New: expatAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-183959hive-180932steemhive-185836uncommonlabphotographyhive-166405bitcoinhive-183397hive-145157hive-144064hive-150122hive-188619hive-109690lifehive-139150hive-101145hive-124908hive-113376krsuccesshive-193186TrendingNewHotLikersgooddream (82)in life • 28 days agoLet's talk about the kind of people that really shouldn't live in SE Asia... Part 3I have lived more of my adult life outside of my home country than in it. I have lived nearly the past 2 decades in South East Asia and for the most part it has been a wonderful ride. I really…gooddream (82)in travel • last monthLet's talk about the kind of people that really shouldn't live in SE Asia... Part 2I write this not as a criticism of people who fail at living overseas... shit happens, I get that. However, with nearly 20 years of experience living overseas I have seen a ton of people fail in…gabe.radke (76)in life • 2 months ago"Lovely" Da Nang is starting to wear at me with its "same-ness"I do my fair share of bitching about this city that I have called home for around 6 years but this isn't just some jaded opinion of someone that likes to complain about things. This city really…trip-hop (74)in travel • 2 months agoMexico has become dramatically more expensive in the past 5 yearsI have heard that this has a lot to do with Mexico's economy being directly tied to their much richer neighbors to the north and that very well be the case. I'm not going to dig into it because…jack.russelle (76)in life • 3 months agoBroke people riding the Thai visa kind of ruin it for the rest of usOne of the things that people like me, members of the expat community here in Thailand will constantly complain about is that the visa rules keep changing and sometimes it can be very difficult to…gooddream (82)in expat • 3 months agoThings that local restaurants almost always get wrong in VietnamI don't think I have ever written about it but one of the many things that I have done for work since moving to Asia nearly 20 years ago is that at one point in time I owned 2 restaurants. These…jack.russelle (76)in thailand • 5 months agoLet's talk about "Thai Time"If you live here for a certain amount of time someone at some point is going to start talking about "Thai Time" and you can't really understand until you have been exposed to it for a while. For a…jack.russelle (76)in retirement • 5 months agoRetiring in Thailand getting to be more difficult for many nationalitiesA lot of the population here in Thailand that are expats are retirees. They normally had normal jobs in their lives where they were definitely not wealthy, but because they paid into a pension…gooddream (82)in expat • 6 months agoThailand vs. Vietnam, traffic and roads competition part 2As I mentioned in part 1 of this setup, I have lived in Vietnam long enough now that I feel as though I have a good enough grasp on certain aspects of society to have an overall opinion about which…gooddream (82)in food • 6 months agoThe pursuit of a decent eggs benedict continues in Da NangMany of my friends accuse me of being a fool for even attempting to find western delicacies in this medium-sized city in Vietnam. I kind of agree with them especially since all of the places…gabe.radke (76)in travel • 7 months agoThe best information I have about Vietnam tourist visas as of right nowThings are changing a lot in Vietnam as far as visas are concerned. I'm not talking about visas for people that want to come and visit here for a few days and then leave to not return for a long…denmarkguy (76)in hive-185836 • 7 months agoReflecting on Memories of Growing up Far Far From Home!As I have probably mentioned on occasion, I had an "unusual" childhood. When I say unusual, what I mean is we were constantly traveling and moving even though we were not attached to the…gabe.radke (76)in vietnam • 7 months agoThere's some talk about 6 and 12 month visas coming to VietnamThis is just a rumor at this point and not really much of a news story since these sorts of rumors happen all the time. However, this time the rumor extends beyond a social media post and was…jack.russelle (76)in thailand • 7 months agoI don't understand people not wearing helmets on scooters in ThailandThis topic comes up frequently at a place that I hang out at a couple of times a week. Since most of the people that come there arrive by scooter we often see people that pull up without a helmet…sponge-bob (71)in story • 7 months agoTwenty Five Years without seeing a Doctor ⛩️... of the Pepper kind that is. I finally found one! Last week, I wanted to take a drive and my son went with me. "Where do you want to go?" I asked him. He didn't know but we headed off down…gooddream (82)in vietnam • 7 months agoTypes of Expats in Vietnam: The in-and-outersI have no idea how many long-term expats there are in Vietnam but I know the number is a big one. While we likely constitute less than 1% of the overall population it seems like everywhere I go…hassane123 (17)in taxresidency • 8 months agoUAE's Tax Residency Law: What Expats Need to Know About Recent ChangesThe new tax residency rules in the UAE represent a positive step towards transparency and compliance with international standards. Expatriates can navigate these regulations with a clearer…gabe.radke (76)in life • 8 months agoMy first experience with a Vietnamese ambulance teamThe good news is that the ambulance was not for me. I just happened to be at a friend's place when his extremely pregnant wife started to go into labor. She was fine and is fine now, so there is…gabe.radke (76)in vietnam • 8 months agoVietnam changes tourist visa policy AGAIN! Urgh!You know the old saying "if it isn't broken, don't try to fix it?" Well apparently Vietnamese Immigration doesn't know about this statement because in the past 2 years or so they have been…gabe.radke (76)in vietnam • 9 months agoLong term visa option for Vietnam. It's expensive, but it is legitimateThere has been a lot of talk here in Vietnam lately about how the visa rules keep changing and people who live here on tourist visas seem to be getting rather arbitrarily denied a visa. Most of the…