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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- In this video, I’ll explain what we spend on living in Siem Reap, Cambodia as a couple, and I’ll also break it down so you can see what the same lifestyle would cost for a single person. I’ll explain how I arrived at the costs for each of the items so you can adjust them based on your preferences and lifestyle.
After I go through the monthly cost of living expenses, I’ll make a projection of how it all adds up for a year so you can look at what it costs annually if that’s your preference. I’ll include what we think is a reasonable amount to bring to cover your startup costs and give you an all-in amount that will cover absolutely everything for your time here in the Kingdom.
All of the amounts here are in US dollars. Please use a site like xe.com to get an accurate real-time conversion if you prefer to see the amount in another currency.
Chapters:
Rent 1:36
Water 3:55
Electricity 4:35
Visa 5:57
Insurance 6:54
Phone 7:51
Moto 8:44
Daily living 9:06
TOTALS 10:39
Startup costs 11:20
Add a moto 12:08
GRAND TOTALS 12:55
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Hi! Thank you for watching, it's great to have you here. I finally got around to making this updated cost of living video - hope I didn't forget anything! Here are the chapters so that you can navigate to the different sections:
Rent 1:36
Water 3:55
Electricity 4:35
Visa 5:57
Insurance 6:54
Phone 7:51
Moto 8:44
Daily living 9:06
TOTALS 10:39
Add startup costs 11:20
Add a moto 12:08
GRAND TOTALS 12:55
EB visa $300
But now it is not sufficient.
You also need a work permit $300
And many other documents $50 ++
So the annual visa cost to stay in Cambodia as of 2023 is about $700
@@dongshengdi773 I guess it depends whether your employer will pay for the work permit.
@@ForRiel Note that if you're not working , if you're retired living in Cambodia, an EB visa is not sufficient. You won't be allowed to stay in Cambodia with just an EB visa, you will be forced to also get a work permit. An agent will handle the paper works for a fee .
Total cost would roughly be about $700
Any air pollution issues from crop burning like Thailand has for a few months of the year?
Slightly, but nowhere near how it is in the north of Thailand.
Hello to you both. I am retiring to Cambodia late this year, but have been researching for a couple years. I found your TH-cam channel, and have watched many of your videos. Not only are they helpful and amazingly informative, but very professionally done. I wanted to thank you in advance for helping me with my much anticipated move. Thank you! Michael from the USA.
That's wonderful to hear, Michael, and we appreciate your kind words. Good luck with the retirement planning! 😊🥳🙏🍺
Thank you for this information. I know Cambodia fairly well and totally agree with these numbers. What I really appreciate about your compilation is that you include health insurance.
Thanks so much, Gery. We wouldn't be in Cambodia without health insurance. For us, it's a necessity, for others it's a luxury that they can't afford.
Good work, guys! You managed to cover all the details & present it very clearly. Not everybody knows what a great value Cambodia (& all of
Southeast Asia) can be.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching, Anthony!
I wish some people would have thr thoughts that you said. Recently, it was a costumer there I'm working talking crabs about cambodia of how poor the country is and very unsafe which she's never been out side united neither knows of where cambodia is located on the map 🙂
Thank you for another great video Claire.
I have been in Cambodia and frankly cannot see my wife driving a car, or riding a motorbike in that traffic madness ...way too stressful or dangerous! I am sure that there must be others in our situation. Love to read on how they get around to shop and sightsee?
When in Siem Reap I used the Tuk Tuks which I found incredibly efficient, value for money, and great to see the world go by without a worry ...used the motorbike-taxi service once and needed a few Valiums to recover from the experience!
It's very easy to get around using a ride share app such as Grab or PassApp. You can choose whether you want a big, traditional tuk tuk or a smaller 3-wheel one. Very cheap at around $1 for the average journey in town.
Hi Claire & Jeremy. Great breakdown Claire. Cheers for making the time.
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Wow’s pretty amazing life style there, in a future I will be retiring in Cambodia.
Fantastic 😍😊 see you soon!
