Travel

Commenter Alex recently chimed in about Southeast Asia on this post… Here’s the comment: I live in Bangkok. It is a misconception that is it a cheap place. It`s more expensive then most EE capitals (I`m from Bucharest btw) if you want to have a decent life here. Ex.: – a decent condo w/ view […]

On my recent trip to Thailand, there was this nagging feeling that I had throughout the trip through both Bangkok and Phuket… Which is, even if I had 10, 25, maybe even 50 million dollars in my bank account, my life wouldn’t be that much “better”. Confused? Let me explain. Simply put, no matter how […]

Recently got this ‘ol question… Hi, I just stumbled across your website and I’m confused by a few things and wondered if you could answer a couple of questions if that’s possible. I dont dispute any of the numbers you have put up here as you’re on the ground and so will know these things. […]

I’m slowly, slowly, slowly, but surely! getting close to finalizing a purchase for two apartments here in Ukraine. I tell you, it has been a long road… Between the language, vetting a new construction builder, the language, contracts, lawyers, the language, plus the fact that it is Eastern Europe, it’s been a very long road. […]

A lot of people just don’t value their time – are you one? Interesting comment came in today on one of my own niche sites… It’s worth sharing, even though it’s about learning languages, simply because it goes to show that a lot of people just don’t value what little precious time they have on […]