 Foreigners
may be able to purchase property in Cambodia for the first time following
the proposal of new legislation by the country's Government
- but they will still be limited to apartments, houses and condominiums
above the second floor... Currently, international investors are not allowed
to own land or homes in Cambodia - a limitation that is seen by some locals
as a good thing, preventing speculation and price volatility. Back in 2005,
the Government amended an investment law to allow foreign ownership of
buildings, but Cambodia's property market was then experiencing one of
the biggest booms in Asia and, as a result, the law was never put into
practice. Between 2005 and 2007, the property markets in major hubs such
as Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, skyrocketed, with prices rising
by as much as 40 per cent. But now, with the economy and property market
suffering in the downturn, the foreign investment law has reared its head
again. If passed, it could pave the way for foreign ownership of houses,
apartments and condominiums from the second floor up for resale. Foreigners
would also be able to inherit property. -- Foreigners
may be able to purchase property in Cambodia |
|
|
|
 From
2004 to 2007, the economy grew about 10% per year, driven largely by an
expansion in the garment sector, construction, agriculture, and tourism.
GDP contracted 1.5% in 2009 as a result of the global economic slowdown,
but climbed more than 4% in 1010, driven by renewed exports. With the January
2005 expiration of a WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, Cambodian
textile producers were forced to compete directly with lower-priced countries
such as China, India, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. The garment industry currently
employs more than 280,000 people - about 5% of the work force - and contributes
more than 70% of Cambodia's exports. |
|
|
|
|
 Retiring
On $500 A Month By Ken Bayliss
- Some people regard Third World and Developing World countries with fear
or even derision. Granted they don’t have the same lifestyle, things happen
more slowly in some countries, often not at all. Problems that locals shrug
off, like power outages, or water shortages could drive you nuts. Yet if
you are prepared to adapt you’ll find there’s a uniqueness of culture,
warm weather and warm people. Places where $500 a month can afford you
a nice retirement are becoming harder to find. South East Asia allows you
to tick the retirement-with-ease boxes. Granted it is an adventure and
you’ll certainly never live like a king. But then, do you really live like
one now! In Thailand, Cambodia and the Philippines there is great potential.
Where, for instance, can you find a dramatic isolated island and stay there
for around $9 a day, including food? And where is it possible live near
a beach that rarely sees foreigners these days? Or, where can you find
a resort for $6 a day? All these places actually exist. Granted they are
far from high-end places, and they certainly don’t have glossy brochure
advertising. Yet you can go to these places and you can avoid the cold
and damp of the fall and that long hard winter. |
|
|
 Retiring
on $500 a Month By Ken Bayliss – Part 2
- Following on from last month, Ken Bayliss provides information and insight
on how you can comfortably retire on an income of just $500 a month in
Cambodia and the Philippines. Once, nearly a thousand years ago, it was
the big player in South East Asia. Its empire became vast and influential
but Cambodia now seems like any another Third World country. Time
has taken these glories and in the modern period, after a trying internal
war, they are finally coming out of the nightmare. The 10 million Cambodians
are a surprisingly happy lot, considering their recent difficult history.
As a consequence of that past, Cambodia is such a poor country that it
would be difficult not to live there on $500 a month. Yet of course with
poverty comes other issues. There can be problems of access to those material
things that you love, the ability to buy just about anything and everything.