5:30 ... Sorry to interrupt BUT ... don't worry about ceilings having much, if any, effect on your AC bill. If you're a baby boomer then you'll likely remember when supermarket freezers had no top on them. You reached into them and grabbed your ice cream with no door or lid to open. that's cause cold air falls and hot air rises. If your refrigerator at home had no top of any kind, you'd be shocked at how little effect this would be on your bill.
Thanks for sharing. The cost of electricity is very high here, so it's good to know.
Thank you = so informative! Hard work but the excellence shows in your video!!!❤❤❤
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
I've been watching your channel for a while in quiet admiration. What great work that you are doing in every regard. Cool, funny, informative, enlightening! Thank you so much for your efforts, you are doing great work!
"Add your light to the sum of light"
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Thank you so much, Alan, that's very kind of you to say. We try to be honest in the things we do without taking ourselves too seriously. Best wishes to you.
Thank you so much for the relocation summary. !!!!
You really broke in down very well.
❤❤❤❤❤love to you guys. Oh yes love your news reports on the motorbike.
Thanks so much 🙏 💓. It's actually great to track your budget to see how much and where you spend your money.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Thank you again Claire! You do a great break down on costs. I hope I can meet you someday in Siem Reap. Take care!
Thanks so much, Robert. It would be great to see you in Siem Reap.
Great budget breakdown. Happens to nicely complement a recent one done by @andrew Taylor for KL and Penang.
Also a great contrast to the one done by Dave - for living on the smell of an oily rag.
Keep up the great work - Mark and Kim
As it happens, we met up with Andrew Taylor in KL last week! Lovely guy. He's going to interview us next time we are there. Small world, it is. Thanks so much for watching.
@For Riel That's great. We plan to live in the same condo block in Penang as he did when we are there soon. Eventually plan to move to Siem Reap.....
Thank you; Very useful for people like me who plan to retire in southeast asia
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
🎉🎉🎉🎉 my husband & I have been between Malaysia & Cambodia. We are so happy to have found your channel!! You explain things so calmly & clearly unlike other videos on TH-cam. Thank you for your hard work with these videos! We have a lot of your videos to catch up on. 😊 would you mind sharing if Cambodia was always the choice to move to first ? Thank you
Awesome! Thank you! We had 4 countries we were looking at Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam or Taiwan.
I really appreciate all the videos you do. This one was very helpful because it allows me to start planning for when I retire and the plan is to retire jn Cambodia
Thank you, Buell! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thanks for all that info, you provide the best cost of living videos for cambodia....well done and thanks again!
Glad you like them! Thanks so much for watching.
Five weeks and six days to go. The information is invaluable along with a great presentation. Thank you.
Yay, counting the days, I bet! Wonderful to have this adventure just around the corner.
Good video guys, and yeah we need Aircon but going to by a fan next week. Very happy where we are with a pool being built for $200 for our detached unit 😊
Yes, we like the air con at night for sleeping. I think the quality of sleep you get with air con justifies the cost! Your apartment sounds great. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Hi. Can you share where.
Hi Claire and Jeremy, nicely done! Great work thank you.
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Really enjoyed your video. The most informative I have seen for information on staying for a few months in any country. Thank you 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for your well detailed and informative videos. Much appreciated. I am heading there in June after a five year hiatus
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thanks so much for the excellent & detailed video. I'm seriously thinking about moving to Siem Reap with my teenage daughter in a couple of months. We have been living in Bali for the past 2 years & I've met quite a few people recently who have had amazing things to say about Cambodia. This was a super helpful place to start my research. I'm sure I'll probably go through all of the rest of your videos now...lol! 😁
Are you feeling like it's time to move on from Bali? Cambodia is great and we love it here, but it isn't for everyone. I'd suggest coming for a visit if you can first. 🍍🙏😁
I've lived in Bali for 6.5 yrs all together but it's become so busy, overbuilt & overpriced. The vibe has changed so much & it's really hard to meet people and build community. Cambodia is looking like it's much more our speed. Also, the visa situation in Bali is constantly changing and it's a really expensive visa if you want to stay longer. What is the long term expat community like there?
