I think retirement is a pipe dream...

Mr. Blue Sky said

Interesting that you of all people would ask.. becuase one thing ive been looking for in a possible retirement location is an active tennis community .. I know ur a tennis fan too, and yes i think Belize and Panama have good tennis.. but there are some beautiful places to play in Asia, and your $$ goes a lot further there than in Belize or Costa Rica.. but one of the reasons ive sorta scratched the Philippines off my list is b/c it seems there arent many decent places too play; if you google, it seems that outside of the high dollar areas of Manila, most of the tennis courts in the Philippines look like dirt parking lots .. it’s depressing .

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Yet when you select a place to live for retirement, you might wish to consider the fact that your body may not allow you to play tennis for many years. My wife is trying to talk me into doing a retirement (down the road...when ready) that would be Nov. - March in Bali Indonesia and April - October here in the good 'ol USA.
She grew up in Indonesia so she is bilingual....my wife speaks English and Indonesia's language called : "Bahasa". We've visited Bali Indonesia...it is somewhat like Hawaii maybe?. Her idea might be tolerable for me because so many Australians visit or live there. That way I have English speaking people to talk to.
I don't want to go someplace where the only person who speaks English is my wife. If she gets mad at me and gives me the silent treatment I'll go crazy from the language barrier-isolation.
In the Philippines the stores seem to have signs in
English. Most Filipinos speak 1) their national language "Tagalog" ....2) Their local dialect ....3) English
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