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Books about Asia
Asia offers a myriad of stories and insights that are beautifully captured in literature. For those contemplating retirement in this vibrant ...
Koh Samui
Thailand has some of the best beaches and resorts in Asia. Samui, the south Thailand vacation island of Koh Samui is a premier ...
Expat Health Insurance in Asia
In most Asian countries, unsurprisingly there is a general lack of western standard facilities for healthcare. Notable exceptions are Thailand and Singapore which both have world-class medical and surgical ...
Foreign Business Ownership in Thailand
Retire-Asia focuses mainly on information and advice from experience for ordinary foreign long term residents or those semi- or fully retired ...
East vs West Culture Change
Retiring in Asia presents a fascinating journey through diverse cultures, lifestyles, and traditions. The East vs West culture change is a ...
Singapore
There’s much to be said in favour of visiting Singapore, the tropical (in fact equatorial as it’s less than 100 miles north ...
Starting a Business in Asia
“Like a lamb led to the slaughter” sounds a bit over the top, but it might spark your interest. It’s a ...
Bali, Indonesia
Sometimes thought of as a small or even tiny island, possibly to give the idea of an almost deserted tropical island ...
Cambodia
The Kingdom of Cambodia, formerly part of French Indochina (together with Laos and Vietnam), is one of the smaller countries in South ...
Laos Silk
Silk and cotton weaving by hand is an age-old tradition in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, known also as Laos, the Lao PDR or to anyone living ...
Weather in Asia
Southeast Asia is a tropical sub-region of Asia, with an area of some 4.5 million square kilometres (1.6 million square miles) straddling the Equator (0° Latitude) between the Tropic of ...
Vietnam
Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia’s largest countries, its 330,000 km2 (128,000 sq mi) area exceeded only by Indonesia, Myanmar (Burma) and ...
The Philippines
If you haven’t done so, visit our introduction to the Philippines page. Available publications: Retire in the Philippines. The islands are ...
Laos Food & Drink
Vientiane has a great variety of food on offer. Local stalls sell barbecued pork, chicken and duck, sometimes goat, beef (or ...
Laos Internet
Although Lao PDR Internet services improved after 2010, by 2024 they still suffer from bandwidth limitations and congestion – as in ...
Laos Banks: All Banks Listed
Main banks in Laos in the capital Vientiane and cities and towns in all provinces have international ATMs accepting PLUS and ...
Visa Free Asian Countries for US Passport Holders
By 2024 there are nearly 300 nations, countries, territories and political authorities around the globe. A number of them require some ...
Laos Nightlife
Even by 2024, there are not that many social activities in Vientiane that either Lao or foreigners can indulge in, besides ...
