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This is Dan of Vagabond awake D from hob Venture and today I’d like to do three things on this video number one is talk about get your advice about what courses to add to Vagabond Buddha next got a couple courses in mind but I’m open to
Your ideas about that um second thing is talk about changes in the membership starting next year the membership sale right now uh going is going forward as it is but we might make some changes I want some input on that and then third CH and I will talk about where we’re
Planning on traveling in 2024 and we want your feedback for that we’d be interested in uh hearing where you think we should cover along the if you will Eastern Europe from like Georgia through turkey all the way up to Estonia yeah come way to experience those that you
Have to wearing long sleeve where yeah so um I’ll start and then chungo come in at the end when we’re talking about um what the travel plans are to get your feedback Okay so vabon Buddha membership includes uh courses the first course is called the retire overseas course which
Is a seven-week course that teaches you everything or everything I think you need to know to retire overseas um it takes you from sitting on your couch at home to the second year uh of living overseas and um gotten great feedback on that course everything’s fine with it um
Another course I have is called The Hobby income course some people will say Dan I need to make some more money before I move overseas and so I started that I built that course so that course is going well everything’s fine with that too so there’s uh two two courses
I’m having in mind right now for those of you that have watched recently um uh and and even before even like three years ago I started talking about how there’s so many reports up there now of cities around the world that are the best to retire in that at some point it
Would be hard to me to keep all of those reports updated and so I’ll one of the courses I’m thinking about putting on I’m calling it an ambassador course that word doesn’t really mean anything per se other than it would be people that um either that are specializing in something maybe they
They live in a city uh somewhere in the world and they want to um do a retired sheap report on that city um and uh others might be for slow Travelers that are slow traveling on the world and they want to share what they learn about slow traveling other things could be
Uh like if somebody’s a Visa agent in a country and they want to come on and keep things updated or they have health insurance or just any number of things that people are concerned about um they could be uh uh someone who comes on the channel periodically and shares things
Uh with uh with my audience uh and also they may they may also be a resource we might someday set up a a web page that just lists who all these people are and what information they have and then the um then the the uh our listeners or
Subscribers would be able to click those links and set up a call with these specialists in different areas um so that’s what the idea of as Ambassador course is the second course um is some some people when they’re trying to Envision for the hobby income course the
First part of the course teaches you about um how to pick your Niche um and that’s probably been The Stumbling box for people people just think well I I can’t do travel I haven’t traveled I can’t talk about making money online I’m not making money online well those are
Actually two bad choices um your KNE should be um something that you’ve experienced in life and that uh hopefully that that you have existing knowledge now and it could be just about anything you can imagine uh anything you’ll see on the internet can become a niche can become a membership site and
So that so this the second idea would be how to design an online business uh which would include picking your Niche and getting started uh with your with your first few videos and then the second part of that would be uh the hobby income course uh that you could
That you could take um now the uh right now the way the lifetime membership works is you pay the onetime lifetime membership fee it’s 999 and then finally um there might be some live courses um the course the the retire overse retire overseas course was a course I made one time and it’s
Available to anybody um and it explains what the what all the issues are from living in your home country to living overseas that you have to get through um that I’m you know uh that are in that course and that so that’s that’s a a course I made it’s a video it’s seven
Videos we watch and it tells you where to get information and all the reports uh once you need to get down into detail on each each issue um and but I might I might eventually start doing a live live trainings or a master class of some kind
With smaller groups of people um and those will probably cost more those won’t be included in the lifetime they might cost more but they’ll also include all the other stuff um uh I don’t I haven’t really decided anything about this but for example if there were like
A master class of some kind uh and it was uh $200 or $300 um then uh you would pay that once and you would you would have that um it would be kind of like a lifetime membership because it would include all the other courses and ebooks but then
There would be an annual fee like uh going forward so so the same kind of Fe 20 30 bucks whatever it costs to keep the technology online and that’s pretty much what I wanted to share with you so if you could do me a favorite what course would you be interested in would
