American finds his dream retirement overseas

[@WilliamFluery]

Your thumbnail caption reads what everyone is realizing about SE Asia. Rob seems like a self-made man that has a good life ahead of him. Thousands of people have benefited from the information gained from you. Thank you

[@RobPittman]

Thank you for the kind words. And yes, I totally agree with you about Dan. Affordable and succinct, his reports have been super helpful to me! 👍

[@bijanbayne3259]

I might live in Hua Hin when my new lease expires in Oct. 2024. Love the pace there. Strong interview. I just rented a place on Wongamat Beach- and I can see Kho Larn from my swimming pool & fitness center. Great quality & safety f/ little cost

[@Planty3125]

Rob that is very informative. Your information on the golf courses, food and rail transport, sounds a lot better than Philipines. Also your tick of approval of health care and insurance sounds very good. Dan thank you for the interview.

[@perspective4517]

Plenty to take from this video Dan. Some really good insights from your interviewee: simple things like taking a proper full size comfortable bus to BKK for a relatively reasonable fare rather than a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants option, when you don't really need to. His budget is at the upper end for you 'retire cheap' videos, but I think it is worthwhile exploring both ends of the spectrum. Easy to slice some expenditure of his budget: don't play golf!

[@Kotiara123]

I look at the guy and see how happy he is. Great video

[@RobPittman]

Thank you for the kind words! 🤜🤛

[@jackbaldwin3649]

This was an excellent interview Dan. Rob is clearly an intelligent individual with great communication skills. He definitely makes me want to visit SE Asia even more. I hope you do a second interview one day. I'm curious as to what types of activities he will do in the future, i.e., he makes mention of business he's taking care of Vietnam.

[@RobPittman]

Thank you for the kind words Jack. As far as my business endeavors now and in the future go, let's just say I have "several irons in the fire". I always seem to. My primary activity involves trading the US equities markets at this point. With all the current "challenges in the world" impacting the many world financial markets, that can keep my blood pressure raised sufficiently to know that I am still alive! 🙂

[@samiam8114]

I wish that ferry from Pattaya to Hua Hin would start up again. Doing that trip over land is just too much time on a bus for me. I would probably want to break it up with an overnight stay in Bangkok. I would also want a proper bus. Those suicide vans are too dangerous imo. Once the double track trains start running that could be a decent option as well.

[@RobPittman]

I'm with you too. I would love to experience the boat ride over to Pattaya if only they would resume it. As far as the buses go, I agree with you. Not something to cheap-out on for sure. At most you might save is $2 or $3 USD. Your life is worth more than that!

[@HumbleTravels]

Lived in Thailand 10 years in the 2010s...never want to return, but this video sure does make it tempting. I also said I never wanted to return to my hometown in the US, but I've been here for 7 years since returning from Thailand. I've visited Philippines twice for a total of 4-5 weeks--a much smaller sample size--it just seems more like home to me.

[@jackbaldwin3649]

May I ask why you would never return to Thailand? Or did you just miss home?

[@seashell4327]

Yes please. I'd also like to know, if you're willing to share your reason.

[@HumbleTravels]

@@jackbaldwin3649 there are nice Thai people but many have black hearts. The police are so corrupt and started to be much more aggressive. At my job at a university (I have a bachelor degree) and side jobs at local schools were great the first 5 years 2005-2010 but began to change after that. More Thai teachers with good English skills, more younger teachers coming for a year or 2 and (ironically) more Filipinas taking jobs at much lower wages while willing to work longer hours. Finally, the expectation you must pay the parents if you want to marry a girl made looking for a mate much more complicated. But I left (again ironically) because I met and married a filipina teacher and we had a baby. So we came to the USA (and ultimately divorced).

[@davearch5462]

Great info I’m in Bangkok love it but I’m going to checkout Hui Hin love Thailand golf

[@VagabondAwake]

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[@floren879]

Awesome 👏

[@robertrob4653]

Good interview Dan

[@msachillefs]

Yes his great, for sure and not just with this one really. Thanks, Dan. Have a great day.🙏

[@dronestarmedia4341]

Very smart to keep his straight up Medicare.

[@fruitloops3718]

Dan I'm really happy to hear that you're pro med marijuana I prefer that to the oxy family of drugs. I had a car accident that messed me up but surgeries and weed helped to put me back together.

[@VagabondAwake]

It makes me sleepy but it helped my mom during cancer.

[@jimmy999-z2j]

Great content

[@VagabondAwake]

Thank you. :-)

[@denismoreau3646]

Good interview 😊

[@watchlifewithcharles906]

Great interview...I am trying to move to Hua Hin from Bangkok...

[@rileyjones650]

Thank you!

[@PenelopePitstop888]

Good information 👍

[@jimmy999-z2j]

I have visited the cha-am area but only once and the trip was rushed Is there an area close to the beach that is not tied so much to that super highway that runs north - south ?

[@RobPittman]

Absolutely! You only have to get off the main road and there are plenty of places on both sides to choose from. And an excellent place to look in is called "Palm Hills". Fantastic well-maintained golf course and many beautiful homes throughout there. And I agree, while the beaches are not ugly, they are not the beautiful white sand beaches that you would find in the south part of Thailand.

[@jshepard152]

I really wish I liked hot, humid weather.

[@RobPittman]

It is that way a good bit of the year in most places. However, from October to February or so it's actually quite pleasant in most of Thailand, and can actually be "chilly" up in the north given the higher elevations obviously. I often am amused by what the locals consider "cold". When it's 70 degrees F here they will dress like Americans would if it is 40 degrees F. Personally, I'll be running around in my golf shirts and loving it! 😁

[@jshepard152]

@@RobPittman Good to know! I'll have to do more research on this. Thank you.

