im leaving for Cancun on Nov.14,for a few weeks,...hows the internet access there?

Have you looked at land prices on the Big Island? They're dirt cheap (the island's economy is dead and there's an abundance of space). No comparison to the other islands' prices at all. I'd look at land in the Puna district.

Cuba!

We can take over if you want? it should be fun.

I hear on Bali there's a bombastic atmosphere !!! :Graucho

Fuck I wish I had your worries, quiet ... :Oh crap

not funny :BangBang:

Anyone live in Naples, Fl ? I've been researching different florida locations a lot and it seems nice there. And lots of affordable apts, condos, etc.

Currently in San Diego and prices are way out of control. Plus the CA gov rapes you every step of the way with high state income tax, high sales tax, high dmv fees, high electricity, high gasoline.

Ive calculated that a similar style of living I have now in Florida would save me a solid 3,000+ a year.

Aren't you in Cambodia? :1orglaugh

Anyone that actually thought Im in cambodia probably has poor taste in movies.

How do you figure that?

Surely you cant go past Australia....the gold coast is a party city 24/7...like Florida I guess.......or Bondi Beach in city, rent an apartment there overlooking the beach.....SO many girls go topless in summer.... :thumbsup

I have a friend in Naples. Great place, warmer than if you go further north, very expensive, but not much night-life for us adult-biz types. Shit, I think avg. age is over 60 yrs old in Naples, so not many hot spots to go to.

I also have a condo between Ft. Myers and Tampa, which is great because it's only a little over an hour to Tampa, and 3 1/2 hours to Miami/Ft Lauderdale. Problem is, where our condo is, they fold up the streets at 8:00 PM, so I usually head up to Sarasota or Tampa. Never any need to go south to Ft. Myers or Naples, just not much action there.

You'll find living costs as you get north of Ft. Myers to be very reasonable.

:stoned

vik

Fortaleza, CE, Brazil

You can buy this house or similar for less than $100k:
http://www.nazaretorres.com.br/fotos/05/foto04.htm
click PROXIMA (next) to see more pics

You can have 256kbps ADSL/cable/satellite internet access.

Maybe this house:
http://www.nazaretorres.com.br/fotos/04/foto05.htm
I'm not sure about the price. There it says $280k in numbers, but $170k in words.

The average weather (the whole year) there is 29C (84F, I believe).
Since you make money in dollars, food/restaurants are pretty cheap. Well, everything except eletronics and computer rellated stuff is very cheap.

I live in Sao Paulo, but I'm planning to move to there next year. I just don't know how, since I don't have money, heh.
I'm searching for a flat to rent there, I wanna stay there in December/02 and January/03.
I've been there 10 or 11 times, but all for just one week (my GF lives there).

You can look where Fortaleza is here:
http://www.solartours.com/Destinatio...Brazil-MAP.htm

Not at ALL funny!
220 aussies dead and you are making jokes about it?

I bet you werent making jokes about 9/11...altho maybe someone as inconsiderate as you wouldve been. :321GFY

Its hot these days in Sao Paulo too, but the weather here sucks. Sometimes we have the 4 weather stations in just 1 day, pretty weird.

I hate when I'm the last one to post. :mad:

I just ate something like 8 (eight) kiwis, I'm stuffed.

Quiet wanna time share the place with me? :Graucho

DH

Why not go to where i am from, Leonidion Kynouria Greece you will find cheap housing by the sea, there are English speaking people and it both clean and quiet. Trust Manny you will love it after all it is for those reasons that Manny became a freak.By the way the chicks are incredibly HOT Look for Angela Filitsi 4 fot 8 100
pounds of hot fucking ass.

DragonKing just got a 3-4k square foot place on St. Croix for a very reasonable price. Satellite uplink from what I heard, either way he has high speed access. I have been to the island for a week, and my uncle has lived there for years. The place is such a paradise we picked oranges off the tree in the back yard of our cottage, and I ate some amazing fruit right off a bush in the backyard of a friend's house (no idea what they were).

The island is very 'native' meaning mostly black islanders, but they are all extremely nice, they have wonderful cuisine and culture. 15 miles across, you could ride a scooter and get around easily. Water is bath-warm year round, beaches completely untouched. Has minimal cruise ship traffic, unfortunately also has a large BP oil refinery on one side of the island, but it doesn't spill over (no pun intended) into anywhere else.

Oh, and they drive on the opposite side of the road. It's a US territory, but still a UK holdover I guess :)

C.

Low cost? This is quiet we are talking about...dude get a place in bermuda...good investment on top of the perks of living there...rent it out during the high season for 20K a week

Ive thought of the Greek islands a few times...i used to go there once a year..IOS...Naxos...I donnt think the net access is anywhere what you need for this biz...although it's been 5 years since ive been there

<img src=http://www.bestofsanclemente.com/fishermans/photobybert4.jpg border="1">

San Clemente.

:smokin

You lucky SOB. Best of luck getting a place :)

Quiet - one thing no-one mentioned about Australia is the exchange rate - 1 US dollar buys !.83 Australian.

