Comments by "" (@asgaiyawaya3973) on "Nomad Capitalist"
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9 mins even though we were taught over the years the exact opposite, typically along the lines of there is no better country in the world, I have lived in Thailand for 6 years and really I never felt my freedoms restricted at all. As long as I respected the monarchy in that country and I didn't become a general nuisance then I was never even bothered by anyone really. Now I have experienced where I do have to watch what I say and do but that was whenever I had to go to Laos for a visa renewel but that was only because Laos is a communist country so it's going to be the exact opposite especially if you are a white foreigner then you are generally treated with suspicion. Thailand was very good to me I had a job the food was great and the people, my students especially, were awesome. I was treated mostly as a curiosity in most rural places rather than someone they didn't trust. Even the fact I was Christian was a curiosity for many of them since they were mostly Buddhist with a small, yet growing, Christian population. Many of the foreigners who come to thailand come for the beer and woman when they encountered me it wouldn't take them long to figure out I didn't come there for that and I was really just not that kind of foreigner. Point is living overseas isn't that difficult you just have to be willing to adapt and have a skill or acquire a skill that gives you a niche. For me it was teaching but I have met other foreigners who opened up restaurants, worked in international law, some have even been Private Investigators and travel agents. My best advice is where ever you choose to go make sure you know and understand everything there is to know from that country, find your niche to make a living, make sure you know and understand the laws of that country so you know the boundaries of course so you don't do anything stupid, and I can't stress this enough be adaptive. Sometimes keeping your mouth shut and just observing is the best way to adapt because it's the easiest way to figure out the norms and that will help you adapt to the culture. Well that's just my 2 cents if that's what you want to do. Only thing left to say is good luck.
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