Thanks for this helpful breakdown of costs. I have been investigating the cost of health insurance and found that it is very expensive for people over 60. The cheapest I have found so far is just over $200 per month with a deductible amount of $500 per year. This is for hospital and medevac only. The company you mentioned does not insure people over 60.
Yeah unfortunately it gets very expensive for anyone over 60. You just have way up the risk factor, and maybe have a self insurance fund.
Plus maybe factor in 6 monthly major check ups in Malaysia or Thailand. Healthcare is improving so hopefully the coverage cost will go down.
the best information , thanks Claire and Jeremy
Glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching! 💰🙂🙏
Good job! Very thorough and useful video. Went to Siem Reap about 15 years ago. Enjoyed it a lot. Thinking about spending some time there again.
Thanks so much for watching. The living is good and easy in Siem Reap.
Excellent. Very informative. I'm missing Cambodia already.
Yes, it has a way of drawing you back in! Thanks for watching. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
What a great video! Really covers what people can reasonably expect.
Thanks so much! Really appreciate the positivity. 😁
Well done on your video.
Obviously you are a couple of youngish age 🙂
Perhaps a perspective from an old guy?
76+ years old, healthy, living alone in a modern fully serviced western style one bedroom apartment 3 minute walk to pub street.
So no moto, use passapp as when required, but otherwise I like to walk(good cardio exercise)
Have lived in Siem Reap since 2019 as well as Phnom Penh Before that.
For the last couple of years I have used an app on my phone to record EVERYTHING I spend.
So I can tell you what I spent on Potatoes 3 months ago 🙂
Rent was cheap after covid but is slowly on the rise as more people come back to live in SR.
My $200 a month apartment is part of a newish (I was first tenant in Feb 2019) 12 unit block and as units become available prices are going up. I suspect my $200 a month will head to $300 if/when I vacate.
Electricity costs is a piece of string question. As you know April is the hot month.
Whereas my dry season electric is around $30-35 a month I suspect Aprils bill will be closer to $60.
Insurance-Health Insurance is a biggy for us oldies.
While Doctors visits and medication is cheap. Going to a modern hospital is eye wateringly expensive if you don't have medical insurance. Think $1400 USD a day for intensive care, and that's just the basics. ie no medications.
Personally I find it cheaper to fly home to NZ every 12 months and take out travel insurance via my Automobile Association(AA) for 12 months. Much cheaper even including airfares than trying to get anything here or internationally.
Especially once over 70 when most companies dont issue policies.
Eating. As I get older my food intake has reduced, I only eat twice a day....I cook breakfast each day(Full English bacon eggs etc etc) my main meal. If I eat out by myself $2-$4 is plenty.(I eat Asian food). I am old school and enjoy a beer or 2 or 3 or ? every evening.
Lots of calories and water there.
I love going to local markets and only go to supermarkets for things I cant buy at local market...Currently that is Baked Beans!
In Summary, My NZ Pension provides me with a very pleasant life style, including monthly? trips to Phnom Penh or the occasional trip to Thailand or Vietnam etc. If I wasn't a social gadabout (read in to that what you will) I could easily live a more miserable life, haha, for around $800 or less. $1500 a month gives me a full and entertaining lifestyle.
Thanks much for your cost of living, I really like the yearly travel insurance trick may have to give that a go.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
So good we watched it again....
That makes it all worthwhile! Thank you so much.
Thanks for the great info!
We will have a 2024/2025 coming out soon 😎
Very informative. Your detail is spot on for what I'm trying to research out regrading the actual costs of this area. Will be there Tuesday to scout out possible homes. Thanks for all the info.
Nice one, John! Thanks so much for watching.
Welcome back to Cambodia. I love your video and thanks for staying in our country.
Thank you so much! 🥳🇰🇭🎉
Amazing info and top quality presentation as usual, Claire! Haven't watched you in a while, as I decided on an education visa in Hua Hin since I last watched you during the big C19! But still thinking about Cambodia soon and appreciate your videos again :)
Nice! How's it going in Hua Hin? Cambodia is a great option now that travel has opened up again. It's very easy for us to fly to Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur these days, and it's getting cheaper, too.