Personally I'd stay away from Surfers Paradise though. Hervey Bay - a couple of hours north of Brisbane is the place - the fishing is fantastic - they have DSL and they have girls girls and even more girls - it has a big backpacker population so finding models should not be a problem :)

Mexico eh?

Check out Oaxaca they got nude beaches, so I hear.

:smokin

you haven't checked the rates in a while
it's currently 0.54 :Graucho

and yes SurfersParadise is not the place to live
there's "much" better places on the Gold Coast !

http://www.weballiance.com.br/ceara/...osingleses.jpg


Fortaleza:
http://www.weballiance.com.br/ceara/...a-panorama.htm
http://www.weballiance.com.br/ceara/...a-panorama.htm

I love this cultural center there:
http://www.weballiance.com.br/ceara/...r-panorama.htm

Some cities that are near:
http://www.weballiance.com.br/ceara/...-panorama1.htm
http://www.weballiance.com.br/ceara/...-panorama2.htm
http://www.weballiance.com.br/ceara/...apanorama1.htm

Who said Surfers was Quiet??

I just got an apartment at Airlie Beach....Beautiful!

http://www.airliebeach.com/airlieacc...n/welcome.html Quiet, if you want to check out the best place on earth, let me know, i will get you access to the apartment for a week.

I'm from Australia and the climate up north is exactly what you've described. However it might not be a smart move to do much if your a paysite owner until the Visa stuff works itself out I suppose.

Quiet's from Canada so he's in the same boat as the rest of us dirty foreign paysite owners :(

I expected you to say Mykonos....and don't deny that you've been there:winkwink:

Quiet, if you are interested... Merida, Mexico is amazing. It does get pretty damn hot, but you are so close to the coast. Check out some of the houses here if you want. They seem dirt cheap, and you could have a house like in the movies! :) Not to mention all of the temples you would be near (which i find more impresisve than nude beaches :winkwink: )

http://miguelsmexico.com/Merida.html

fuck - I usually like winter but as it dips beloe freezing here this year I'm thinking I'd maybe like to consider the idea of becoming a snowbird.

The Caymans are great... everything you are looking for except for the low cost of living. It's not terrible, but there are certainly cheaper places...

Shit you're not the only one from Vancouver that want s to get away from Nov-April :p

This place sucks in the winter - no snow, but it rains non stop (or its just gray)

Some people even get seasonal depression...

I have my eye on Hawaii for sure...
Mexico is the worst IMO - so much poverty etc.
Florida - is home to the worst drivers in the world (u think vancouverites are bad), and it is hot at as a mofo - plus it's either low class or upper high class there... mostly low class :p

5 months in Maui is exactly what I could use - then come back here in May when it gets nice again...

Just rent a condo.

In fact Oaxaca is 200+ kms from the beach ... are you talking about the communal swimming pool or what?

Warm air is not good for your lungs. And the sun is veyr bad for your skin. You can get cancer.

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I have been in many different places and currently reside in Spain
on the Costa Blanca.....I live close to some big tourist spots but
not in the tourist spots. This means within 15 minutes I can join
the madness if I want to.

I would however not recommend to live in one of the hotspots.
I live in a very quiet area close to typical spanish villages. The
cost for living in Spain is cheap. Tax regulation in Spain is just
great here......another reason to look in this area.

Housing/real estate is cheap....don't look on the internet though
any real estate agent that speaks any other language than
Spanish will rip you off.

You can manage here fine with english allthough a little Spanish
will help you a lot. If you want more specific info shoot me an
email < dynamite at adultmonkey dot com >

DynaMite :thumbsup

do australian chicks dig guys with american accent?

Airlie Beach is heaven!! That would be a good choice......

Or New Zealand, cheaper than Aus and stunning....... skiing one min beaches the next applies to NZ as well - and the best game fishing in the world

lol....

Webby is right..check out Costa Rica.

A photographer/videographer friend of mine (http://www.somagirls.com) actually lives on Koh Samui in Thailand a good deal of the year. He's got a little website with lots of pics. If they don't make your mouth water for the tropics, nothing will. Here's the link: http://www.onethaiplace.com/

Here's another link with more info on this island: http://www.kohsamui.org

No, the State of Oaxaca has many beaches...after all, it borders the Pacific Ocean. I've never been but I would love to go as it looks beautiful and I collect hand-made Oaxacan Wood Carvings. They are truly gorgeous.

Puerto Rico... they have the best shemales!

I concur, costa rica is the only place ive ever been that if someone asked me to leave to go there tonight, Id jump on the plane. It is very cheap and extremely beautiful. One of my friends built and owns www.junglehouse.com Real estate is cheap, the people are friendly, and the women are hot as hell... not to mention they love americans (canadians too) going there and how you are treated is comparable to cuba.

Costa Rica:GFYBand

damn. Costa Rica, Brazil and Airlie Beach (Australia) all sound pretty sweet.

i'd also really be into Hawaii (which i've been to before), but i'm wondering about full time ownership in the states as a Canadian. hmm... does anyone have more info on the Mariott Maui timeshares (cringe) - the one J.R. purchased?

owning is a pain in the ass if you're not gonna be there for most of the year