Quote: (06-22-2013 05:24 AM)youngmobileglobal Wrote:
Thailand (Chiang Mai) – a known heaven for e-entrepreneurs. Affordable, cultural, and exotic.
Chiang Mai highly recommended. Yes, it's a popular remote working destination, but it's not hard to avoid the foreigners there at all - just stay away from foreigner-dominated neighborhood. Simple. As always, most foreigners tend to congregate together and lose a lot of their sense of adventure abroad. I went out every night with my Thai buddies to nice places and rarely bumped into a foreigner unless I hopped on my bike and headed to the center. And there were none living in my neighborhood.
All that said, I present Chiang Rai as a great alternative to Chiang Mai. It's got a lot of the same feel, but it's more like Chiang Mai 10 - 15 years ago. Smaller and quieter, but good infrastructure, cheap, prices, cool weather, and a lot of the same overall vibe as Chiang Mai. Less air-pollution, I believe (double-check this as I'm not updated on the smoke problems in the north).
A very comfortable place to get some work done with less distraction.
On top of that, if you discuss it a little further, many Thais say the most beautiful women in Thailand come actually not from Chiang Mai but from Chiang Rai (or nearby Phayao if you want to go deeper into the jungle, but that city is a bit too small for most forum members).
If you like white-skinned Thai girls, this is the region to be in.
Quote: (06-23-2013 02:07 PM)InternetMarketer Wrote:
VP, one of my close friends visited India and took a bunch of photos on his trip. He showed me them...I was in shock. The dead bodies in their water + their disgusting hygiene. He even told me that one of his friends passed out drunk on a beach and woke up with a bunch of dudes doing a jerk circle around him. I thought he was bullshitting, but he isn't the type of person that makes up things like this. Im sure the country is beautiful in some places, but I don't plan on visiting India either.
India is a huge and extremely diverse country. While I haven't been there, I'd say doing a little research ahead of time could help you avoid places and situations like this.
Quote: (06-23-2013 07:18 PM)iknowexactly Wrote:
2) Consider Sacramento. Very nice city with good culture, girls are less snobby than SF, and nice, pre-war studios can be had for 800-900 on Craigslist and there aren't armies of yuppies fighting for them.
Also, it's a very comfortable 90 minute Amtrak ride to SF downtown, one timed change to an Amtrak bus ( one ticket purchase does it, no second ticket purchase) There's outlets on the train, and slow internet.
Also nearby Davis. University town with fresh air and plenty of young chicks. Don't have to go far to Sac-town. Boggled my mind how many Asians go to school there.
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