After 33 Years Abroad One Expat Finally Picks His Favorite

Vagabond Awake โ€ข December 13, 2025
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Welcome to Vagabond Awake, the YouTube Channel for VagabondBuddha.com. I teach people the best places to retire cheap internationally. I have 1100 boots-on-the-ground videos and written reports of us touring the 80 best retire cheap destinations in the world and interviewing expats all over the world. My reports and videos will also help you create a life of continuous world travel for cheap as we show you our techniques to save money as we slow travel the world. I also teach how to create an online income that follows you all over the world. We upload at least 2 videos per week, typically on Saturday and Wednesday mornings, at 6:30 AM, Pacific Time. Please subscribe to my channel: http://www.youtube.com/c/VagabondAwake?sub_confirmation=1 Please also visit Qiang Hui's YouTube channel to see her lifestyle videos: Qiang Hui's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXq0ZRIyR3eX9OhTrNHisA Thank you, Dan of Vagabond Awake, the Youtube Channel for VagabondBuddha.com

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๐——๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ SAFETY ๐—˜-๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž (free): https://vagabondbuddha.com/safely-overseas/ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒโ˜†โ˜…โ˜† https://vagabondbuddha.com/ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฅoad Map to Freedom Overseas (Retire Overseas Course)โ˜†โ˜…โ˜† https://vagabondbuddha.com/courses/the-retire-overseas-course/ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ $$$ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€e https://vagabondbuddha.com/courses/the-hobby-income-course/ What kinds of risks are you taking if you move overseas? https://vagabondbuddha.com/our-liability-disclaimer-the-risk-is-on-you/ ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป ๐…๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐Ž๐– ๐๐ˆ๐€๐๐† ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ ๐‡๐Ž๐๐Ž ๐•๐„๐๐“๐”๐‘๐„๐’ - ๐๐ˆ๐€๐๐† ๐‡๐”๐ˆ ใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธ ๐Ÿ“น ๐™”๐™Š๐™๐™๐™๐˜ฝ๐™€ ๐˜พ๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™‰๐™€๐™‡: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmXq0ZRIyR3eX9OhTrNHisA ๐Ÿ“Œ ๐˜ฝ๐™‡๐™Š๐™‚ : https://hoboventures.com/ ๐Ÿคณ๐™„๐™‰๐™Ž๐™๐˜ผ๐™‚๐™๐˜ผ๐™ˆ : https://www.instagram.com/qianghui โ€ผ๏ธ๐‹๐ˆ๐€๐๐ˆ๐‹๐ˆ๐“๐˜ ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐‹๐€๐ˆ๐Œ๐„๐‘โ€ผ๏ธ: While we have done our best to share our gathered data with you, we are not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained using this information. All information is provided โ€œAS-IS,โ€ with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness, or for the results obtained using this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including, but not limited to warranties of performance, merchantability, and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will we be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information for any consequential, special or similar damages. Any reliance on the information is strictly at your own risk. Instead, you should consult with legal, medical, financial, tax, and/or other such appropriate professionals familiar with your unique and detailed factual situation before taking any actions. โ€ผ๏ธ๐‚๐Ž๐’๐“ ๐Ž๐… ๐‹๐ˆ๐•๐ˆ๐๐† ๐ƒ๐ˆ๐’๐‚๐‹๐€๐ˆ๐Œ๐„๐‘โ€ผ๏ธ: Our cost of living estimates include only the cheapest food, rent, and local transportation. It does not include medical insurance or any other expenses. Before moving here, you must do a temporary exploratory site visit in order to accurately calculate your personal cost of living here for all costs for your lifestyle and needs. Plus, make sure you have access to significant additional savings in case you face an emergency. ๊ง ๐•๐€๐†๐€๐๐Ž๐๐ƒ ๐€๐–๐€๐Š๐„ ๊ง‚ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐›๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐•๐š๐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ก๐š.๐œ๐จ๐ฆ โ˜†โ˜…โ˜† ๐…๐Ž๐‹๐‹๐Ž๐– ๐Œ๐„ โ˜†โ˜…โ˜† ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ โžช ๐•๐€๐†๐€๐๐Ž๐๐ƒ ๐๐”๐ƒ๐ƒ๐‡๐€ ใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธใ€ฐ๏ธ โ˜† ๐™๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™€๐˜ฝ๐™Š๐™Š๐™† ๐™‹๐˜ผ๐™‚๐™€ โ˜† : https://www.facebook.com/vagabondbuddha/ โ˜† ๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™๐˜ผ๐˜พ๐™ ๐˜ฟ๐˜ผ๐™‰ โ˜† : https://vagabondbuddha.com/contact/ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’Œ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’•๐’„๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐‘ซ๐’‚๐’ โœฉโ˜…โ˜† ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐™ƒ๐™€๐™ ๐™๐™๐™€๐™€ ๐™š๐˜ฝ๐™Š๐™Š๐™† ๐™„ (๐˜ผ๐™ˆ) ๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‹๐™‹๐™”โ˜†โ˜…โœฉ https://vagabondbuddha.com/i-am-happy/

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