The dream is an American salary outside of the US. I wouldn’t want to live in Thailand on a Thai salary. I wouldn’t want to live in the US on a US salary either. But Thailand on a US salary? It feels like cheating

I don’t think I am allowed to sublet it, but I probably wouldn’t sublet it anyways, at least to strangers…I store my stuff here and am not interested in playing remote landlord. I tend to come & go a lot - I’m not usually here a full 6 months, I’ll stay here 3 months, then go to Japan, come back for 3 months, then go to Europe, come back for 3 months, etc…

The lure of the putang is that strong apparently

If you’re not someone who can get six figures at a job in a non-remote capacity, chances are you’re not going to get six figures at a job in a remote capacity either. DNs with actual in-demand skills (+that are doable remotely) don’t need to take pay cuts or have money saved up.

Part of the problem is you need to invest a bit into the country to really tap into the community and feel connected…for most places that means learning some of the language. It’s a hard thing to do unless you spend significant time there, but what if you do spend significant time there and decide you don’t like it or can’t make friends? Maybe better to aim for countries where people are known to be easy to befriend…Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, the Philippines, but it depends a lot on your personality too (I found it very easy to befriend people in Hungary & China for example but they are not countries known for friendly people), so keep traveling around until you find somewhere that clicks.

I DN’d for 5 years full-time and then got a year lease in Bangkok, where I spend 6 months/year. I wouldn’t say I was that burnt out on traveling though, I just got really busy with work and needed to focus on it more seriously.

Crazy what happens when actual competition is allowed, isn’t it? And not an oligopoly

Looking at flights from Marrakech to Madrid and the price trends for that route, I think even last minute it won’t be more than $150. The only real drawback besides price is there will probably only be middle seats left

Is there a catch?

The catch is the prices you see are usually for 1 year leases.

What dates are you looking for?

I don’t think you really have time to apply for a DN visa and get it by January, and it would be a bit overkill anyways. Go to Germany in January, maybe check out some other places, then in April go to Bulgaria, Romania, the UK, whatever. Then back to Schengen in July or so.

There is a small chance that Bulgaria and/or Romania joins Schengen in January so keep that in mind (it should be known next week whether they will or not).

I just use whatever is in the apartment already, has never really been a problem but I am not a chef.

Here is a tip for both airbnb & booking.com, if the pictures all show nothing but shit from IKEA, don’t rent it because the owners don’t actually live there and chances are they skimped on kitchenware too.

Do you not get bored or lonely in your home country at times? What do you do then?

Because im not going to be working whilst overseas.

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