However, in many places there are lots of similar stores and franchises
as back home. So, if ever you get the urge in a big town you can indulge
in pizza, burgers or even your favorite yoghurt. |
|
|
 Glimpses
Of Cambodia ~ The Killing Fields Near Phomn Penh by David Lavoie
- Some fifteen kilometres from Phomn Penh down several dusty dirt roads
we arrived at Cheung Ek. This was one of the infamous Khmer Rouge “killing
fields” There was one in each of Cambodia’s 18 states. In them uncounted
people died. Chung Ek alone claimed 17,000 including nine westerners who
tried to help Cambodians. There are no words adequate to describe this
visit, one we felt we had to make. The area is small, a few acres and now
pocked with depressions where mass graves have been found. Many of these
are now flooded; some are filled with lush grass and wild flowers. Everywhere
flit beautiful butterflies, the souls of the dead, something I have seen
nowhere else here. Many of the pits are identified with a simple wooden
plaque. “893 women and children” “256 females 15 – 20”. The people
were sometimes diplomats, professionals, government officials but often
they were simply peasants too, killed perhaps only to empty the land they
were working for someone else. They were beaten to death for the most part
with clubs or garden hoes. |
|
|
 Praying
For A Cure ~ Faith In Cambodia ~ by Antonio Graceffo
- When word got out that there was a monk blessed with the ability to heal,
desperate patients came from all over Cambodia. We were still more than
a kilometer away from Wat Serey Soupein, but already, we found ourselves
driving through a crowded village, which hadn't existed just a few weeks
earlier. The rainy season and the unaccustomed press of crowds had churned
the dirty streets into mud, as hundred of people busied themselves with
the activities of daily life, buying and preparing food, caring for loved
ones, and praying for a cure. Around a bend, the road opened up onto a
huge field where hundreds more milled about, talking, waiting, hoping.
At the end of the field, beside the small temple, was a large, bamboo hut,
with no walls. Here, the most gravely-ill patients, lie waiting for the
monk to cure them, knowing it was a race against time. |
|
|
 Before
Angkor ~ In Cambodia ~ by Antonio Graceffo
- The well mapped, historic tourist sites of other
countries have been institutionalised and commercialised, until the dignity
of the ancients has been reduced to a sterile Disney World exhibition complete
with a T-shirt and mouse ears. But, in Cambodia history, like the landscape,
is still wild. The past is still being written, as archaeologists fight
to reclaim countless temples from hundreds of years of jungle growth. Cambodia
is an exciting country, full of change and movement. Even the ancient temples,
many nearly one thousand years old, are in constant metamorphosis, as they
are rediscovered and preserved. This is not Europe, where history is a
stagnant fact, belonging to the past. Cambodia is a country of vibrant
active culture. People don’t come to Cambodia looking for a boring story
of extinct civilizations. They come to Cambodia looking for adventure.
And, they find it! Watching from the window of an air-conditioned minibus,
the Cambodian countryside is just more TV. But, on a motorcycle you experience
everything about the world around you. You notice the changes in temperature
as you pass by a flooded rice field or lake. |
|
|
 Pugilism
And Poultry - Even The Chickens Can Box In Phnom Penh ~ by Antonio Graceffo
- Sunday is usually the day that I go to watch Khmer kickboxing in Phnom
Penh. But on this particular day, my driver, Sameth, promised to take me
to see something really exciting. We turned down a dirt road, about twenty
minutes outside of the city, and ended at a dubious looking arena, in a
rural farming community. The big foreigner with the notebook received a
lot of odd stares, and a portly Khmer, in a dirty T-shirt gave us the third
degree. "Who are you? What are you doing here? Who told you about this
place". I felt like a spy, sneaking in on some illicit activity that was
to be kept secret from outsiders. After I had answered all of the questions
to his satisfaction, the man gave me a stern warning. "If you take any
pictures, I will take your camera." A crowd of Khmer men stood around the
waist-high fighting ring, animatedly shouting, gesticulating and waving
their bets in the air. |
|
|
 Paradise
Found on Fiji - There are No Rules - by Collin McKenny
- The year is 1988. I'm sitting under the stars in Walnut Creek, California,
with my husband and an old friend. We start fantasizing about building
a small boutique resort-an "artist's colony"-in New Zealand. It didn't
take long to discover that the Kiwis weren't hospitable to emigrants over
the age of 35, so backburner that idea..... Collin McKenny first
had dreams of getting out of corporate America in 1988. The idea of a gold
watch to send her off into an unwelcomed retirement, someday, didn't appeal
to her. She and her husband wandered the South Pacific, then the Caribbean,
then decided Fiji would be their paradise found. That was 1997 and
the year they said good by to the rat race and set about to achieve their
dreams. Now, they have a tropical retreat on that beautiful island. Their
retreat is called Lomalagi, which means "Heaven" in the Fijian language.
