I’m giving a shout out to Nigel who runs the Retire 2 India blog in my blogroll. He was one of the the only few people to find my blog when I first started it. I wrote a post called Whacked Out Retirement, about how my in-laws wanted to retire to India and how I thought it was crazy for a variety of reasons.
Nigel was so nice (he and his wife are planning on retiring to India). He referred me to his blog and also answered some of the concerns I had. And after checking out his blog and talking to him, I found that the in-laws’ plan wasn’t so crazy and could actually work. However, we still have to deal with the fact that we don’t want them to go. Ugh.
Nigel has put some serious effort into that blog – he has great resources and really goes to great lengths to answer real questions (check out his current post!). IMO, he’s also wicked smart. There’s also some good info on other locales you can retire to early, book reviews (very well done), and of course all the great stuff on retirement in India. It’s not all finance related – he has an older post with info on some hot retirement spots in India that I thought was good for tourism purposes (complete with some pics).
Hmm, I may look into his website’s other locals LOL. My parents and I have discussed it, and they are seriously thinking about it because of the cost of living. They don’t have any retirement coming simply because they’ve been small business owners for the most part. They just got insurance thank goodness after dad started working for another company. Sometimes it just seems that what little they do have would maybe go so much further somewhere else…but I could be wrong
By: ara0062 on June 27, 2008
at 4:48 am
yeah Nigel is wicked smart, yo.
I’d like to find a blog like his about other countries. hmmm. I have some friends who are planning on leaving the US (after 30 years!) for Israel and it sounds interesting. (Of course, they are Jews so they can easily gain citizenship in Israel)
*edited to add*
I noticed you guys mentioning that Nigel’s blog contains info on other countries – I can’t find it because I’m going blind or something. I looked in his blogroll! I’ll try again.
By: chineseambassador on June 27, 2008
at 3:30 pm
I mean he wrote it himself, and I believe what I was thinking of is rather old – check his archives for maybe last Aug or Sept?
Ara – lots of people are retiring to other countries because of the cost here. I think he has some info on that, too, maybe?
Nigel – if you’re paying attention, direct us in the right places.
By: colorblindcupid on June 27, 2008
at 6:53 pm
Thanks for the mention, and for the kind words, CBC and CA. It was a nice surprise to see this post!
I have a post about Malaysia as a possible retirement destination for foreigners. Thailand and Singapore are other possibilities, but they have more restrictive policies about property ownership. Retirement to low-cost countries is a popular option for many British retirees but it hasn’t really caught on in the US (except to Mexico, and parts of Central/South America).
CBC, I have to mention that I have read and enjoyed almost all of your posts. I think every Indian immigrant should read your posts, just to know what it would be like for one of their kids to marry a non-Indian. I have several mixed-couples in my extended family, so I have a keen interest in the topic of your blog.
By: Nigel on June 28, 2008
at 4:15 am
Thanks, Nigel! That actually means something to me.
Keep up the good work on your end!
By: colorblindcupid on June 29, 2008
at 2:41 am