I live in Kampot and rent a 2 bedroom, double story villa about 1.5km up the river going toward Sabay beach, i have a lovely big balcony i love to sit on. My rent is around US$340 a month with electricity, water with a small charge for rubbish collection.
I buy all my vegetables, fruit, meat and seafood from the great market here.
That sounds absolutely ideal! Jeremy and I really enjoyed our time living in Kampot but there were a few things about it that we found a little frustrating. It is certainly the place for magical sunsets, though. Thanks for watching.
Could you elaborate?!
@@kris13iam what would you like me to elaborate on?
Sorry, meant for Claire 😅
@@ForRielcould you elaborate a bit on Kampot?
I hate The Stereotype but I'm quite pleased this woman is a teacher she looks like a teacher she sounds like a teacher like this is what you expect like they say stereotype but very nice easy-to-follow video but go figure it's made by a teacher so. Excellent excellent video very helpful and straightforward and not an hour long
That's very kind of you! Appreciate you watching. 🎉🇰🇭🙏😁
A really great video. What’s particularly useful is that you’ve painted the picture of a realistic lifestyle - a lot of similar vis have you living like a hermit!
May I ask, are you guys on a Business visa or something else?
Thanks so much! Yes, we are not in Cambodia to live an austere life. We are here to have a great base for travel in the region. We keep our monthly costs pretty low so we have plenty left for travel.
Excellent video! Thank you!!!
Cheers Frederick! 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Wonderful job (my dear) breaking it all down ! --- The extra 'rounding up' - throughout - really is a nice touch and gives enhanced perspective for a good life and actual likely costs. It allowed me to 'customize' (comfortably) further for my personal individualized anticipated budget. --- I'm allowing another $100 for heath insurance (at my age) &/or prescription drugs I'm on ? - Hopefully that will be enough ? - Not heard - anything - anywhere about drug costs for BP meds for example ? --- As a frugal old man (by myself) it looks like I'm very comfortably in a modest but 'comfortable' small studio - using the AC - as needed - and eating really well with my high BP under control - visiting other expats - for about $1100 - $1200 range per month - in Siem Reap ? - > If so - this will allow me to save a few hundred $ a month for any emergency's and maybe even travel some more. --- I was happy to hear about you living - "a great lifestyle" - and - I subscribed to see more of your videos !!!
Thanks so much for your kind words! Most medications are available in Cambodia, in Phnom Penh if not in Siem Reap, and can be easily shipped to you. Pharmacie de la Gare is particularly good - you can message them on WhatsApp and they will tell you if your medications are available and what the cost might be. There are also several very good pharmacies in Siem Reap. They don't work with prescriptions here - if the pharmacy can get it, they will sell it to you without any questions in most cases. I think your budget will be absolutely fine. It's nice to have a comfortable lifestyle here, and that little bit extra really goes a long way. All the best!
Thanks for the information, I appreciate your time putting it together
Thanks so much for watching!
Only just found your channel. Planning to retire over there in coming years. Your info is amazing!! 👍🏻😁
That's great! Happy to have you on board and maybe see you in the Kingdom one day. :)
Nicely done. Thanks again
Thanks 😊
Thanks for sharing the detailed cost, I’ve been living in Chiang Mai since June 2022, Plan on visiting Siem Reap within the next month to visit and see if I may want to move there. Your cost of living will be helpful in me making a decision
That's great, thanks for watching. There are a lot of parallels between Chiang Mai and Siem Reap, so you will prove it here!
What an awesome presentation, thank you for the detailed info
Thanks for watching, and I'm happy it was helpful.
I've lived in phnom penh for roughly a year in thr last 2 years, im coming to siem reap for 3 weeks this time, most visits have been a few days. I'm thinking of moving there long term my only issue was WiFi. Great video and has helped me want to make the move to Sr more 😅
The cost of living in SR is much lower than PP. The wifi here is no problem because your hotspot will cover you if the apartment wifi goes our briefly. There are also numerous cafes with strong wifi and generators. Thanks so much for watching!
I also live in Siem Reap. Your videos are marvelous.
Thanks so much! Let's have a 🍺 one day.