Lomalagi has six bungalows, swimming pools with waterfalls, a "playhouse"
with pool table & games, a dining pavilion with bar, and a coconut
plantation where locals harvest the coconuts. They're living the good life. |
|
|
 Sailing
the South Pacific: Episode 2 By Jamie Douglas
- The night before, a rickety sailboat had pulled in, in desperate need
of rigging repairs, and the Kiwi “Captain” had a crew of 2 completely inexperienced
girls who actually jumped ship and swam ashore, asking for help and protection
from the lunatic on the nameless boat. They explained that twice the US
Coast Guard had prevented them from leaving Honolulu for Auckland, citing
that the vessel was inherently unsafe, but in the middle of the night,
he snuck out of Hawaii with rotten sails and rigging, no lifeboat or life
jackets, and lacking provisions to cross the Pacific Ocean. By sheer luck,
they made it to Fanning, which one of the girls spotted in the morning
sun, with the “Captain” insisting they were approaching Samoa. |
|
|
 Six
Short, One Long – Cover Your Assets and Escape to Tonga By Capt. Jared
Passenger - Ever
get that sinking feeling? For anyone who has ever been on a boat
that was taking on water or someone who had been rudely awakened to a burning
house in the middle of the night or perhaps a passenger of a car driven
into a lake who watches the water filling in around their feet and rising
up past the windows, they can tell you first-hand about the strong urge
to escape that accompanies such emergencies. I too have that feeling.
For the past 10 years or more, I have come to the realization that the
USA, and on a macro scale, the Western world, if not all the world to some
degree, is in a state of emergency on almost every level: financially,
environmentally, politically and spiritually. |
|
|
 Live
in Tonga By Robert Brice - Change has certainly
been a popular slogan for a long time now in the States, and now it looks
like it will be implemented. Who knows what will change, but changing your
address to somewhere in paradise was always a good idea and now it seems
especially apropos. So far the changes for some have been loss of job and
home, with more to come as they predict. So why wait for change to hit
you when you’re down? Get proactive and make the change yourself. Sell
out and get out. Head for where prosperity still exists and to where no
matter what happens, you will never freeze or starve. Change everything
and move out of these countries in turmoil! Yes, out of Dodge and by sunset,
for the sun may well be finally setting back there. So, kiss your horse
(and your house, if you still have one) goodbye and sail away. Be tough,
you can’t take everyone and everything, not all at once. Someone in your
family tree has to be the pioneer in these times. This time, “go west”
means beyond California, out of America and the same for those in UK or
Europe. Just to put this radical “change” into perspective, a 12 hour plane
ride is probably all we are talking about, so don’t think of yourself as
a potential lemming. |
|
|
 Voltage-Finder
Search Engine - Voltages Around The Worlds-
Find out any nations electrical voltage simply by entering the nations
name in the drop down menu. If you are going to use electrical appliances
abroad, you need to know what type of electrical voltage is used in the
country where you're moving or traveling to and what type of adapter or
plug is needed to plug your appliances into the outlet. Section includes
Diagrams Of Adaptor Plugs and a World Electric Power Guide -- Read
Using
Electric Power Overseas - Three things
can be different about foreign AC power compared to power at home: [1 the
supply voltage, [2 the supply frequency, and [3 the physical shape of the
socket. Before transporting and using your electrical appliances overseas
it is essential to know what type of electrical voltage is used in your
destination country. |
|
 Partner
With Us! - IS THERE A FIT? Do you have a website, business, or service
that shares a commonality with EscapeArtist? If so, the time has arrived
to put us to work doubling or tripling your traffic & income - we can
do that. - Take
a look! |
|
|
|
|
| Freighter
Travel: Escape From America By Freighter |
|
|
 Crazy
Joe’s Top Three Picks For Overseas Home Business -
Crazy Joe KNOWS what’s ‘hot and what’s not.’ After living in the basement
of EscapeArtist for 14 years and living on pretzels and sodas, his real
joy in life is attending staff meetings and telling all of us what is trending
with network marketing companies, affiliate programs, franchises and home-based
businesses. In each issue, we will share Crazy Joe’s Top Three Picks so
you can take advantage of money-making opportunities and still have time
for a real life. - Part
of the Overseas Home Business Portal |
