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Author: Reekay V.
Since 2012 I’ve been traveling through various islands of the Philippines as a full-time Expat and spent 1999 living in Vietnam.
Share with me my ongoing adventures of life in the Philippines. Hopefully you find my observations helpful in your own adventures.
— Reekay
$700 would not cut it for me at all I recommended minimum 1500 but I think the sweet spot is 2,000 edit: if you had everything paid for such as a house and vehicle you could get by pretty okay on 700 but there would be no thrills or extras
If you can’t retire in the Philippines you sure not doing it in the US
Not in the USA brother. Medical care comes with massive bills due. Something seniors can’t deal with in a fixed income. How a population’s health care is a for profit business is fucking insane. Every human on this Godforsaken plant should Be able to see a doctor whenever they want for anything they need. PERIODT