Ask HN: What would you do with 6 months?

Post by guy_c » Fri, Apr 07, 2017, 3:26 AM UTC

rootsudo wrote: post #30

guy_c wrote: post #25

If you've never travelled then I'd stick your apartment on airbnb, get a friend to manage it while you are away on travels. Give them a one-third cut of the income for their troubles. Assuming you are from the US, find a cheap return flight to any major Asian hub (Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Hong Kong, ...). Don't bother with around the world ticket. You can fly to many other Asian countries once you are there…

I'm doing this now, but somehow have stopped and fell in love with the Philippines. HK, is expensive. Tokyo, is not, but I suggest doing a sharehouse, do not do an apartment. Serviced share house should be $350/month in Tokyo. You don't have to commute so who cares where, right? Manila/Philippines, cheap enough condo to rent a month for about $400. Also, meetup.com and language school. I love Japanese, and need to co…