Current Events > I want to quit my job and travel for a year. It's possible because I rent.

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Instead of searching for another job just so that I can pay taxes and a laughable sum to my retirement account, why not use that opportunity cost traveling to areas that are cheaper than the rent I'm currently paying? I could visit Thailand for a month, spend a quarter of what I would in rent, and have a much better time there. The next month to Philippines and do the same. I bet with the amount I save in daily expenses, I would even out in ticket costs.

I'm getting older. My health is deteriorating. Fuck this. Life is short and is all about the swings you don't take.

You can totally travel round South East Asia on a very low budget. Its more fun if money is less of a concern though.

Also note that 3 months in Chiang Mai would cost me $2k. I could get drunk, hit on random girls at the pub, and probably have the greatest time of my life.

I won't lie, I would have considered doing that if I was younger

Iamdepressed posted...

Also note that 3 months in Chiang Mai would cost me $2k. I could get drunk, hit on random girls at the pub, and probably have the greatest time of my life.

If you want random girls to be into you for being a westerner, Vietnam is better. Not so much for HCMC but Hanoi, Dalat, Nh Trang, Hoi An, Hue, Sapa, etc.

Glob posted...

You can totally travel round South East Asia on a very low budget. Its more fun if money is less of a concern though.

I guess my biggest concern is the language barrier and the safety of traveling alone there. Do you think I should bring a travel companion equally on edge as myself or the experience is better done aloe?

Iamdepressed posted...

I guess my biggest concern is the language barrier and the safety of traveling alone there. Do you think I should bring a travel companion equally on edge as myself or the experience is better done aloe?

Pre-download the relevant language packs for the google translate app on your phone and its very unlikely that youll have any insurmountable language issues.

As far as safety, it really depends where youre going and what youre scared of. Getting physically attacked? most of South East Asia is pretty low risk for that. Vietnam especially so. Getting ripped off? Much more likely to happen, but you probably wouldnt even notice half the time when it happens.