You be more interested in the Ambassador course thinking about U maybe making a little bit of money for yourself in retirement um any of those Specialties or would you be more interested in how to design an online business um including Niche Discovery uh that might
Only be a a five or six week course but um but it would help you get over that hump that some people experience when they’re trying to decide what what subject matter they’re going to be sharing online so those are be the two or if you have a course in mind you’d
Like me to develop uh feel free to leave all any three of those things in the comments below or any other ideas you have about how to make the business better it’s my always my goal just to make things better and easier for you guys and now it’s time to talk about um
What Chung and I have planned in terms of travel this year so we can get your feedback it’s a joy to have you here ch so so we uh so our tentative plans right now we want to First we’re first already we had the flights book we’re going to
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka so if you have ideas about what we should see in Sri Lanka we’d love it neither one of us have been there yet so that’s important any ideas you have about that we’d love it and then we go to tury yeah and so we’ve
Both been to Turkey I’ve been there I think three or four times already um but we’re open to your ideas about where to to go in Turkey I’ve been to antalia and to Istanbul I’ve been to uh isir and I been to Capia I’ve been
To K kusadasi I don’t know I’ve been to a place around the course you know but I can’t remember but those is the um tourist place a pamal you know those is tourist place right there are there’s a lot of uh westerners that retire in Eastern Europe including turkey and a
Country like Georgia uh Bulgaria Romania lithu Lithuania Estonia Poland because it’s a lower cost of living and it’s they’re quite Charming City centers um most of them are well preserved even during the wars they one and two they were not destroyed or ruined so they’re quite Charming I’ve been all through
That area but it was before I started uh vabon Buddha and or this YouTube channel vabon awake and so we’d be interested in hearing where you think we should cover along the if you will Eastern Europe from like Georgia through turkey all the way up to Estonia yeah I come way to
Experience do that you have to wearing long sleeve where yeah long sleeve yeah currently right now we in Vietnam and the temperature right now is oh today is 73 C uh 73 far High that’s right yeah and it warmed up it was as low as 66 yeah 66 Fen last night when it
Was raining and very cold wow and the wind very strong wind also very strong very cold and we’ve actually been loving it I mean because we’ve been in hot weather now for we’ve been in Asia this trip for seems like a year and a half or something yeah about that two year maybe
Two years yeah and so it’s been hot hot hot warm warm hot warm hot warm and Su it’s well it’s probably not cold to you but it feels like cold to us yeah but we’ve both been in in cold weather so we know what cold is yeah so
It’s also is a warming up exercise for me that next year we’re going into the cold weather country yeah hopefully not too cold we we’re going to Sri Lanka first because turkey’s too cold in we go in March is it March uh we’re going march on Sri Lanka so we will be in
Turkey on April right so the weather will be like right now it’s about 66 fit something like that in the daytime right in the night time is lower so so it’ll and it’ll warm up as summer comes through of course be quite hot in Eastern Europe so yeah so that’s uh
That’s our travel plans and then towards the end of the year when it starts to get cold again we’re going to jump on a a flight as you know we try to travel on the ground because you see more of the environment you get to know a country
Better trains buses um but we do have to fly sometimes like when we leave Eastern Europe we’re going to be flying to South America we’ll be going there yes we’re planning to visit um Argentina Chile uh I think arug Bia we haven’t been there yet yeah
Yeah we was travel last time is from Mexico down to only in Peru and then it’s two Co and then we have to fly back to Mexico you know so we’ve been in Peru Colombia um Ecuador Panama Doman Papi uh Guatemala Nicaragua and we have all these cost of leaving report in those
Country yeah there’s reports on all of these places at vagabond.com that’s part of the membership I’m talking about yeah Power members so where do you want us to go in South America leave that below um where do you want us to go in Eastern Europe um we’ll we’ll study the places
You recommend like we did that’s how we decided where to go and most every country we’ve been to is from your comments and you know your thoughts and ideas so that’s what uh that’s what we’re up to we want your advice yeah yes and what’s this about right here right here
Have happy New Year happy New Year and see you next year okay we’ll see you next year yeah thanks so much Happy New Year see you next year
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Wish you Happy Travels & Happy New Year. Future suggestions from my side but that would be for 2025 as you have already booked everything for 2024 would be Fiji and Laos. Both have my specific interest, being living in Thailand. What would it be like to live and stay there say for 6 months. Fiji has easy visa arrangements and is beautiful. Being European, I would also suggest for you to explore Portugal more including Azores and Madeira. Plan to move there part-time in the near future. As an EU citizen it is easy for me to settle and can work online based on your hobby course concept.