Hi,Who do you recommend;in Siem reap to do the visa extension?thx.
Most recently, we have used Khmer Fly Centre with no issues. goo.gl/maps/8shLv7LyKCGWXiHS7
@@ForRiel Thank you!
Thank you for this very interesting video, living in Siem Reap.. Living in Siem reap, those numbers are a good representation of the living cost.. thank you for sharing ..
Cost of living is extremely hard to judge, but we think that's a good amount to live comfortably here.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
@@ForRiel Yes, but your numbers give a good idea of the monthly costs (some will have more beer costs, others more rental costs like me, but it is a choice.... i didn't see the work permit cost? (yearly)
Wow, those prices .. I've been casually looking into Cambodia for some time and also Thailand. I think I'm starting to really land on Cambodia being a much better option. Thailand is changing so fast
Yes Thailand's visa is more difficult and now the taxing of funds coming into Thai banks makes it less attractive. Also, Cambodia is great!
Very informative! I have been living in Bali for the last 4 years, but changes to the visa requirements are forcing me to consider elsewhere, and Siam Reap looks the ticket. I will research more of your videos
Interesting. We know about the changes to the tax rules in Thailand but didn't know the visa situation was changing in Indonesia.
Hi @ForRiel. I am moving to Siem Reap in a few weeks time with my wife. Very exciting, can't wait to be out there! I am trying to do a bit of budgeting. Do you think this video holds up pretty well or has there been any dramatic price hikes since last year? Also, thank you so much for all the information you have put out there, your channel is a godsend! We will make sure to buy you a beer if we run into you 😁
Fantastic 😍😊
We are in the middle of preparing our 2024/25 now. It's a little higher due to inflation and several other additional costs we put in. But in saying that it's not a great difference, as we have found savings in other areas.
Great video. Clear, concise & comprehensive. You start the video listing the very places I'm interested in. Do you need a motorbike in SIEM Reap? Public transportation, tuk tuks? How is the beach in Kep? The $40. a month place is good option for 1st month. A place to hang your hat for a month while scoping out the perfect place. No pressure. Get comfortable for 30 days while leisurely checking out the prospects. Love gas stoves in Cambodia. I hate electric because you have to wait for heat & regulating is a problem+ if the power goes out you can still cook. Saw several of your videos; good work. I'll be checking you out Clair. 👍🇰🇭💸
Thanks so much for watching. You certainly don't need a motorbike, but having one opens up a whole world of experiences here. Having said that, a bicycle will get you most places around town. There are no buses or anything like that, but you can very easily get tuktuks for short distances. There are minivans going in pretty much every direction all the time, so you can easily travel to different provinces that way too.
@@ForRiel👍🇰🇭
What a fantastic video! Very informative and a great personality/ presentation. Do you have a similar video for Phnom Penh?
That's very kind of you! We don't have a cost of living video for Phnom Penh, but there is an apartment tour video from our place there. I think Ryan over at Itchy Feet (see description of this video for a link to his channel) has a very thorough cost of living video for Phnom Penh.
@@ForRiel thanks so much - I appreciate that 🙏🏻
Gday mate. Exellent vids n' very informative. Thank you
Cheers, mate! Glad you liked it. 😁🙏🎉🎯🍺
Great information! Thankyou somuch. I have plans to go there
Most welcome 😊
sounds very cheap! I was almost coming to Cambodia last winter,but I got stuck in Thailand.....this winter I must come to Siem Reap! (been there, but 9 years ago...) thanks for your informative videos :)
Thanks so much! Siem Reap is so different these days, I am sure you will love it!
Very informative❤...the phone plan are super cheap , insurance super important. I would go down on the rent, no problem😊 I'm single. Hope for more information. Happy New Year
Yes, you can pay a lot more or a lot less in rent because there's such a wide range of choice. Thanks for watching!
Is there a leasing company that you'd recommend?
Is there a leasing company that you'd recommend?
Very good video thx👍🙏
So nice of you 🥰
Thank You for the invaluable information.
Appreciate you watching!
