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"How much does traveling cost?"

Cost of living(rent, utilities, data/wifi, groceries) is $500 USD per month for most countries, up to $1000 for most others.


"Health care and insurance?"

Health care and insurance abroad are both pennies on the US dollar for the highest quality of medical care


"What about visas?"

You usually don't need them; when necessary, visas are almost all entirely online: a fifteen minute e-form and nominal fee offset in your first day by the drastically lower cost of living abroad.


"How do you make money while abroad?"

Any job that nets you $500+ a month works. There are almost 2 billion English students globally right now, so native English speakers have lucked into a guaranteed job on or offline.


"What qualifications do I need as an English teacher?"

Some countries and schools require a TEFL certificate or prefer candidates with an associate's degree depending on the position, but if you want to teach English, all you need is to be a fluent English speaker.



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I like walking(and grabbing beer from the convenience stores on the way), so that's okay.

It was pretty great being at the yakitori and I spoke terrible Japanese with the waiters and at the end of the night they gave me a free t-shirt as a present that will become part of my wardrobe.

Uichi Yakitori in Imabari, Japan.

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There was this loudening warbly flappy whistling behind me and when I looked back, I realized the sound was now coming from above and then a flock of geese or ducks flew over me and kept going.

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Living abroad is a very attainable goal and comfortable lifestyle.

tldr is get a passport, get any remote job for 10-15 hours a week, move to one of the $500 countries, rest, recuperate, live.

Take it from there without financial pressure weighing you down; build up passive income, get access to better healthcare, great food, world wonders and innumerable other benefits.

If you are an English speaker, you have immediate access to thousands of teaching jobs that pay anywhere from $2000-10000 USD per month.

I’ve been traveling over a decade, helped people move before and am happy to provide advice and encouragement to anybody interested in traveling.

FAQs are in the community sidebar and feel free to ask any other questions about living abroad in the comments, messages, or this travel community.

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I also tried the shio ramen.

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I pretty much only ate pho in Vietnam and neverrr got tired of it.

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Haven't been to Chile myself yet, almost went last year but the world's too big to see everything I want.

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Europe $18, Africa $20, Asia $180

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I don't go to the housing crisis countries a lot, but I mean. Gyros? I'll pay an extra $100 a month to eat gyros every day.

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$646 per month, which is very inexpensive for Japan, especially during cherry blossom season.

Why not rent a place in Japan for under 8k a year?

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$6 per person. This is honestly some of the best hotpot meat I've ever had.

With the beer, this vies for my favorite hot pot buffet, which is incredible.

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SpoilerA simple truth about why people travel…!

People travel for two reasons:

  • They’re searching for something.
  • They’re running from something.

Which one are you? ✈️

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Bacoloadiat festival in Bacolod, Philippines

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Huge Chinese New Year celebration in Bacolod

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Seafood feast in Bacolod (crazypeople.online)
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Gina's seafood serves fresh tasty marlin, squid, crabs and crazy giant shrimp:

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Delicious!

I ate 5 and made myself stop, but I'll be back to test my limits soon enough.

This is the unique dish I've been looking for here.

Update: i grabbed a beer from the 7-eleven and i'm going back now. Guy went home but I'll be back in a few days for the Chinese New Year celebration.

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Travel Safety Index by country (www.travelsafe-abroad.com)
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For new destinations I am entirely unfamiliar with, I check their spot on this list before buying a ticket.

I find these comprehensive travel safety scores to be helpful indicators as to whether or not i should be looking up relevant travel advisories.

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I had a lot of fun singing

  1. Lump by PUSA
  2. Wine, Women and Song by Harvey Danger
  3. Genghis Khan by Miike Snow

My Chinese friend sang "My Heart Will Go On" beautifully and put us all to shaaaame.

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There is no pressure to be a good singer(trust me), you just have to want to sing a song.

Arnis is the actual Philippines national sport, and while I have not seen a single dojo yet, I have seen and heard people singing karaoke here day in and day out.

My set list from a couple days ago:

  1. Come Together by the ol' Beatles

  2. Shiny by Jemaine Clement from Moana

  3. Everybody by the Backstreet Boys

  4. Hmm...there was beer at this party.

  5. Well, whatever, I'm going back today.

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Tropics:

Europe:

Asia:

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Africa from $114, Europe from $121:

SEA from $139:

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The lines are "ba" and the dots are "tik", made by a piece of bamboo either dragged across or tapped into the wax between dyeing processes, as far as I understand.

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