Hello, my name is John Arnold and with my travel and expat experience I can help you get the information you need! The purpose of this website is to provide information about traveling or moreover, retiring outside your current country of residence. I have set out on a mission to find the Best Place to Retire. This site is full of useful information about retirement and travel to beautiful and interesting places. What most of us have in common is a sense of wonderment with the possibilities in our lives and this website will help you implement those daydreams into reality. Actually [Read More]
A closer look at San Miguel de Allende
Meanwhile, back in San Miguel de Allende, the sun is shining and the days are beautifully filled with a festive tone most (all?) of the time. Yes. San Miguel de Allende. If you’re keeping up with my blog, you might remember that I had given up on San Miguel. Turns out I was wrong to do so. What is the most important thing to you right at this moment? OK, not including your coffee if it’s only 8 am. Your family right? Or your friends. Since I am a traveller, explorer, digital nomad and expat then my friends are the [Read More]
Places I have lived or travelled to
Places I have lived: England: Birmingham (my birthplace), Plymouth and Tavistock Australia: Sydney and Parramatta. USA: Santa Monica, Inglewood, Laguna Beach, Lake Forest CA, Corona del Mar, Santa Barbara, Garden Grove CA, Huntington Beach, Raleigh, Chelmsford MA, Moltonbourough NH, Westchester OH, Batesville IN, Alexandria LA, Dunedin FL, Oro Valley AZ and Victor NY. Thailand: Chiang Mai Places travelled to: Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia (Yugoslavia), Greece, Monaco, Italy, Jamaica, US Virgin Islands, Hawaii, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Badlands, Sedona, Ecuador, Canada, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Martinique,
Living in Chiang Mai. It’s not all roses!
I think we all can talk ourselves into just about anything. Right? Even though we KNOW that there are few red flags, we can still talk ourselves into believing that our choice is an excellent one. So if you move to another country, would you force yourself to stay even though you it’s not what you thought the place would be like? Would you stay just to be stubborn or not lose face? Hold on! In this case, I am speaking about my choice to live in this city, here in LOS (Land Of Smiles) – Thailand! Since I had [Read More]
Chiang Mai and my cost of living in Thailand
There are few people that can ignore how much the cost of living will be in Thailand , Mexico, Spain or wherever their idea of paradise is. When I left Tucson Arizona, in January 2013, for greener and cheaper pasture I was also a little apprehensive. I was hoping that my choice of Mexico was indeed a good choice. In an earlier article, I cited that one of my reasons for leaving San Miguel de Allende, Mexico was the huge increase in the cost of living there. Ecuador was going to be my next country to enjoy, however the [Read More]
