Bankrolling Five-Star Travel From Cambodia
When it comes to expat living, many U.S. retirees naturally lean toward Latin America. Not Michael Wells. For the 64-year-old Californian, the Far East has always fascinated him.
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Healthy Living at a Low Cost in Sihanoukville, Cambodia
“What I really dig about my life now is that I am no longer stuck in a crowded and expensive city. I can enjoy retirement hanging out at the beach, with all the worries of overpriced healthcare far behind me,” says expat Roger Carter of his new life in Cambodia.
Retire on $1,000 a Month in Colonial Cambodia
San Diego-native Tom Richter, 57, was already living in paradise when he decided to move to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A corporate sales executive, he’d decided that moving to Central America was his best option for an early and affordable retirement. So he’d moved to a house in the Costa Rican countryside, where he could enjoy retirement on a Social Security pension.
“In Phnom Penh, I Can Afford the Good Life Again”
Once famed as the “Pearl of Asia,” the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, has lots to offer expats. You’ll find a stunningly low cost of living, bustling markets, and a thriving food scene, set to a backdrop of colonial French architecture and Buddhist temples. It was Phnom Penh’s beauty and its people’s warmth that inspired expat John Grady, 65, to start taking photos here. And it is through photography that he now supplements his retirement income.