Check out Saipan and tell us what you think. It's like a mini Hawaii, without tourists, they speak English, use the dollar, you can get health insurance etc. If you go, tell us what you think about cost of living, compared to Thailand and Malaysia.
Looking forward to Ceylon, went as a child, missed going back bc covid shutdowns Checkout coconut curry, gemstones, southern beaches, motorbike rental? malls? international food? expat community?
Turkey, Middle east I have no interest.
Montenegro, Romania, Transylvania. Tell us about the gypsies. I don't know why but someday I have to go to Trieste, a crossroads city.
Argentina in South America, interested, too bad you are arriving in winter!
Income suggestion for you and a service for viewers: I don't know why there is nobody offering personal consultations for prospective expats. The decision to move to a foreign country is complicated. General videos can never answer all of one's questions. Experts could offer 1:1 consultations (and referrals) by phone or Facetime at some rate.
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Happy New Year to you both. I look forward to watching your travels in the coming year
Happy new year. I want to set the record straight. I did my undergrad at the University of Indiana. I wanted to do further education at Notre Dame but I couldnโt afford it. They wanted $60,000 US per year. So I talked to the Navy recruiting office and they agreed to pay my university costs at Notre Dame if I gave the Navy 4 years. So at the U.S. Navyโs expense, I completed my Masters and PHD at Notre Dame. I then entered the Navy and completed 4 years service. In the Navy, I worked in the area of hospital health care administration. I was 30 when I left the Navy and walked straight into a hospital CEO job in Chicago. From there I spent 25 years working as a hospital CEO and President in places like India, Hong Kong, Bangkok (2 different stints over 6 years), Manila (2 years) and Phnom Penh. I finished up my career in Dubai and retired from there in September 2022 (my Filipino girlfriend Sheila is still there as she works as a police officer there and has done so for 6 years). My next hospital posting after Chicago was in 2008 to a hospital in Cambodia. I was offered Jersey City and Cambodia. When I arrived in Cambodia in 2008, there was only 4 paved roads. Somehow in the late 1990โs, I also first visited Cambodia. At that time there were only 2 paved roads. I spent one year there then. Also, somehow despite being in Cambodia, I still managed in the 6 years up to 2010 to work as hospital CEO and President at a hospital in Bangkok (before transferring to Hua Hin). I earned $500,000 US for this and my apartment was 1,200 square feet and only cost $300 which my employer paid for. I get confused about this but the hospital had between 16,000 and 100,000 employees. Between 2008 and 2010, there was political unrest between the redshirts and the yellowshirts. Supporters of the military blocked access to the hospital and demanded money from people trying to enter the hospital. I arranged that over $1,000,000 was paid to allow people to enter the hospital. Then a reporter from the Bangkok Post came to see me. I expressed my frustrations to them. Then the next day, I was featured in a front page article in the Bangkok Post. As a result of this I was arrested and taken to jail. I had never had so much as a parking ticket before this. I was initially put into a cell with about 40 others. I still donโt mind pooping in a bucket because of this experience. I was then put in a cell with a notorious Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout (even though I know him personally, I pronounce his name as โbowtโ when everyone else, including him, pronounces it โbootโ). Vicktor is known as the Merchant of Death. I spent 21 or 22 days total in the Thai prison and in that time I went from weighing 240 pounds to 182 pounds. I wouldnโt have minded the diet of rice and cucumber soup but I hate cucumbers. The US Government then arranged my release and a one-day visa for Cambodia. After travelling from Survarnabhumi to Phnom Penh, I returned to the US where the first thing I did was eat some Taco Bell. The Thai government blacklisted me from visiting Thailand but this was lifted after several years and I have returned several times since. After my Taco Bell, I didnโt stay