I love your videos.😊👍 question, is there an expat community in Siem reap? I ask because I think that would really help new ones become established. And considering there not as much English being used like say the philipines.
There are a lot of expats in Siem Reap, but it's a pretty fragmented group because there are NGO workers, English teachers, retired people, and people running businesses (to name a few). The best thing to do is join some expat groups on Facebook and go along to some of the events that are advertised.
Great Video, very informative.
Thank you! I’m pleased you found it useful. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thanking you for a great clip. I'm in Melbourne, and thinking of moving over there next year (2025). I'll be on the aged-pension by then and can imagine living over there on my $1,800 AUD each month.
Yes, that's a very doable amount! Happy planning.
Thank You for review & recommendation❤
My pleasure 😊
Thank you as always Claire 😊 It's a great insight into how much it costs to live in Siam Reap.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks so much for your support. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thank you for the informative content!
Thanks so much for watching!
Awesome. Thank you 🙏🏻
You're so welcome! Thanks for watching. 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Thankyou this is such great information!
Glad it was helpful!
Having some notions in English but i like watching your videos 😊😊😊
Glad you like them! 🙏 🍺🌴🙂
Great video. Thanks. My fiancé and I plan to visit in the spring so if you are both around we would love to grab a lunch and pick your brains.
Happy to meet. What month would that be? Northern hemisphere seasons are difficult for us. 🤣
Can we buy the Chinese style e-bikes there. There are lots here in Luang Prabang and they are very popular. Electricity is super cheap here. We pay about 14$ Australian when we are running two air cons in an old style house! Some months we have paid just 8$AU
I think Cambodia buys power off Laos and Thailand so we pay a lot for electricity.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
Hi! From Sydney! I’m following your TH-cam channel now! You look like a very nice couple! I have a question: Can a pensioner finance a car or moto in Cambodia?❤love your channel!
That's great, thank you. You can buy a moto fairly cheaply, so there's no need for finance. I would advise against driving a car in Cambodia.
Thank you very much for the detail
You're welcome. Glad it was useful.
How about medical quality for oldies
If you have insurance, the hospitals are great. 😊
...or Malaysia or Australia for medivac?
Hi there, thanks for such an informative video. As far as transport goes I ride a bicycle everywhere here in bali. Is that a viable option in Siem Raap? Is it easy to hire one?
Thanks so much! Plenty of people opt for a bicycle rather than a moto and get around just fine. Siem Reap is quite small and it's flat, so no issues there. It does get very hot for a couple of months each year, but apart from that, you would be fine. Bicycles are very easy to hire and a basic one costs about $55 to buy.
Nicely done. Thanks.
Thank you so much for watching!
Could you please do an updated video for expenses and maybe what has go up or down with prices for from March 2023- now? 😌 This is all helpful information 😊
Yes, we can probably do that, but won't be for a little while :)
Hi neighbours… lol.. Thanks very much for the detailed costs.. I will receive a pension of around $900.00 fortnight so I believe my savings will generally last longer. My pharmacist has offered to makeup any meds (I have Rheumatoid arthritis- under control) he also said he can organise to ship them to me as needed. I plan to travel to Vietnam late July to visit my friends/ students that I tutor English. Also I promised to visit a school to talk with the students. Later I will travel to Cambodia to check out the idea of retiring there. I hope to catch up with you guys at some point..
Thanks again for the update to expenses
Cheers
Hi Steven, really pleased you found this useful. Are you talking in USD? If so, you'll have $1800 per month and that's easily enough for a good life in Siem Reap. You can dip into your savings for travel if/when you need to. We'll be around in Cambodia, so let us know when you have some solid dates and we can make arrangements. All the best!
Not recommended to drink those 5 liters bottled water. Not even most Cambodian drinks them. Please prefer boiled water or purified water (which the purifier could be found in any market. Not sure if its actually called purifier but there’s a certain rocks in it and we change it once every 3 months.)
Living in small city with side walk like siem reap, electric scooter ( example: Xiaomi electric scooter 4 ultra) is highly recommended.
We drink them all the time and we are OK, but I think a filer jug would be a good idea. There are plenty of electric scooters around and agree they would make a good transport option.
Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
@@ForRiel yes but we concern about your health 🙏🏻 those water produced and packed with least hygiene standards. Please considering using filter jugs
@@user-broccolishishi there are 3 brands which are higher quality, a few average quality and many that only khmer can drink. I’ve never been sick from bottled water.
Good Information. I will have to rewatch this again. $800 for a single person at $10,000 per year plus for start up not bad. Plus add a TV and Motorbike I would buy a new one. $12,000 to $13,000 a year for start up. What does the average Cambodian make per month or Annually. I read it’s about $200 a month. Is that correct?
Yes , the average salary is $200 per month.
You can say it is the minimum wage .
Typical job for waiters, sales clerks in malls ,
Great information claire
Cheers, Mike! 🙏🇰🇭🍺🥳
You said electricity in Cambodia is more expensive than the rest of the world, I beg to differ. The electricity in Ireland is currently 38 cent (Euro cents, not dollar cents) per kw/h standard, 41 cent peak time and 22 cent off-peak. Unless anyone can top that, I guess I win (LOSE). Great video, thank you!!
Wow, that's steep!
Compared to other SEA countries it is more expensive. In Australia we pay far less.
Maybe you can retitle the video 2024? Things didn't change that much from last year, right? Howdy! See y'all in a few months at Angkor Market haha.
We will put another one out soon, as we have a few extra costs to Include that people might want to know about.
@@ForRiel I see!
Thanks for your total cost breakdown, Food cost per month looks very high ? any real reason?
Do you mean eating out? We eat out every night, so that's probably why. Thanks for watching!
Hey Claire. Thanks for your time and effort! I'll be apartment hunting next week in SR. Is there any neighborhood you would not want to be living in?
No, all neighborhoods are fine. Look out for sources of noise like wats, schools, bars, ktvs. Noise is the enemy.
Hi Clare. Do you have other insurers that are, maybe, not as good as SafetyNet. Unfortunately, they don't offer cover if you are over 60 - which as retirees, we are.....
You might need to use a broker in that case. Try Infinity Insurance in Phnom Penh. I know the guy that works for them has policies up to 74-75.
@@ForRiel thankyou
Very helpful thank you
Really pleased you found value in it. Thanks for watching.
@@ForRiel Indeed, this information greatly benefits someone planning to move to Siem Reap from Vancouver, Canada. I was there in 2017 for only two weeks and fell in love with life, so I look forward to joining this chill ex-pat community as a Tesol teacher. Your channel is just the right place to get updated. Thank you so much for your time and contribution in this regard.
I've been watching all kinds of video about Siem Reap and I love what I'm seeing. My question would be an environmental one ; about whether there is an annual smoke season where the farmers are burning organic waste from rice farming. This is something I've seen as a problem in northern Thailand and that excludes my moving there for health reasons. I'm a bit smoke sensitive. Is Siem Reap subject to an annual smoke episode? Thanks!!
Hi, Cambodia doesn't have the smoke season like Thailand does, but it can get slightly hazy around that time as the air moves around from places that are burning. A lot of people still burn their rubbish in Cambodia and these small, regular, local burns are more of an issue in my opinion. Rubbish collection is still a problem, and until everyone has their rubbish collected regularly, people will still burn - plastics, polystyrene, you name it - it all goes on the pile. Living on a higher floor in an apartment building is probably the best way to avoid this.
@@ForRiel Thanx - that answered two questions. Since you know things , may I ask how is it riding your moto in traffic that looks like the running of the bulls? I'm amused at how they drive ; one part of me is deeply offended by that kind of driving yet another part of me has always struggled with OCD in my throttle foot. I can't be trusted with horsepower. I might fit in! What's it really like?
It one of the hardest places to drive as many rules of the road don't seem to apply. In saying that if you take it slow and always expect the unexpected you will become a better driver. If you can drive/ride in Cambodia can do it anywhere 💪
great video. thanks
Glad you liked it! 👍
No need for a motorbike in SR. In Thailand absolutely a requirement.
I love riding here, especially out in the Archaeological Park.
