I am coming to Georgetown/Penang area 10/29/09. I have stayed in Bali many times in the past and am pretty much done with the hassles and fingerprints and sponsor letters and monthly visits to the inmmigration office and flying to Singapore with fees at the airport, spotty internet service and the amazing growth in the population. There are almost 4 MILLION folks on that little island. I plan to come to stay at least a year to research property values, location, travel to Thailand, singapore, etc and I want to learn more Asian cooking. I am 63 recently retired Merchant Seaman. I don't smoke and am a light social drinker. I mostly excersize, read, walk, and swim. I need a place with a gym and pool. I will be on a 2 year excersize program to get into shape to race ocean sailboats. Got a few pounds to loose and some toning up to do!
I joined expat.com on 17 September 2009.