Six hundred thousand baht. Eighteen months. And a 29-year-old American I never met.
A retired teacher thought he was building a future with Lek. Eighteen months and six hundred thousand baht later, he learned who he was really funding.
#Retirement in Thailand: Real Stories
#Retirement in Thailand: Real Stories
A retirement visa, a pension that stretches much further than at home, and a country that suddenly has to become a real, permanent address rather than a holiday destination. This page gathers the stories where retirement is the reason a foreigner is in Thailand in the first place — some who built something lasting, some who learned the hard way what an unplanned retirement can cost. Prior loneliness — widowhood, divorce, grown children who've moved on — shows up as the backdrop in most of these stories, more than the climate or cost of living.
Stories with #Retirement in Thailand: Real Stories
I came to Thailand for two weeks. That was two years ago and I am not going back.
A retired electrician went to Thailand for a two-week holiday. At a night market, a woman said something to him that changed his entire life forever.