 15
Paying Travel Magazines That Want Your Writing -
Becoming a travel writer isn’t easy – but by harnessing new media and the
Web, it is possible to make a career out of traveling the world. To help
kick start your career, we’re offering a FREE download of 15 travel magazines
that actually pay for your writing. All you have to do is fill out the
form below. Join the Matador Travel Writer Hot List to get travel writing
tips and tricks from the editors at Matador. You’ll also get instant access
to your free download. - Free
Download |
|
 The
Thailand Report - An Expat´s Guide to Living in Thailand - Author:
Andy Guest - Thailand's reputation as a holiday paradise and exotic,
colourful and freewheeling country is well deserved. The rapidly growing
Thai economy, sunny climate, and bargain property prices are just a few
reasons for the influx of expatriates to the area. As the economy recovers
business opportunities abound for the astute and well-informed investor. |
|
 Living
and Teaching English in Thailand Author: Ken Bayliss
- Living and Teaching English in Thailand - How to Get a Job, an Apartment
and Important Survival Tips for Life as an English Teacher. In this book
there’s information that could take you years of frustration, and lots
of wasted money to achieve. This is not for those who want to retire and
drink sundowners on the balcony and get slowly sozzled every night. This
is for people who want and need to work to survive; albeit in a nice way
and not having to struggle or scrimp and save. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Conversions
- Metric - Imperial & Other Conversions
- Conversions of Length, Velocity, Mass, Weight, Temperature, Capacity,
Volume, Density, Area. - Isn't it frustrating when someone tells you that
it's 30° Celsius, and you don't know have a clue to what that means,
because your brain is in Fahrenheit? |
|
 Escape
From America Magazine An Expat Magazine - is
filled with information about living oveseas, much of it written by expats
who have moved overseas. Our magazine provides real information on
what it takes to live abroad, including articles on international real
estate, asset protection, and a wide range of issues related to the international
lifestyle - In addition we have 1,000's of archived articles from
past issues free for the reading... |
 World
Without Borders “Offshore Intelligence” - Without Borders is a
unique monthly publication aimed at intellectual adventurers. It
is written for a select group of men and women interested in learning more
about global opportunities they would never encounter anywhere else. |
|
 Yacht
Broker - Yachts WorldWide - Yes, Boats, Barges and Yachts for sale
worldwide in the online Yacht Broker. - If it floats on water it's in the
Yacht Broker - Buy or sell a yacht, sportsfishing vessel or sailboat -
List your boat for free! |
 Advertise
Your Real Estate, Yacht, Product, or Service on EscapeArtist -
Wow! We're growing, we'll soon have videos on our real estate marketplace
site, our magazines have over a half million readers, and those readers
are looking for real estate abroad. Find out about advertising on EscapeArtist,
or becoming a partner of EscapeArtist. Join one of the fastest growing
sites on the internet. |
|
 Expat
Nations Listed by Country - For ease of navigation
to a specific country we do have a list of nations in alphabetical order
- This directory will link you to articles or other resources on various
nations even if we do not yet have a full relocation directory for that
nation. - |
|
|
|
Using
Electric Power Overseas - Three things can be different about foreign
AC power compared to power at home: [1 the supply voltage, [2 the supply
frequency, and [3 the physical shape of the socket. Before transporting
and using your electrical appliances overseas it is essential to know what
type of electrical voltage is used in your destination country.
|
|
|
|
 Streetwise
Philippines - It would
be easy to call this an 'Insiders Guide To Meeting Women in the Philippines,'
but it is much, much more than that. You can be sure that there are really
high quality women in the Philippines, especially if one knows where to
look, but just as important is learning that one can live a quality lifestyle
here in the Philippines, even find ways to make a better than average income.
To accomplish these very desirable ends one needs to be streetwise, which
means knowing where to look and where to be.
|
|
|
 The
Philippine Property Primer
- The Philippines Property Primer is a dynamic resource that does as the
title implies; it primes you so you are ready to explore this often confusing
marketplace. There are many deals to be enjoyed in this market for those
who know the rules and where to look.
|
|
|