[@VagabondAwake]

Stay in the highland's somewhere. :-)

[@brianmitchell4957]

Dan enjoy... Just keep your sensible head on...😊

[@RobPittman]

Good advice to any newbies. And just like Dan says, plan to spend 3 to 6 months someplace or country before you commit. Personally, I have been to Thailand three different times, and twice to Vietnam and once to Cambodia. All for what I consider to be reasonable periods of time. Especially Thailand and Vietnam!

[@johnniehooks6737]

Nicely done interview Dan, I am still coming to the Philippines first In January , but I’m going to look into Thailand also . I need to get some dental work done and I was informed that Thailand and Malaysia Have better dental care than Philippines . Still looking for some One that had dental work done to verify that. I really trust your videos , your a honest man.

[@timtim4525]

vietnam for dental......always

[@asyongmatipid2]

My wife is having full dentures in the Philippines right now which includes 12 tooth extractions. Total price $882 without dental insurance while my friend who had his dentures done here in California with Blue Cross coverage ended up with an unusable one after a few months. My mom has Medicare Medical in the US and still insists on having her dentures done in the Philippines even though she can get it basically for free stateside due to quality issues that my parents and their senior friends had with theirs. The feedback among my Filipino friends who live here is basically the same they'd rather pay the airfare to get it done in their home country. There are a lot of foreign students taking up dentistry in the Philippines and I wouldn't be surprised if there are Thais and Malaysians among them.

[@timaginations3769]

Hi Dan, I didn't hear Rob's age. Maybe he didn't mention it ?

[@RobPittman]

Thank you for the question. I just turned 69 years-young a few days ago. And while the mind may be willing, sometimes the body isn't as much. My advice is to take care of your health and nutrition. Thailand and most of Asia has really good and diverse health care services. The massage health benefit here is both very therapeutic and quite affordable. That's a big benefit to maintaining your health and flexibility.

[@timaginations3769]

Thanks Rob. You look great for your age. I hope to meet you when I get there next year. @@RobPittman

[@michaeldsnts]

👍...... 🙏✌️♥️💪

[@kennetharntson5912]

Those of you that are planning to pull up stakes and move overseas and eve you that have already moved overseas and living off Social Security or some kind of pension should be aware to the world economy and the U.S. dollar. Those who are still living in America are already having problems staying afloat with prices rising everyday. This is also happening here in Thailand where I am living but I was lucky to sell my home and land years ago and was able to invest it wisely and get out of the market with enough money to live many years in Thailand. I recommend that you have more money than just your monthly social security or a pension to live on here since you may find out later that you don't have enough and go back to your home country with nothing waiting for you. The home I bought here in Thailand 10 years ago from a British man ran into that problem and realized he was not able to afford Thailand anymore and the money I paid him for his house was only going to get him by for a year at best when he got back to England.

[@RobPittman]

That is an excellent point for sure! Besides, there's only so much golf anybody can play anyway right? Personally, I conservatively trade the US stock markets to provide additional income for my needs. It keeps me mentally challenged and on my toes for sure!

[@VagabondAwake]

Hi @kennetharntson5912, thanks for the great question. The more $$ the better, It is the minimum requirements that are harder to figure out. It depends so much on your behavior that I can't really answer that question for you. But here is how I think about it for me: vagabondbuddha.com/do-you-have-enough-money-to-retire-early/ Thanks for watching and commenting, you are helping my channel be successful. Best, Dan

[@papadougpapadougsadventures]

Dan I’m not familiar with the site your guest uses to book places to stay like the one he is in. Can you clarify what site he uses?

[@VagabondAwake]

Agoda.com

[@papadougpapadougsadventures]

@@VagabondAwake thank you. I’m heading to Manila on Nov 12 and then my GF and I are going to Cebu. We are going to go to several places on the island. Then I plan on popping over to Bali for a week so I need lots of short term less that 3 day stays. My goal is to see how we can get her out of the country since she has a limited amount of travel outside the Philippines.

[@wanderingdoc5075]

@@papadougpapadougsadventures I'm moving to the Philippines for 1 year. No clue yet where I want as a home base there though haha

[@papadougpapadougsadventures]

@@wanderingdoc5075 Dumaguete is a nice ocean front town that is very laid back. I was there in March. I’m not a big city guy. Why only a year?

[@wanderingdoc5075]

@@papadougpapadougsadventures Long story, I early retired at age 37 / work optional. I traveled the world for the last year, although I really enjoyed it, I realized I feel better with some structured work in my life. So I negotiated a contract where I can read medical imaging from anywhere in the world (M.D. / diagnostic radiologist). And from what I can tell, the Philippines is the only country in the world where I can just show up and stay for 12+ months without any complicated Visa issues (correct me if I am wrong). If I like it I will stay longer.

[@kuyaIhor]

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[@vhoy7899]

Dan many of your videos are men with significantly younger women. Are there any women traveling or living abroad that you can interview? I do love your videos but I want to hear from the woman's perspective.

[@RobPittman]

That would be great! More than likely though, women are fewer and further in between than the men. In most Asian cultures age is only a number. In my experience what Thai women are looking for in an expat is "a man with a good heart". True, they want security and everything else that any other partner naturally would want, but they are cheerful, beautiful, caring, kind, thoughtful and dedicated women. I'm good with that! Just don't go looking in the bars in my opinion. Not the place to find the kind of woman I was looking for.

[@VagabondAwake]

Hi @vhoy7899, Our KZbin playlist of Guest Stars has at least 10 woman in their. You will find that information on your requested country there: kzbin.infoplaylists Thank you , Dan

[@Alcom6]

Excellent vid once agin Dan, he mentioned an "away visa from the US" what is that?

[@VagabondAwake]

I don't hear that?