worgeordie

[georgegeorgia]

1 minute ago, worgeordie said:

Your a nosy bugger George , what are you going to do with the information you collect,

and why do you need to know ?

 

regards Worgeordie

Statistics my dear friend 

Helps a lot with the making of the new World 

[Lacessit]

I retired here because I liked all the beautiful women.

[scubascuba3]

59 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Love it,thankyou for your service

 

Talking about HP sauce ,I noticed places like Cheap Charlie's in Pattaya don't have it on  the table anymore I had to ask for it !

I'm thinking if this generation are not into HP sauce ?

You have made me hungry but I love a bit of sausage in buttered bread with HP sauce ...yum !! 

 

They had it on the tables yesterday, sometimes it runs out

[scubascuba3]

Pattaya has everything, i avoided it for 15 years, at least i saw a lot of Thailand in that time

[JimTripper]

9 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Pattaya has everything, i avoided it for 15 years, at least i saw a lot of Thailand in that time

Would you be there if prostitution was off the table?

[scubascuba3]

1 hour ago, JimTripper said:

Would you be there if prostitution was off the table?

That makes Pattaya a lively place, so no

[Prubangboy]

3 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

 

 

Talking about HP sauce ,I noticed places like Cheap Charlie's in Pattaya don't have it on  the table anymore I had to ask for it !

 

 

I read here once of a brit restaurant owner who kept getting his HP sauce stolen off of the table by low lifes.

 

Death penalty? Sure. I hearted the guy above who noted the wastrels who fill half a plate with it.

 

What are the pro's and cons of retiring in Thailand?

 

I'm trying to save AI a little work.

[save the frogs]

2 hours ago, JimTripper said:

Would you be there if prostitution was off the table?

compared to where?

hawaii where the cost of living is 10 times higher?

back home where the weather sucks and there's no beaches?

 

[KhunLA]

I retired here / TH, because it has a good forum to troll 

[Negita43]

6 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Now obviously most UK residents pick Philippines because of their pension

Please could you explain further

[Keeps]

7 minutes ago, Negita43 said:

Please could you explain further

Annual uplift increments applied to your UK state pension if you live in the Philippines.

 

If you declare that you are living in Thailand your state pension is frozen.

[Negita43]

40 minutes ago, Keeps said:

Annual uplift increments applied to your UK state pension if you live in the Philippines.

any idea about taxation for foreigners in the phillipines (compared to new ones in Thailand)

 

[Keeps]

12 minutes ago, Negita43 said:

any idea about taxation for foreigners in the phillipines (compared to new ones in Thailand)

 

None whatsoever I'm afraid. Plenty of members on here though have lived there and will know. 

 

Others are very knowledgeable on tax matters and hopefully one will advise in due course.

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

11 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Just to add I'm exploring Vietnam as a retire option , 

Vietnam issues no retirement visa. Border runs every 90 days. You risk the chance they refuse entry after a time.

[georgegeorgia]

11 minutes ago, Woke to Sounds of Horking said:

Vietnam issues no retirement visa. Border runs every 90 days. You risk the chance they refuse entry after a time.

Your joking ?

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

Your joking ?

No.

[save the frogs]

2 hours ago, Woke to Sounds of Horking said:

Vietnam issues no retirement visa. Border runs every 90 days. You risk the chance they refuse entry after a time.

but there still seems to be people doing it for years and years.

no retirement visa also means no money needed in the local bank.

too bad there's no one from vietnam on AN.

any vietnam expat forums? 

[Woke to Sounds of Horking]

46 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

but there still seems to be people doing it for years and years.

no retirement visa also means no money needed in the local bank.

too bad there's no one from vietnam on AN.

any vietnam expat forums? 

Sure, people have been doing visa runs for years in Vietnam, but what's to stop immigration from denying entry at whim? Maybe it's a small risk but a risk nonetheless. I knew an English teacher in HCMC who always carried that in the back of his mind. Perhaps less a worry if one is not working?

 

During the p(l)andemic VN cracked down hard on revolving door foreigners, even shortening the cycle to 30-day visa runs. Now it seems to be business as usual with 90 days once again and seemingly automatic extensions. But being a Socialist (Communist?) country things often change overnight without warning.

 

It's impossible to open a bank account in VN without a Work Permit. There may well be agents in VN who can grease the right palms to get these things sorted.

 

Would be nice if VN introduces a retirement visa. It really is a lovely country, great food, cheap beer, gorgeous women and quite liveable.

 

There is a VN sub forum here on AN: https://aseannow.com/forum/343-vietnam/

[georgegeorgia]

Unfortunately we don't have expats in here from Vietnam 

Most say they are in Thailand but in reality are  in Mums basement in Alaska or Texas 

[ChrisP24]

5 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Unfortunately we don't have expats in here from Vietnam 

Most say they are in Thailand but in reality are  in Mums basement in Alaska or Texas 

 

Don't tell my mum.  She thinks I'm working online down there.  And my online friends think I'm a digital nomad. 

 

Just kidding. I've never been to Vietnam.  And my mum passed many years ago.    

[thrilled]

I retired from home. Why did I retire?     Not sure I’m reading this right. I retired cause I had worked enough

[Airalee]

On 11/9/2024 at 12:52 PM, georgegeorgia said:

Why did you pick Da Nang over Bangkok?

Interesting….I have been in Bangkok for 7+ years and am currently in Danang.

On 11/9/2024 at 12:52 PM, georgegeorgia said:

Just to add I'm exploring Vietnam as a retire option

I certainly couldn’t stay here.   There is something about it that I can’t put my finger on….but it’s an uncomfortable feeling.  It’s not a user friendly country/city…it’s far more foreign than Thailand and there is an underlying sketchy vibe.  
 

I wouldn’t want to retire here personally (visa issues aside)

[georgegeorgia]

1 hour ago, thrilled said:

I retired from home. Why did I retire?     Not sure I’m reading this right. I retired cause I had worked enough

According to you !

 

the amount of sick leave you took was atrocious, many without doctors certificates