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Living in the area is very cheap compared to continental Europe and the US. You can get very nice sea side house for 200-300k Euros, if you chose not to live by the sea, prices drops of a cliff, you can get a house for 10k Euros, a nice 200 square meter house
you mean 100k ofcourse :)
That is 60k (just randomly checking places up north).
Trivandrum, India is a good place. It is a seaside city and has it's share of jungles and small hillocks. Besides monthly libing comes to about $30. It has a 'technopark' which is essentially offices cut into a jungle. I study here. For reference http://technopark.org/
(Source: Born in Tvm, studied there till undergrad, friends and family there)
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you mean 100k ofcourse :)
[url-redacted] That is 60k (just randomly checking places up north).
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Krabi, Thailand. Avoid Phuket or Ao Nang, Krabi town is a bit off to the side but extremely peaceful and rural and tons of nature and unguided exploration to be had nearby. Also outer Taiwan, Jeju Island (S.Korea), Okinawa, Fukuoka (Japan). Parts of south India might be tempting, but the quality of internet can be very frustrating and can offset the quality of the nature. source: all places I've passed through or by…
Trivandrum, India is a good place. It is a seaside city and has it's share of jungles and small hillocks. Besides monthly libing comes to about $30. It has a 'technopark' which is essentially offices cut into a jungle. I study here. For reference http://technopark.org/
Stoked to see Trivandrum on the list, but you are way off the mark (by~10-15x) re: cost of living, arent you? Technopark has decent infrastructure but attracts mostly BPO/IT Services. Kazhakkoottam/Sreekaryam are rapidly getting gentrified too :( (Source: Born in Tvm, studied there till undergrad, friends and family there)
The [place-redacted], I'm biased since I live here, but the place have for [number-redacted] years never ceased to amaze me with its nature and people. The name comes from the fact that the land rises about 10 mm out of the sea each year, this is because of the pressure of the ice during the last ice age [url-redacted] [url-redacted] PS. The internet connection is very good, I have currently 100/100 fiber connection…
The [place-redacted], I'm biased since I live here, but the place have for [number-redacted] years never ceased to amaze me with its nature and people. The name comes from the fact that the land rises about 10 mm out of the sea each year, this is because of the pressure of the ice during the last ice age [url-redacted] [url-redacted] PS. The internet connection is very good, I have currently 100/100 fiber connection…
How bad are winters there?
Krabi, Thailand. Avoid Phuket or Ao Nang, Krabi town is a bit off to the side but extremely peaceful and rural and tons of nature and unguided exploration to be had nearby. Also outer Taiwan, Jeju Island (S.Korea), Okinawa, Fukuoka (Japan). Parts of south India might be tempting, but the quality of internet can be very frustrating and can offset the quality of the nature. source: all places I've passed through or by…
Sounds interesting! I was considering Taiwan recently. How is the infrastructure/livability/internet in those regions you mention? Any places you can be specific about?
Rural Taiwan is especially nice because you're just a high speed rail ride away from Taipei, most likely. The others would probably involve a cheap and very short flight to the nearest metropolis, in case you miss the city life.
Okinawa can feel a bit touristy, but you can get away from it if you do some groundwork.
I spent a month out of an airbnb in Krabi town. Lived for about $200/mo, spending weekends doing touristy things and eating out most of the time. I got familiar with just about every shopkeep and restaurant owner in the hood. Random streams and gardens to hang around in and pass time and ponder the universe. I enjoyed it, and miss it sometimes, but the place helped me discover that personally I am a city-junkie and needed to get out of there.