ILA Magazine: The World’s Best Places to Retire Overseas Subscribe Now and Save 35% about subscribing to International Living Magazine Low-key and uncrowded, fronted by a five-kilometre beach, the town of Hua Hin is surrounded by three of Thailand’s most diverse national parks. Its central location on Thailand’s gulf coast means easy access to plenty out-of-town beaches...
Known throughout the world for its welcoming people, spicy cuisine, ancient culture, outstanding beaches and natural beauty, Thailand offers the complete package for visitors. Although the weather varies throughout Thailand, you can visit all year round with much of the country experiencing a typically tropical climate. Many believe the cool and dry season, between November Read more...
In 2015, having taken early retirement, my wife Vivien and I moved to Thailand. We’ve been happily settled in the Royal Resort town of Hua Hin ever since. Having...
The heavens had opened and the rains started. Gently at first, but then, in an instant, torrential. Our umbrella was not coping, time to take shelter…
A few years back, Vivien and I were at a decision point. Living in Brisbane, we were still working and facing into another 10 years in my case, 15 for Vivien...
Life in Thailand is easy. The healthcare is world class, the internet fast, you can catch English-language films in air-conditioned shopping centres and pick up delicious, tasty meals for just a couple of bucks...
A recent ‘discovery tour’ was to Amphawa, a two-hour, 124-kilometre drive north from our home in Hua Hin. This whole area at the top of the Gulf of Thailand is dissected by three major rivers and their tributaries—with the land...
When it comes to places to eat and drink in Hua Hin, you’ll be spoiled for choice. No matter what your taste or budget you’re sure to find something to suit your palate and your...
The view is miles of blue ocean, the sunlight playing across its gentle ripples. Below me is a verdant valley that stretches all the way to the crescent of sand marking one of the island’s most popular beaches, Chaweng...
My wife Vivien and I were in our mid-fifties when we started throwing the idea of early retirement around. But the high cost of living in Australia, increasing healthcare costs...