In this report, Qiang shares her Three Best Safe Countries For Budget Retirees after traveling the World for 7 years and visiting 48 Countries.
This is Dan of Vagabond Awake. This is my girlfriend Qiang from the Hobo Ventures YouTube Channel. We already have a video about how we met. Today we will focus on Qiang’s Travel life, before and after we met.
Welcome to Vagabond Awake Qiang.
Q1: In every video, new people that Qiang is from whatever country we are in. What is your home country Qiang, and at what age did you start dreaming about traveling the World?
Malaysia. Around 14-15 years. I love watching travel channels and travel blogs in newspapers and on the internet.
Q2: Your travels started long before me. What countries had you already traveled to before we met in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia?
11 countries: Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, China, Iran, Qatar, Turkey, Australia, Italy
Q3: How did you pick those countries? Was it work, friends, holiday, or for love?
Work, holiday, and meeting friends
Q4: Work? You were traveling for work?
Runway model
Q5: What was travel like when you first started? Were you excited, scared, fascinated, annoyed?
Excited. And afraid, because of the language barrier, but also fascinated by the language and world.
Q6: What year did you join me in traveling the world, and what countries have we lived in since we left Malaysia together in 2017?
2017. 37 countries with Dan. Mexico, Central & South America, Europe, Eastern Europe, West Asia, South East Asia. You can come to Hobo Ventures and Vagabond Buddha
Q7: Which part of the world is your favorite and why?
South America – Peru and Guatemala. It’s like I can feel I am walking in the past time with the indigenous people who still appreciate their culture and clothes.
Q8 Which part of the world is your second favorite and why?
Europe – cold weather and different kinds of food choices and wine, cheese.
Q9: What region of the world feels most safe to you?
South East Asia
Q10. What three countries of the world are the cheapest ones to live in your opinion, and what sort of budget would you need, whether as a single or as a couple for each?
- Vietnam
- Thailand
- Malaysia
- Budget $700-$1500 (Local salary is min $500), good hospital, food, online shopping, online taxi app, Easy to communicate in simple English as this part of the world uses English as a business language. In Latin America, Spanish is the business language.
Q11. Is traveling the world as fun or as exciting as you dreamed it would be?
Yes, it is very still exciting and also challenging.
Q12. Do you have any tips for people to make travel happen sooner in their life, if they are still just dreaming about it?
You need money to support yourself to travel the world. Or save money and travel a few times per year. When I met Dan and he said he planned on traveling the world and paying for it with a YouTube channel, I thought he was crazy. Now we are both crazy.
Q13. What do you do daily to make our travel happen?
I find restaurants, accommodations, things to do, transportation, and I record our daily expenses to track our monthly expenses. I also edit my YouTube videos on my Hobo Ventures Channel.
Q14. What are some of your tips for making it easier for people?
I have made a video of the 9 tools I use to make travel easy. Dan will put the link in the comments so you can watch it. Get the Vagabond Buddha cost of living reports because it is everything you need is in the report. Restaurants, accommodations, etc.
Q15. Is travel a more interesting life, if so why?
It is interesting to me but not everyone is the same. Some people want life with family in a home and travel once or twice a year. I like traveling because it helps me understand and experience the world with my own eyes. I can tell people what is true and false about the country because I have been. The language, the lifestyle, the food and the nature.
Q16. True or False. The world is a safe place if you bring your common sense with you.
True.
Q17. If you were going to stay in one place in the world for 3 to 6 months, where would you go and why?
Albania, Peru, and Italy.