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| ⭐️ Total score | 200 reviews |
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| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
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| 🙊 English speaking* | |
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| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
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| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | Myanmar |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 3 Mbps |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | ☀️ 26°C 78°F + 😊 Comfy (75%) = feels 28°C 82°F |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 34 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 🔌 Power | 230V50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | MPT |
| 💸 10,000 MMK in USD | USD 5.63 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | MMK 1,000,000 = USD 563 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Santino Cafe |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 920,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $1,242 / year |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | AirBnb |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Myanmar National Airlines |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | Myanmar National Airlines |
| 🏥 Best hospital | Bawga Theiddhi Hospital |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,661 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $964 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,527 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $722 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $478 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $168 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $1,038 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $49 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 1 listings) | $631 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $21 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $6 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $3 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Pretty safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Roads are pretty safe
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ No democracy
❌ Very slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not safe for women
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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| Real | 8228° very warm | 8831° hot | 9334° hot | 9937° hot | 9535° hot | 8630° very warm | 8127° warm | 8228° very warm | 8228° very warm | 8831° hot | 8630° very warm | 8127° warm |
| Humidity | nice 65% | nice 47% | nice 39% | nice 41% | nice 68% | sweaty 90% | sweaty 99% | sweaty 98% | sweaty 94% | sweaty 88% | sweaty 82% | nice 70% |
| Rain | dry 18mm | dry 0mm | dry 1mm | dry 10mm | rainy 104mm | rainy 207mm | rainy 252mm | rainy 247mm | rainy 260mm | rainy 124mm | dry 45mm | dry 3mm |
| Cloud | clear 3% | clear 0% | clear 5% | clear 7% | cloudy 62% | cloudy 89% | overcast 97% | overcast 98% | cloudy 81% | pockets 28% | pockets 17% | pockets 24% |
| Sun | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 11 UVI | avoid sun 12 UVI | avoid sun 13 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | seek shade 5 UVI | avoid sun 6 UVI | avoid sun 9 UVI | avoid sun 8 UVI | avoid sun 7 UVI |
| Remote workers | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 200 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people | 0 people |
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 21✈️26min$995 / mo22MbpsA very poor city, not comparable to any other in SEA (maybe Phnom Penh, in Cambodia). Not much to see and do, particularly I can’t see any advantages to stay here, as Thailand, Indonesia and even Malaysia offer better option with higher quality for the same price.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 31° 88° 28° 83°AQI 156😷✈️26min$929 / mo8MbpsDon't go thinking it's another Chiang Mai, because it doesn`t. Instead, Chiang Rai is much smaller and simple, not so much to see and do --forget about nighlife, just relax and get the work done. Food is amazing and you can have as much khao soi you can eat. Finding a condo with pool and gym is possible, but there are not much options available. Better book something in the middle of nature -- rent a motorbike.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 24° 75° 24° 74°AQI 16✈️31min$969 / mo26Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 74°AQI 175😷✈️42min$1,080 / mo4Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 24° 75° 24° 75°AQI 50✈️51min$1,035 / mo⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 30° 86° 26° 79°🥵AQI 42✈️54min$894 / mo⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 30° 86° 28° 83°AQI 42✈️57min$933 / mo1MbpsDon´t go. Pollution, traffic ,not safe... no fun.. bad experience.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 234😷✈️59min$1,269 / mo5Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 31° 88° 29° 84°AQI 76😷✈️1h$867 / mo21Mbps⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 22° 72° 22° 71°AQI 176😷✈️1h$1,616 / mo3Mbpsavoid going to the waterfalls with weed (or buying any on the way there) It's a very old trick the cops stop & search bikes on their way back. (while the locals try to sell you stuff on the way there)
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety ☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77°AQI 68✈️20min$1,228 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleSiem Riep has a nice suburb feeling. At first sight it seems there's not much to do besides Angkor Wat and Pub Street, but you can go swimming, do bicycle tours, floating village day trip... I don't have best social skill, but in Siem Reap it was so easy to make new friends. Locals and tourists! I've worked at Garage Society Coworking Space. Pretty nice place. I don't understand the cons of slow internet. I've bought an LTE 4G Sim card for 10 USD with 10 GB. There's also free and mostly fast
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 34° 93° 30° 86°🥵AQI 160😷✈️1h$1,277 / mo🌇 Also went here1 people"Off the record, however, they told of an island held in the iron grip of a mafia family, who demanded protection money, controlled the local police force and were not above attacking or burning down the homes and businesses of people that crossed them" I don't think Koh Tao is dangerous in terms of absolute risk. Many tourists pass through, and not that many got murdered (under a dozen over several years, as far as I know, some cases might really be suicide). Riding a motorbike anywhere in Tha
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 30° 86° 27° 81°AQI 53✈️2h$1,347 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleChinese companies are building casinos everywhere, using Chinese labour and attracting Chinese clients who are presumably laundering money as there are much closer casinos to China than Sihanoukville. This place is getting worse, not better. However, it's the gateway to some nice islands.
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 32° 90° 28° 83°🥵AQI 109😷✈️2h$1,221 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peoplePhnom Penh has plenty of air conditioned cafes and some co-working spaces, so it's quite possible to get work done. The river front area feels nice and spacious but other than that I didn't find it a particular pleasant city, and wouldn't stay for more a few days. Kampot, however, 4 hours away by bus, has been one of the best places I've stayed. The atmosphere is great, it's a small town with nice architecture, hip cafes, yoga classes, and a riverfront to stroll along. It's much calmer than any
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 34° 93° 30° 86°🥵AQI 19✈️2h$1,255 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleOnly thing to add is that in general Saigon has terrible walkability. I love Saigon, lived there for 3 years. But motorbikes are always parked on the sidewalks so you constantly have to step onto the road which is a little hair raising. And if it's not motorbikes then there are restaurant tables scattered across the pavement. Plus the pavement is almost always cracked. I'm a pretty chill person. But going for a random walk in Saigon always leaves me kind of irritated after a while. Of course the
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 31° 87°🥵AQI 93😷✈️2h$965 / mo🌇 Also went here1 people⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌥 Feels 37° 99° 30° 87°🥵AQI 50✈️2h$1,464 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleWasn't a huge fan of Mui Ne. Looks like most of the place is catering to Russian midrange tourists. The sand dunes are pretty cool, make sure to visit them, but wear covering clothes in order to not get badly sunburned.
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⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°🥵AQI 46✈️3h$3,154 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleKuching is a great place to base yourself, it's a vibrant yet quiet little city with access to all sorts of outdoor activities. I stayed at the Borneo Seahare Guesthouse for about 5 months. It is run by a western guy called Ben and his wife Syeda, they really helped me out with everything I needed and gave me a very reasonable rate on a private room. The internet was good and the place had everything I needed including a full kitchen for me to cook. Based right in the city center with loads of s
⭐️ All 💵 Cost 📡 😀 Fun 👮 Safety 🌧 Feels 35° 95° 28° 82°🥵AQI 22✈️3h$954 / mo🌇 Also went here1 peopleNo members are here right now. If you are, add it as a trip and you'll show up here!