Hey guys! Watched the TomTripsOut stream today and I'm on my way there! This vid did it for me big time! So very helpful! I'm 54 and have a TEFL and I have a pension! Going to do PP for a few weeks and get my ass to Siem Reap. I've been there in '16 and loved it! I can do it on my pension alone..wooo! Let's have a beer when I get there! Thank you both!
I want to meet up with OutYourShell as well...seems like a lovely bloke. I want to do good things for people as well and I'm thinking business visa..getting Cambodian produce to market at a fair price with Cambodian farmers well being at the heart of it. I'm a trained greenhouse grower. I've ran 10 acre greenhouses with 30+ employees. Let's make a difference for people!
That's great! Doors have a way of opening here. If you have a good attitude and want to do things for the right reasons, you will find possibilities.
Wonderful, glad the video was helpful! It was fun to meet Tom and hang out last night. See you when you get here!
that's great how about to go the doctor is it expensive? thank you 👍
I went back in 2021 and it cost $25. That included seeing the doctor, having a blood test, then seeing the doctor for the results (all within an hour).
Safetynet-health does not have any insurance plans for individuals over 60 years of age. Do you know any carriers for individuals over 60 years old.
Ah, that's a shame. Maybe email them and see if they can advise. If not, join one of the expat groups on Facebook and as there - you'll get a decent cross section of what's available.
Great video. What type of wifi speeds are typical in these types of apartments?
Depends, extremely variable. But in saying that you can get your own WiFi connected for around $18 a month with really good speeds.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Holy moly. Between me and my wife our social security is $4,000 a month. Sounds like we can live like millionaires on $4,000 a month without even touching our retirement savings.
Yes, we live on less than half that and we're not even trying to live cheaply! We have an amazing life, do everything we want, and still plenty to spare.
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This is such a great idea. Thank you for the prompt as we can be a bot lazy with this stuff. Appreciate you watching.
@@ForRiel you deserve it !
Thanks for sharing your video. You make me misses home, and my family. I used to live there when I was a child. However, I have been away for a very long time. I am trying to search for my sister. Would you know where I can start?
You are so welcome! Maybe contacting your nearest Cambodia embassy would be a start.
@@ForRiel I found the person that I can contact. Thank you!
Hi. Does Siem Reap have food delivery services from the restaurants? Thanks
Yes, there are several. We use Nham24 and Food Panda mostly.
Are there work arounds if i am 46 but retired military to retire there? Was looking at Vietnam and Thailand but way out of reach and to many headaches and money.. lol
Once you get a retirement extension, you can't work here. So you need to be sure that you won't want to work in the future. Technically you can get the retirement extension here at any age, but below 55 you have to show adequate means to support yourself (once you it 55, this is not required). However, the actual amount that is considered adequate is not published anywhere, and is therefore up to the discretion of the person who processes your application.
@ForRiel alrighty. Thankyou. That is a bit of good news then. I make right at 4k a month so I think im in the clear hopefully. Some countries are getting pretty high with their income requirements but im guessing cambodia shouldn't be more than 1500 maybe 2k in income.
Til you go into Angkor Market for anything.
Depends what you want to buy. For some things, it is the least expensive place.
How do people manage filing taxes in Cambodia, since worldwide income is subject to local taxes? My online research shows that Cambodia taxes worldwide income of residents who live in Cambodia. Residents are who stay in Cambodia 182 days or longer in a year which includes foreigners.
I think this is a tricky one because there is always talk about taxation, but at present there is no mechanism to monitor income or to collect the tax. So it exists in policy but not in practice.
@@ForRiel Thanks for the information. Their laws seem to require a filing, hope it doesn't cause a negative effect down the road because of lack of filing by some expats. This is one of the biggest bottlenecks I see with Cambodia compared to say Thailand or Phil. A couple earning about 3000 dollars per month in social security in the US, would pay 0 tax in the US, because of the way tax is structured. But if you were to follow Cambodia tax laws, you will end up with I believe about 20% tax on the entire foreign income which is about 7200 dollars a year - a significant burden just to stay there. Since no tax was paid in the US, no credit can be claimed locally there for tax paid in the US.