long in the US as I had a hospital CEO placement at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong. I was in Hong Kong from 2010 to 2012. I had a car there but could only drive it to work on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays due to the vehicle having red registration plates. I had to catch public transport the other days. Parking fees were more per month than my condo cost me when I lived in Dumaguete. I get a bit confused but when I lived in Hong Kong, I either had a 250 square foot, 1 bedroom apartment which cost $4,000 US per month or a 376 square foot, 1 bedroom apartment which cost $3,000 per month. During the 2012 to 2022 year period, I worked in the other places I have earlier mentioned. I also visited mainland China on and off for 6 years. In 2021, I spent 9 months in Cambodia, 2 in Phnom Penh and 7 in Siem Reap. I bought a Honda CRV when I was there which I had to get the windows tinted to the darkest tint as I kept getting targeted in a made up offence scam by the corrupt Cambodian Police. My fluent Khmer was of no use when trying to get out of paying the police fines. I only lost a few hundred bucks when I sold that Honda. I still have a car stashed away in Dumaguete which I will have to deal with upon my return to the Philippines. That will be after the college football season. I think the Crimson Tide are back and a sure thing.
No money for membership Dan, I made a donation to the human fund in the name of Dan and Qiang in celebration of Festivus LOL
I lived in Turkey for 7 years. For me, must see locations from East to West are Ani (near Kars), Sumela Monastery (near Trabzon), Cappadocia (near Nevsehir), Antalya, Istanbul, Efes. The country is much more conservative in the East than it is in the West. The easiest places for Expats to slow travel in Turkey would be Cappadocia, Istanbul, Antalya, and anywhere along the Southeast coast between Antalya and Izmir.
I'm looking forward to checking out some live courses.
I love whart you do but I don't subscribe to anything,that's why I'm able to travel around the world
Yay. Got a membership finally. ๐
Hey Dan honestly I find your most differentiated content to be the great detail you put into your guides. Identifying locations, airbnb hosts, poor man tours, must do activities, hot restaurants, etc. . As impressive as your online business is youโre competing against a bunch of online business experts and nonsense gurus. But in the travel guide game, youโre unparalleled. Looking forward to hearing about Turkey and Sri Lanka! I would love to see you and Chang in Slovenia and in smaller Turkish towns. Maybe Croatia too!
New Zealand and Turkey.
Time to get a job
Between Sri Lanka and Turkey why donโt stop off in Goa, India. Maybe theyโre hidden places in India I donโt know about.
I like the ambassador idea. I am about to begin the function of becoming a slow tourist and because I am already 65 and I use a walker to get around, I will be mindful to find info and share what it's like for a disabled person to enjoy the transition to retiring in Thailand or Bali. Those two places seem most interesting to me. Philippines may also be included.
I have no interest in permafrost countries, such as Baltic Republics ๐
Maybe warm South-Eastern Europe?
Writing articles for Seeking Alpha is good. You do not need a degree or credentials.
Just seen you at envy in Angeles. Too many people dagging you to say hello. The girl you were with in the leather was smoking but.
Love your channel. If you are going to slow travel Eastern Europe, maybe you can also visit Russia? It's right there! Such a historic and massive country. Bonus is that America and Russia have a reciprocal visa program that allows American citizens a 3 year multiple entry tourist visa. That's right, 3 years! And it's still in effect as of right now even with the Ukraine conflict. I just checked. I got one myself and it only took about 2 weeks to have the visa using a travel agency. Cheers!
Find some hidden gems along the western coast of Turkey between Istanbul and Antalya. Also check out Montenegro, Georgia, Slovenia.
TY for the opportunity to possibly influence the types of courses or videos you might pursue this coming year. I would like to learn more about choosing a Niche, Slow travel methodology, and a review of choosing the best means of health insurance. for slow travelers.